The award-winning Palestinian author of Minor Detail, Adania Shibli delivers an unmissable keynote lecture on repetition and the absence of words.
A profound speaker on war, memory, identity, language and aesthetics, Shibli draws on her work as a novelist and essayist to explore the relationship between narrative, silence and power. Her writing spans novels, plays, short stories and essays, and engages deeply with questions of violence, justice and representation.
Minor Detail was a finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, longlisted for the International Booker Prize, and awarded the LiBeraturpreis. Shibli has also received the Qattan Young Writer’s Award twice and continues to teach and research in different universities across Europe, as well as at Birzeit University, Palestine (2012-2018), while from 2022–2025 she acted a a co-curator of the Bergen Assembly 2025, Bergen, Norway.
Literature programme supported by Cork Midsummer Festival and University College Cork – partnering to create a unique strand of events that feature cross artform collaborations, performance and conversation
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Participation / Early Years
Singing Garden is an immersive, multi-sensory experience created especially for babies (0–18 months) and their important adults.
€10 per baby (with parent / guardian)
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Participation
Celebrate the Solstice with sounds and dances inspired by our ancestors, from the neolithic to the neoliberals - in one giant crazy artistic céilí!
€15 / €10
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Visual Art / Free
Commissioned by The Glucksman in partnership with Cork Midsummer, an casadh (the turn) is a bio-sculptural installation and live performance exploring ideas of kinship, ritual and nourishment.
Free
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Circus / Free
This feast for the senses sees three colourful beings moving through the space with their wonderful sensory sculpture, while finding unique ways for audiences to enjoy art.
Free