Irish Literary Festivals in Dublin, Dalkey, Belfast and Sligo in Summer 2024

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Book lovers rejoice! Ireland has you covered  when it comes to literary festivals and ways to appreciate some of the world's best writers, novelists, poets, journalists and essayists.  

This summer you can celebrate the amazing literature the island offers, past and present, from storied masters like James Joyce and William Butler Years to Ireland's leading writers today. Here are just a few of the literary treasures that await you in summer 2024. 

Elaine Feeney, Belfast Book Festival

The 14th Belfast Book Festival, June 6-13, take place at the Crescent Arts Centre in South Belfast, a perfect setting to appreciate Northern Ireland’s extraordinary literary traditions that have inspired writers the world over. This year’s guests includes noted Irish novelist Colin Tóibín, Marie Howe, poet laureate of New York State, war correspondent Fergal Keane, and two Irish novelists, Elaine Feeney and Louise Kennedy, in conversation.


James Joyce Statue, Dublin

The annual Bloomsday Celebration takes place this year from June 11-16 throughout Dublin, Ireland's capital city, to celebrate James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses. Literary exhibits, lectures, readings, reenactments and walking tours of Dublin bring to life June 16, 1904, the day on which the great novel took place.


Book of Kells Immersive 

While in Dublin, visit a wonderful new immersive experience on The Book of Kells at Trinity College, one of the most famous printed documents in the world and one of Ireland's most important cultural treasures.  Set within a specially constructed pavilion in the historic grounds of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s oldest university, the Book of Kells Experience takes visitors from a view the Book of Kells in the Old Library, before moving to the Long Room, considered to be one of the world’s most beautiful libraries. 

Donal Ryan, Dalkey Book Festival

The acclaimed Dalkey Book Festival, June 13-16, offers an extraordinary line-up of writers at the top of their crafts, set in this beautiful seaside town south of Dublin. Just a sampling this year includes Irish writers Anne Enright, Claire Keegan, Fintan O’Toole, Paul Lynch, Paul Murray, Elaine Feeney, Donal Ryan, David McWilliams, Stephen Rea, David Brooks, Isabella Hammad, John Boyne, Nuala O’Connor and Neil Jordan.

W.B.Yeats, International Summer School

The 65th Yeats International Summer School takes place July 11-19 in Sligo, Yeats’ ancestral home and the source of his poetic inspiration. Yeats scholars from around the world gather to attend lectures and seminars, poetry readings, tours, concerts and cultural events in the beautiful setting of Co. Sligo. Among the International scholars this year include Professor Paige Reynolds, College of the Holy Cross in Worcester.

Read more about Literary Ireland and plan your visit to Ireland on Ireland.com. 

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