CALLING ALL PUBLISHERS OF IRISH FEMALE DEBUT FICTION WRITERS! Could your author be the next Kate O’Brien Award Winner? The award is presented to the best debut novel/short story collection by an Irish female author. More info: limerickliteraryfestival.com

Book Launch: Limerick French Circle 1944-1969 by Marie Hackett - tracing the fascinating early history of Limerick’s French-speaking community. Thursday 24 Sept at 7pm The People’s Museum, 2 Pery Square, Limerick

College Players in association with Limerick Literary Festival present a reading of Kate O’Brien’s ‘Distinguished Villa’ on Friday 18/09/26 at 7.30-8.30pm at Limerick Protestant Young Men’s Association (LPYMA) for Cultural Night 2026. Free event. Tickets: limerickliteraryfestival.com

Book Launch: Shades of Red by Vivienne McKechnie (Revival Press) Thurs 4th June - 6pm Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2. A powerful new poetry collection from Limerick poet Vivienne Mckechnie. The launch will be performed by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. All welcome

Today is Poetry Day Ireland 2026 and we share ‘Sometimes’, a poem by committee member Vivienne McKechnie from her 2nd collection: Shades of Red. Her collection launches on 4th June in the RHA by Laureate for Irish Fiction Eilis Ni Dhuibhne at 6pm. All welcome. @revivalpress

April is Poetry Month in Limerick, in association with the Limerick Literary Festival in honour of Kate O’Brien. Our last of 4 poets Dominic Taylor reads ‘Ghost at the Bar’. A poem in memory of Sean Heffernan and inspired by a painting by the artist Michael Collins. #poetry

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 30: Your next #RIWC26 read - The Hotel Guest by Rosemary Hennigan #readirishwomenchallenge #irishwriters #femalewriter #readmorebooks

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 29: A book of poetry or a play - Shades of Red by Vivienne McKechnie #readirishwomenchallenge #irishwriters #femalewriter #books #poetry @revivalpress

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 28: A book about freedom - Brigid by Kim Curran #readirishwomenchallenge #femalewriter #irishwriter #femaleauthors #book

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 27: A book with an animal companion - Secret of the Selkies by Laura Keohane #readirishwomenchallenge #femalewriters #irishwriters #irishauthor #books

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 26: A book featuring an alternate history - The Fallen The Magdalene Laundries & Ireland’s legacy of Silence by Louise Brendan #readirishwomenchallenge #femaleauthors #irishwriters #femalewriters #books @BragansLot

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 25: A book recommended on social media or by a bookseller/ librarian- Frog Routes, Polka-Dot Newts by Anja Murray. @MiseAnja #readirishwomen #books #femaleauthor #irishwriters #readreadread

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 24: A book about luck, good or bad - Something Bigger by Sheila Killian. #readirishwomenchallenge #irishauthor #femaleauthors #femalewriters #books @sheilakillian

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 23: A book by a women of colour/ ethnic minority/ diaspora - Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri. #readirishwomenchallenge #irishauthor #femaleauthors #femalewriters #books @EmmaDabiri

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 22: A book connected with the land - The Hare’s Corner By Jane Clarke and Catherine Cleary #readirishwomenchallenge #books #irishauthor #femaleauthors #femalewriters @lamblittle_

April is poetry month in Limerick 2026 We will have readings each week. Breton artist + poet Lionel Poiraudeau reads two quatrains from François Cheng’s ‘Enfin le Royaume: Quatrains’, followed by his own poem/answer to each, in French +English. youtu.be/-fk8KUub3zg?is=TUq7…

Book Launch: Shades of Red by Vivienne McKechnie (Revival Press) Friday 24th April, 7.30pm The People’s Museum of Limerick, 2 Pery Sq., Limerick @revivalpress #booklaunch #poetry #donalryan

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 21: A book with elements of fantasy, mythology or fairytale - Penelope Unbound by Mary Morrissy #readirishwomenchallenge #kateobrien #reading #irishwriter #femaleauthors

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 19: A book that you found really scary - Redder Days by Sue Rainsford. Winner of The Kate O’Brien Award 2019 #readirishwomenchallenge #kateobrien #irishwriters #books #readmore

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 19: A book your 8 year old self would have loved - Fia And The Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher #readirishwomenchallenge #kateobrien #irishwriters #books #readmore