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Cork Short Story Festival (15-18 Oct)
The 2025 Cork International Short Story Festival programme is now live on our festival website—and watch out for the print brochure which will start to appear all over the city in September!
As one of the few festivals in the world dedicated to the short story, we devote much space to debut authors such as Claire-Lise Kieffer and Vanessa Onwuemezi, alongside the firmly established including the present Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. With readings, award presentations, and a discussion of a new edition of The Lonely Voice by Frank O’Connor (whom this festival was originally named after) we have something for everyone. To be as accessible and approachable as possible, we present many events for free and never charge more than a fiver for other events.