Granard Booktown Festival
@granardbooktown.bsky.social
A Book Town in the Heart of Ireland
April 17 - 19, 2026
Proudly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Creative Ireland and Longford County Council
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April 17 - 19, 2026
Proudly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Creative Ireland and Longford County Council
granardbooktownfestival.ie
#books #festival #ireland #literature #writers
🎉 We're thrilled to announce that we've been selected as a County Finalist in the Arts & Culture Category of the @NationalLottery Good Causes Awards 2025! 🎉
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🙌 This nomination isn't just for us – it's for everyone in the community who's been part of the festival. 🙌 From volunteers and staff.
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🙌 This nomination isn't just for us – it's for everyone in the community who's been part of the festival. 🙌 From volunteers and staff.
June 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🎉 We're thrilled to announce that we've been selected as a County Finalist in the Arts & Culture Category of the @NationalLottery Good Causes Awards 2025! 🎉
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🙌 This nomination isn't just for us – it's for everyone in the community who's been part of the festival. 🙌 From volunteers and staff.
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🙌 This nomination isn't just for us – it's for everyone in the community who's been part of the festival. 🙌 From volunteers and staff.
And thank you to our great sponsors
April 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
And thank you to our great sponsors
And finally for our final event of Granard Booktown 2025, John Banville in conversation with Belinda McKeon 📚
April 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And finally for our final event of Granard Booktown 2025, John Banville in conversation with Belinda McKeon 📚
Award winning Irish crime writer, Liz Nugent was joined by journalist Emma Tracey for our penultimate event here at the Granard Booktown festival 📕
April 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Award winning Irish crime writer, Liz Nugent was joined by journalist Emma Tracey for our penultimate event here at the Granard Booktown festival 📕
Cauvery Madhavan was joined by author and journalist Aoife Barry to discuss her latest book The Inheritance which was published in 2024 📚
April 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Cauvery Madhavan was joined by author and journalist Aoife Barry to discuss her latest book The Inheritance which was published in 2024 📚
Scottish writer Karen Campbell was joined by fellow author Anne Griffin over in the Sacred Heart School. Karen is the author of nine novels. Karen discussed her latest book This Bright Life. Her previous novels include Paper Cup, The Sound of the Hours, Rise and This Is Where I Am.
April 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Scottish writer Karen Campbell was joined by fellow author Anne Griffin over in the Sacred Heart School. Karen is the author of nine novels. Karen discussed her latest book This Bright Life. Her previous novels include Paper Cup, The Sound of the Hours, Rise and This Is Where I Am.
We were joined by authors Conor Niland and Gavin Cooney behind the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, The Racket. Author Mark Tighe led the discussion with the co-authors where they chatted about the story of pro tennis’s 99%, the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings
April 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We were joined by authors Conor Niland and Gavin Cooney behind the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, The Racket. Author Mark Tighe led the discussion with the co-authors where they chatted about the story of pro tennis’s 99%, the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings
Over in the School, Bridget Hourican was joined in brilliant conversation with author and journalist Aoife Barry where Bridget discussed her book Finding Mangan 📚
April 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Over in the School, Bridget Hourican was joined in brilliant conversation with author and journalist Aoife Barry where Bridget discussed her book Finding Mangan 📚
Multidisciplinary artist Luke Casserly joined writer and artist Dani Gill in Granard Library, where they discussed Luke’s recent production for the Abbey Theatre
April 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Multidisciplinary artist Luke Casserly joined writer and artist Dani Gill in Granard Library, where they discussed Luke’s recent production for the Abbey Theatre
We opened our third and final day here in Granard Library with a beautiful and moving “Granard Miscellany” 📚 Writers from the Granard Writer’s Group read out some of their latest work and were accompanied by music from local, talented Granard musicians
April 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We opened our third and final day here in Granard Library with a beautiful and moving “Granard Miscellany” 📚 Writers from the Granard Writer’s Group read out some of their latest work and were accompanied by music from local, talented Granard musicians
Thank you to everyone who came out to our final day here in Granard! We had another jam packed day of talks so lets have another walkthrough of what went on here in Granard 📚 #GranardBookTown
April 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out to our final day here in Granard! We had another jam packed day of talks so lets have another walkthrough of what went on here in Granard 📚 #GranardBookTown
Multidisciplinary artist Luke Casserly joined writer and artist Dani Gill in Granard Library, where they discussed Luke’s recent production for the Abbey, Distillation. Described as being a performative journey, Distillation takes you to the Irish bog landscape through scent #GranardBookTown
April 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Multidisciplinary artist Luke Casserly joined writer and artist Dani Gill in Granard Library, where they discussed Luke’s recent production for the Abbey, Distillation. Described as being a performative journey, Distillation takes you to the Irish bog landscape through scent #GranardBookTown
We’ve opened our third and final day here in Granard Library with a beautiful and moving “Granard Miscellany” 📚 Writers from the Granard Writer’s Group read out some of their latest work and were accompanied by music from local, talented Granard musicians #GranardBookTown
