Friday, 02 March |
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| Time | Event | Venue | Price |
| 11.00am | Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin | glór | Free |
| 2.00pm | How to Read a Novel: Mary Morrissy discusses Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s The Dancer’s Dancing | Temple Gate Hotel | Free |
| 2.00pm | Screening of Simon Fitzmaurice’s It’s Not Yet Dark | glór | *€5 |
| 4.00pm | Book Club Favourite: Ruth Fitzmaurice in conversation with Mick Heaney | glór | *€12/€10 |
| 6.00pm |
Festival Official Opening with Clare Photographer Kenneth O’Halloran |
glór | Free |
| 6.30pm | The Irish Times Book Club with June Caldwell | Queens Hotel | €5 |
| 6.30pm |
Gerard Hanberry: |
Scéal Eile | Free |
| 8.00pm | Crime Night with Liz Nugent, Julie Parsons & Andrea Carter | glór | €12 / €10 |
| 10.00pm | Festival Club Readings with Sally Rooney & Mary Morrissy | Temple Gate Hotel | €8 |
| *Film & Ruth Fitzmaurice event package = €15/€14 | |||
Saturday, 03 March |
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| Time | Event | Venue | Price |
| 9.30am | Books & Buns | Rowan Tree Café | €10 / €8 |
| 9.30am | Walking Tour with Jane O’Brien | Meet @ glór | €8 |
| 11.30am | 10 Books You Should Read: Jane Urquhart & Carlo Gebler with Katy Hayes | glór | €12 / €10 |
| 11.45am | A Guided Tour of Kenneth O’Halloran’s Modern Ruins & Other Stories | glór, Studio | Free |
| 1.00pm | Clare Youth Theatre in performance | glór, Studio | Free |
| 2.00pm | How to Run Your Book Club Better: Mary O’Donnell, Roisin Meaney & Nuala Ní Chonchúir | Temple Gate Hotel | €10 |
| 2.00pm | New Clare Voices: Liz Price, Karen McDonnell & Joe Queally | Old Ground Hotel | Free |
| 3.15pm | Wild Atlantic Poets: Readings by members of the Clare Poetry Collective | Record Break | Free |
| 3.30pm | Rick O’Shea Book Club Special with John Connolly & Screenings | glór | €12 / €10 |
| 5.00pm | Ré Ó Laighléis in conversation with Michael McCaughan | Temple Gate Hotel | €10 |
| 6.00pm | Nessa O’Mahony in conversation with Irish Times Book Club editor, Martin Doyle | Temple Gate Hotel | Free |
| 8.00pm | Sebastian Barry: A Tribute & Interview with Seán Rocks & Special Guests Mia Gallagher & Claire Kilroy | glór | €15 / €10 |
| 10.30pm | Festival Club with Pat O’Connor and Eoghan O'Sullivan |
Rowan Tree Café | Free |
Sunday, 04 March |
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| Time | Event | Venue | Price |
| 10.30am | Walking Tour with Jane O’Brien | Meet @ glór | €8 |
| 11.30am | Sunday Miscellany | glór | €12/ €10 |
| 1.30pm | Literary Lunch: Mary Kenny in conversation with Ciana Campbell (includes lunch) | Old Ground Hotel | €22 |
| 3.30pm | The Beyond Borders Book Club Panel Discussion | Temple Gate Hotel | Free |
Childrens’s & Young People’s Programme |
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| Time | Event | Venue | Price |
| Thur, 01 Mar @ 10.30am | Donal Ryan | glór | Free |
| Thur, 01 Mar @ 2pm | Donal Ryan | Shannon Library | Free |
| Fri, 02 Mar @ 10am | Sarah Maria Griffin | Shannon Library | Free |
| Fri, 02 Mar @ 10.30am | Caroline Busher Children’s Book Club | De Valera Library | Free |
| Fri, 02 Mar @ 11am | Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin | glór | Free |
| Fri, 02 Mar @ 12noon | Sarah Maria Griffin | De Valera Library | Free |
| Fri, 02 Mar @ 2pm | John Connolly Sci-Fi For Teens | De Valera Library | Free |
| Sat, 03 Mar @ 10am | The Book Clinic comes to Ennis** | Red Room in glór | Free |
| Sat, 03 Mar @ 10am | Baby Book Club - with Sarah Webb** | glór, Studio | Free |
| Sat, 03 Mar @ 2pm | A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea with Sarah Webb** | glór, Studio | Free |
| Sat, 03 Mar @ 3pm | Magical Sense of Storytelling - ER Murray** | glór, Studio | Free |
| Mon, 05 Mar @ 10am | Nessa O’Mahony | De Valera Library | Free |
| Mon, 05 Mar @ 2pm | Nessa O’Mahony | Shannon Library | Free |
| **Places limited, early booking advisable | |||