DATES FOR NEXT FESTIVAL 4-6 MARCH 2011

Thank you - to all our authors, speakers, festival goers and volunteers for making the 2010 event a resounding success. Our numbers are growing every year and many of you plan to return. Gratitude also to the people of Ennis for the great welcome they extended to all our visitors and thanks to all our sponsors and supporters.

Readers' Festival
The Ennis Book Club Festival is a wonderful social and literary gathering bringing together book club members and readers from all over Ireland and beyond. Supported by Clare County Library, the festival includes author readings, discussions, workshops and walking tours through the narrow streets and lanes of Ennis. We offer sessions on running book clubs and advice on reading lists, chocolate tastings, events as Gaeilge and an opportunity to compare notes and meet with other Book Club members.

2010 Festival
The 2010 festival again attracted wonderful authors and speakers including Lionel Shriver, Joseph O'Connor, Paul Durcan, David McWilliams, Joe Duffy, Tim Pat Coogan, Diarmaid Ferriter, Paul Howard, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Senator Eoghan Harris, Claire Keegan, Fiona Looney, Thomas Lynch, Niall MacMonagle, Claire Kilroy, Alan Titley.

2010 Book Club of the Year
The NCBI Audio Book Club from Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin is the 2010 Book Club of the Year. Thanks to the award sponsors - The Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis. Click here to see winning entry.

10 Books you Should Read - Joe Duffy and Fiona Looney. Click Here.

The 2011 programme will be available later this year and tickets will be available in mid January 2011