Margaret Atwood, Sebastian Barry, and Louise Kennedy among lineup for Festival of Writing and Ideas 2027

Several writers have been announced for the 2027 Festival of Writing and Words, which takes place at Borris House, Carlow, from June 11 to 13.

Authors announced for the festival include Margaret Atwood, Sebastian Barry, Michael Chabon, Damon Galgut, Ben Macintyre, Kiran Desai, Marcus de Sautoy, Mary Gaitskill, Misha Glenny, Olive Heffernan, Patchen Barss, William Dalrymple, Yasmin Zaher, Fintan O'Toole, Philippe Sands, Louise Kennedy, Roisin Ingle, and Ruby Wax.

The full lineup will be released in early 2027.

 

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The lineup for the 2025 festival featured Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright, Lemn Sissay, Patrick Radden Keefe, Naoise Dolan, Frank McGuinness, and Fiona Shaw.

Running since 2012, and curated by a small team led by Vivienne Guinness and Hugo Jellett, the festival promises a weekend of stimulating dialogue and discourse, with a range of novelists, poet-laureates, musicians, academics, and journalists taking to the stage.

The Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas also have an upcoming event on Saturday, November 14, at The Mansion House, Dublin. Acclaimed American author and financial journalist Michael Lewis will be in conversation with journalist Mark Little about his new book, Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State. Tickets for the event are available here.

Tickets for the 2027 festival go on sale on Tuesday, November 10, at 9.30am here.