The 20th annual Ennis Book Club Festival will take place from 6-8 March 2026. For two decades, readers, writers, and book lovers from near and far have gathered in Ennis to share stories, spark conversations, and celebrate the joy of reading.
Just two of the many events from the programme are:
Poetry Reading with Karen J McDonnell, Erin Fornoff & Molly Twomey in conversation with Sarah Clancy
4.00pm, Saturday 6 March, De Valera Library, Ennis
Free admission (Sold Out)
Chic to be Sad by Molly Twomey explores a young woman’s report from the front lines of experience. There’s a sense of the aftermath of illness and the poems are infused with physical and emotional vulnerability.
Comóradh: A Celebration of Ireland’s Restless Girls — Na Cailíní Fiáine
6.00pm, Sunday 7 March, Súil Gallery, Ennis
Tickets Free online or from glór box office on 065 684310
A bilingual event marking Lá Fhéile Síle (Sheelah’s Day), celebrating Ireland’s restless girls — na cailíní fiáine — and traditions of folklore, ritual and story.
Annemarie Ní Churreáin will read from her third poetry collection, Hymn to All the Restless Girls (The Gallery Press, 2025), selected for The Irish Times Best Poetry of 2025 and RTÉ Culture’s Best Irish Books of the Year. She is poetry editor at The Stinging Fly and is from the Donegal Gaeltacht.
She will be joined by Máire and Étáin of An Chéad Ghlúin Eile, sean-nós singing sisters from the Ráth Chairn Gaeltacht, Co. Meath. Their debut album, Cá’il an Bheirt?, received Album of the Year 2025 at the Nós Awards.