April 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We’ve opened our third and final day here in Granard Library with a beautiful and moving “Granard Miscellany” 📚 Writers from the Granard Writer’s Group read out some of their latest work and were accompanied by music from local, talented Granard musicians #GranardBookTown
And a huge thank you to our sponsors
April 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And a huge thank you to our sponsors
And lastly, we had an extraordinary finale with Carole Cadwalladr joined in conversation with Bryan Dobson. A fascinating discussion with two journalistic greats on the future of journalism, democracy and much, much more. This has been day two #GranardBookTown
April 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And lastly, we had an extraordinary finale with Carole Cadwalladr joined in conversation with Bryan Dobson. A fascinating discussion with two journalistic greats on the future of journalism, democracy and much, much more. This has been day two #GranardBookTown
📘Peter Geoghegan discussed his latest book Democracy for Sale: Dark Money with fellow Longford native Shaunagh Connaire
April 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
📘Peter Geoghegan discussed his latest book Democracy for Sale: Dark Money with fellow Longford native Shaunagh Connaire
📚A fascinating discussion with Afghan-Canadian journalist and author Nelofer Pazira-Fisk in conversation with journalist and filmmaker Shaunagh Connaire
⚽️ Miguel Delaney discussed his book States of Play with Gavin Cooney
⚽️ Miguel Delaney discussed his book States of Play with Gavin Cooney
April 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
📚A fascinating discussion with Afghan-Canadian journalist and author Nelofer Pazira-Fisk in conversation with journalist and filmmaker Shaunagh Connaire
⚽️ Miguel Delaney discussed his book States of Play with Gavin Cooney
⚽️ Miguel Delaney discussed his book States of Play with Gavin Cooney
We had poetry and pints in Fay’s, joined by three local poets Mary Melvin Geoghegan, Darragh Coady and Louise G Cole who read some of their latest works 📚
April 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We had poetry and pints in Fay’s, joined by three local poets Mary Melvin Geoghegan, Darragh Coady and Louise G Cole who read some of their latest works 📚
Stinging Fly editor and writer Lisa McInerney chaired a brilliant discussion between three debut authors, James Roseman (Placemakers), Louise Hegarty (Fair Play) and Elaine Garvey (The Wardrobe Department) 📗📕📘
April 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Stinging Fly editor and writer Lisa McInerney chaired a brilliant discussion between three debut authors, James Roseman (Placemakers), Louise Hegarty (Fair Play) and Elaine Garvey (The Wardrobe Department) 📗📕📘
🪄We opened the day with a magical family event with the brilliant Sinead O’Hart
🌊Over in Fay’s Bar, we were joined by Amy-Jane Beer who discussed her book The Flow with Mark Wormwald
📚 We were joined by Emma Tracey and Síona Cahill. Emma is BBC journalist and podcaster behind the show Access All
🌊Over in Fay’s Bar, we were joined by Amy-Jane Beer who discussed her book The Flow with Mark Wormwald
📚 We were joined by Emma Tracey and Síona Cahill. Emma is BBC journalist and podcaster behind the show Access All
April 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🪄We opened the day with a magical family event with the brilliant Sinead O’Hart
🌊Over in Fay’s Bar, we were joined by Amy-Jane Beer who discussed her book The Flow with Mark Wormwald
📚 We were joined by Emma Tracey and Síona Cahill. Emma is BBC journalist and podcaster behind the show Access All
🌊Over in Fay’s Bar, we were joined by Amy-Jane Beer who discussed her book The Flow with Mark Wormwald
📚 We were joined by Emma Tracey and Síona Cahill. Emma is BBC journalist and podcaster behind the show Access All
It’s been a busy, busy day two here in Granard! I think we’re due a little recap of the day 📚
📸 All images in thread,
Liam Flannery
📸 All images in thread,
Liam Flannery
April 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It’s been a busy, busy day two here in Granard! I think we’re due a little recap of the day 📚
📸 All images in thread,
Liam Flannery
📸 All images in thread,
Liam Flannery
What a momentous ending to a brilliant first day here in Granard 🎉 Claire Keegan in conversation with Sinéad Gleeson, in front of a full house in the Granard School Hall #GranardBookTown
April 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What a momentous ending to a brilliant first day here in Granard 🎉 Claire Keegan in conversation with Sinéad Gleeson, in front of a full house in the Granard School Hall #GranardBookTown
Back in the library, we were thrilled to have award-winning writer Seamus O’Rourke in a brilliant, humour-filled discussion about his life and career with festival director John Connell
#GranardBookTown
📸 Liam Flannery
#GranardBookTown
📸 Liam Flannery
April 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Back in the library, we were thrilled to have award-winning writer Seamus O’Rourke in a brilliant, humour-filled discussion about his life and career with festival director John Connell
#GranardBookTown
📸 Liam Flannery
#GranardBookTown
📸 Liam Flannery
Over in a packed full Fay’s Bar, we were joined by artist and poet Dani Gill who chatted with the inspiring Granard native Rebecca Tallon de Havilland about her life and career 📚 #GranardBookTown
📸 Liam Flannery
📸 Liam Flannery
April 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Over in a packed full Fay’s Bar, we were joined by artist and poet Dani Gill who chatted with the inspiring Granard native Rebecca Tallon de Havilland about her life and career 📚 #GranardBookTown
📸 Liam Flannery
📸 Liam Flannery
And we’re off! 🎉 A great opening discussion with Longford natives Conor Gearty and Peter Geoghegan who sat down to discuss Conor’s new book Homeland Insecurity: The Rise and Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law
📸 Liam Flannery #GranardBookTown 📚
📸 Liam Flannery #GranardBookTown 📚
April 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
And we’re off! 🎉 A great opening discussion with Longford natives Conor Gearty and Peter Geoghegan who sat down to discuss Conor’s new book Homeland Insecurity: The Rise and Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law
📸 Liam Flannery #GranardBookTown 📚
📸 Liam Flannery #GranardBookTown 📚