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26 - 29 June 2025

Hinterland Festival 2023

Welcome to Hinterland Festival 2023. You can browse all events and book tickets below, or view the programme schedule here.

Find out more about our Authors & Artists. And be sure to check out our LitCrawl events and 'Other Things to Do' during the Festival

Download the 2023 programme here.

MemoirMusic
John MacKenna

John MacKenna

Leonard Cohen, an Absent Friend

Event 15
Venue: Church of Ireland
DramaMemoir
Zak Moradi and Matthew Spangler

Zak Moradi and Matthew Spangler

Adapting Life Begins in Leitrim for stage

Event 16
Venue: Courthouse
Climate / Environment
Gerry Murphy

Gerry Murphy

Climate change and Ireland

Event 17
Venue: Kells Theatre
Children’s/Young Adult
Katie O’Donoghue

Katie O’Donoghue

The Little Otter Who Tried

Event 18
Venue: Eureka
4-8 years
Current Affairs
T.J. McIntyre and Senator Malcolm Byrne
T.J. McIntyre and Senator Malcolm Byrne

T.J. McIntyre and Senator Malcolm Byrne

Social Media and the right to protection and privacy

Event 19
Venue: Church of Ireland
FictionLiterature
Alice Ryan

Alice Ryan

There’s Been a Little Incident

Event 20
Venue: Courthouse
MemoirSport
Zak Moradi

Zak Moradi

Life Begins in Leitrim – from Kurdistan to Croke Park

Event 21
Venue: Kells Theatre
Children’s/Young Adult
Ellen Ryan

Ellen Ryan

Girls Who Slay Monsters

Event 22
Venue: Eureka
Ages 8+
FictionLiterature
John Boyne

John Boyne

The Author in Conversation

Event 23
Venue: Church of Ireland
Memoir
Colin Bateman

Colin Bateman

Thunder and Lightning: A memoir of life on the tough cul de sacs of Bangor

Event 24
Venue: Courthouse
Music
Tom Dunne

Tom Dunne

Aladdin Sane @ 50

Event 25
Venue: Kells Theatre
FictionLiterature
Anne Griffin

Anne Griffin

The Island of Longing

Event 26
Venue: Eureka
Children’s/Young AdultWalk
Famous Five Treasure Hunt
Event 27
Venue: Around Kells
Crime FictionLiterature
Liz Nugent and Jane Casey
Liz Nugent and Jane Casey

Liz Nugent and Jane Casey

Queens of Crime in Conversation

Event 28
Venue: Church of Ireland
Architecture
Adrian Duncan

Adrian Duncan

Little Republics, Jack Fitzsimons and Bungalow Bliss

Event 29
Venue: Courthouse
MemoirPoetry
Roger McGough

Roger McGough

Alive and Gigging

Event 30
Venue: Kells Theatre
Children’s/Young Adult
Shane Hegarty

Shane Hegarty

The Shop of Impossible Ice Creams

Event 31
Venue: Eureka
MemoirMusic
Bill Whelan

Bill Whelan

The Road to Riverdance

Event 32
Venue: Church of Ireland
DramaFictionLiterature
Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler
Event 33
Venue: Courthouse
JournalismMemoirSport
Tommie Gorman

Tommie Gorman

Never Better: My Life in Our Times

Event 34
Venue: Kells Theatre
Crime FictionLiterature
Sam Blake

Sam Blake

The Crime Novelist in Conversation

Event 35
Venue: Eureka
Current Affairs
Welcoming the Stranger

Welcoming the Stranger

A Panel Discussion

Event 36
Venue: Courthouse
Documentary/ Film
Film: Pray for our Sinners
Event 56
Venue: Courthouse
HistoryMusic
Lisa Lambe

Lisa Lambe

NightVisiting Songs and Stories from The Hearth

Event 37
Venue: Church of Ireland
Hinterland Festival of Literature & Arts
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