The award-winning 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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The Young Critics are coming to Cork! One of Youth Theatre Ireland’s most popular and innovative programmes, the Young Critics recruits 14 young people from youth theatres across the country.
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“I suppose it was one of the happiest nights of my life.” A group of artists, a trip abroad, an event that distorts everything.
€25
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A tender, disarming and unexpected new drama by Deirdre Kinahan (The Saviour, Tempesta).
€25 / €20
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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)