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

John MacKenna

Zak Moradi and Matthew Spangler

Gerry Murphy

Katie O’Donoghue

T.J. McIntyre and Senator Malcolm Byrne

Alice Ryan

Zak Moradi

Ellen Ryan

John Boyne

Colin Bateman

Tom Dunne

Anne Griffin

Famous Five Treasure Hunt

Liz Nugent and Jane Casey

Adrian Duncan

Roger McGough

Shane Hegarty

Bill Whelan

Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler

Tommie Gorman

Sam Blake

Welcoming the Stranger

Lisa Lambe

Tony Bucher

Hinterland Festival 2023

John MacKenna

Leonard Cohen, an Absent Friend

Event 15

Saturday 24 June 2023, 11am

Venue: Church of Ireland

Zak Moradi and Matthew Spangler

Adapting Life Begins in Leitrim for stage

Event 16

Saturday 24 June 2023, 11am

Venue: Courthouse

Gerry Murphy

Climate change and Ireland

Event 17

Saturday 24 June 2023, 11am

Venue: Kells Theatre

Katie O’Donoghue

The Little Otter Who Tried

Event 18

Saturday 24 June 2023, 11am

Venue: Eureka

T.J. McIntyre and Senator Malcolm Byrne

Social Media and the right to protection and privacy

Event 19

Saturday 24 June 2023, 12.30pm

Venue: Church of Ireland

Alice Ryan

There’s Been a Little Incident

Event 20

Saturday 24 June 2023, 12.30pm

Venue: Courthouse

Zak Moradi

Life Begins in Leitrim – from Kurdistan to Croke Park

Event 21

Saturday 24 June 2023, 12.30pm

Venue: Kells Theatre

Ellen Ryan

Girls Who Slay Monsters

Event 22

Saturday 24 June 2023, 12.30pm

Venue: Eureka

John Boyne

The Author in Conversation

Event 23

Saturday 24 June 2023, 2pm

Venue: Church of Ireland

Colin Bateman

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

Event 24

Saturday 24 June 2023, 2pm

Venue: Courthouse

Tom Dunne

Aladdin Sane @ 50

Event 25

Saturday 24 June 2023, 2pm

Venue: Kells Theatre

Anne Griffin

The Island of Longing

Event 26

Saturday 24 June 2023, 2pm

Venue: Eureka

Famous Five Treasure Hunt

Event 27

Saturday 24 June 2023, 2pm

Venue: Around Kells

Liz Nugent and Jane Casey

Queens of Crime in Conversation

Event 28

Saturday 24 June 2023, 3.30pm

Venue: Church of Ireland

Adrian Duncan

Little Republics, Jack Fitzsimons and Bungalow Bliss

Event 29

Saturday 24 June 2023, 3.30pm

Venue: Courthouse

Roger McGough

Alive and Gigging

Event 30

Saturday 24 June 2023, 3.30pm

Venue: Kells Theatre