The Intriguing Conversations series is the latest addition to the Kilkenny Arts Festival, which will feature numerous poets and speakers. Don Paterson has been named this year’s Poet in Residence and he will lead a poetry workshop as well as read and discuss some of his own work.

The series will feature discussions on issues of the past and today with Niamh Boyce reading from her new novel Her Kind on the Kilkenny witch trial and Fintan O’Toole discussing the ongoing Brexit negotiations in his book Heroic Failure.

The Kilkenny Arts Festival will take place from 8 to 18 August.

Below is the full list of artists and speakers as well as information on ticketing.

Pictures at an Exhibition, Gerry Murphy

Date: 10th August, Time: 11am, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: €12/€10

Rat King, A Rehearsed Reading

Date: 10th August, Time: 5pm, Venue: Cleere’s Theatre, Tickets: SOLD OUT – contact the Festival Box Office

Transforming Evans’ Home, Creating A Butler Gallery For The 21st Century

Date: 11th August, Time: 2pm, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: FREE but ticketed

From Revolution to Resolution: War and Peace in the Modern Era, The Hubert Butler Annual Lecture: Fergal Keane

Date: 11th August, Time: 5.30pm, Venue: St Canice’s Cathedral, Tickets: €17/ €15

Clara Schumann: Her Life and Music, Ian Fox

Date: 12th August, Time: 11am, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: €12/€10

Behind the Surface, Amy Cutler, Eamon Colman & Blaise Smith

Date: 12th August, Time: 5pm, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: FREE but ticketed

We Are The Poets, Rhyme Rag in collaboration with Laureate Na Nog

Date: 14th August, Time: 2pm, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: FREE but ticketed

Mícheál ‘Moley’ Ó Súilleabháin

Date: 15th August, Time: 1pm, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: €12/€10

Famished, Cherry Smyth, Ed Bennett, Lauren Kinsella

Date: 15th August, Time: 5pm, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: €12/€10

Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet with Don Paterson and Jean O’Brien

Date: 16th August, Time: 4pm, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: SOLD OUT

Niamh Boyce

Date: 17th August, Time: 11am, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: €12/€10

Poetry Workshop with Don Paterson

Date: 17th August, Time: 11am, email [email protected] for further details

Heroic Failure, Fintan O'Toole

Date: 17th August, Time: 2pm, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: SOLD OUT

Don Paterson, Poet in Residence

Date: 17th August, Time: 5pm, Venue: The Parade Tower, Tickets: €14/€12