This year's Festival of Writing & Ideas will take place June 10th – 12th 2016.

Now in its fifth year, the festival promises to bring together some of the most intriguing international minds – novelists, journalists, film-makers, poets, theatre directors, war correspondents, biographers, artists and political commentators – for a weekend of stimulating dialogue and discussion. 

This year's line-up includes Kate Tempest, Martin Amis, Chrissie Hynde, John Banville, Rory Stewart,  Sara Baume, Loyd Grossman, Lia Mills, Simon Callow, Deborah Levy, William Dalrymple, Bruce Robinson, Janine di Giovanni, Viv Albertine, Hyeonseo Lee, Harry Parker, Stephen Frears, Rob Penn, Sinéad Gleeson, Kamila Shamsie, Lucy Caldwell, Georgina Harding, Giles Duley, Thomas Morris, Sophie Gorman, Rob Doyle, Gavin Corbett, Danielle McLaughlin, Cait O'Riordan. With many more still to be announced.

“Borris is one of the friendliest, most stimulating literary festivals in the world.” – Ian McEwan

“Borris manages to retain all the charm of a smaller gathering where people are here because they fancy it, not because they are selling a book.” – Mariella Frostrup 

“I have had the best audiences I have ever talked to, at full capacity, and afterwards signed and sold a gratifying number of my books, to people who knew exactly why they were there and what they were about.” – Roy Foster

For further information visit www.festivalofwritingandideas.com and to view a video of the 2015 festival click here.

[email protected]

This year's Festival of Writing & Ideas will take place June 10th – 12th 2016.

Now in its fifth year, the festival promises to bring together some of the most intriguing international minds – novelists, journalists, film-makers, poets, theatre directors, war correspondents, biographers, artists and political commentators – for a weekend of stimulating dialogue and discussion. 

This year's line-up includes Kate Tempest, Martin Amis, Chrissie Hynde, John Banville, Rory Stewart,  Sara Baume, Loyd Grossman, Lia Mills, Simon Callow, Deborah Levy, William Dalrymple, Bruce Robinson, Janine di Giovanni, Viv Albertine, Hyeonseo Lee, Harry Parker, Stephen Frears, Rob Penn, Sinéad Gleeson, Kamila Shamsie, Lucy Caldwell, Georgina Harding, Giles Duley, Thomas Morris, Sophie Gorman, Rob Doyle, Gavin Corbett, Danielle McLaughlin, Cait O'Riordan. With many more still to be announced.

“Borris is one of the friendliest, most stimulating literary festivals in the world.” – Ian McEwan

“Borris manages to retain all the charm of a smaller gathering where people are here because they fancy it, not because they are selling a book.” – Mariella Frostrup 

“I have had the best audiences I have ever talked to, at full capacity, and afterwards signed and sold a gratifying number of my books, to people who knew exactly why they were there and what they were about.” – Roy Foster

For further information visit www.festivalofwritingandideas.com and to view a video of the 2015 festival click here.

[email protected]