ECHOES Maeve Binchy Literary Festival 3rd - 5th October 2025
Friday 3rd October 2025
ECHOES - Maeve Binchy’s Chancery Lane & Minding Frankie
Schedule
19.30 - 21.30
About
New adaptation! Rehearsed Reading of Chancery Lane by Maeve Binchy, directed by Conall Morrison. Wanting to sue rich banker Charles Benson for breach of contract, show-stopping dancer Jilly Twilly enlists a barrister’s help… It’s Binchy at her best!
followed by
Maeve Binchy’s Minding Frankie adapted for stage by Shay Linehan, performed by Michael Heavey. A heart-warming story about hope, unconventional families, and a child raised with the love of a community. BOOKED OUT.
Ticket Price: €25.95
3rd - 5th October 2025
ECHOES - Maeve Binchy Literary Festival (Morning)
Duration
09.30 -12.45
About
Opening. Billy Keane talks about Maeve and Gordon’s visits to Listowel.
At Home in the World. As Maeve Binchy’s literacy and journalistic legacy continue to be reassessed, three fans discuss their love for her writing, and her influence on writing in Ireland.
Panel: Anne Griffin, Jamie O’Connell, Zoe Miller. Chair: Katherine McSharry
Crime Begins at Home. Why do so many crime novels take the domestic setting as their starting point?
Panel: Brian McGilloway, Andrea Mara, Sam Blake. Chair: Andrea Carter
Interview. Liz Nugent in conversation with Oliver Callan.
Ticket Price: €40
ECHOES - Maeve Binchy Literary Festival (Afternoon)
Schedule
14.00 - 17.30
About
Feeling at Home with Writing. What does it mean to ‘feel at home’ when living in a new place or with more than one culture, and how are writers interpreting that in Ireland today?
Panel: Melatu Uche Okorie , Kevin Curran, Olha Khoroshevska. Chair: Caroline Erskine
This must be the Place: Ireland and the short story. Ireland has a reputation as being a natural home for the art of short story writing.
Panel: Sarah Binchy, Jan Carson. John Patrick McHugh, Chair: Niall MacMonagle.
Interview. Cecelia Ahern in conversation with Edel Coffey.
Closing: Colm O’Regan
Ticket Price: €40
ECHOES - Maeve Binchy Literary Festival (Full day)
Schedule
09.30 - 17.30
About
Opening. Billy Keane talks about Maeve and Gordon’s visits to Listowel.
At Home in the World. As Maeve Binchy’s literacy and journalistic legacy continue to be reassessed, three fans discuss their love for her writing, and her influence on writing in Ireland.
Panel: Anne Griffin, Jamie O’Connell, Zoe Miller. Chair: Katherine McSharry
Crime Begins at Home. Why do so many crime novels take the domestic setting as their starting point?
Panel: Brian McGilloway, Andrea Mara, Sam Blake. Chair: Andrea Carter
Interview. Liz Nugent in conversation with Oliver Callan.
Lunch
Feeling at Home with Writing. What does it mean to ‘feel at home’ when living in a new place or with more than one culture, and how are writers interpreting that in Ireland today?
Panel: Melatu Uche Okorie , Kevin Curran, Olha Khoroshevska. Chair: Caroline Erskine
This must be the Place: Ireland and the short story. Ireland has a reputation as being a natural home for the art of short story writing.
Panel: Sarah Binchy, Jan Carson. John Patrick McHugh, Chair: Niall MacMonagle.
Interview. Cecelia Ahern in conversation with Edel Coffey.
Closing: Colm O’Regan
Ticket Price: €70
Sunday 6th October 2024
Marvellously Maeve Guided Walk - BOOKED OUT
Schedule
11.00 - 12.30
About
Follow Maeve’s footsteps on the Marvellously Maeve Guided Walk full of local knowledge, not in any guidebook. Readings & Refreshments. BOOKED OUT.
Ticket Price: €22.95
Aches and Pains by Maeve Binchy - BOOKED OUT
Schedule
15.00 - 16.00
About
Maeve Binchy’s Aches and Pains, adapted for stage by Shay Linehan, directed by Margaret Dunne. With Caitríona Ní Threasaigh as Ann and Michael Heavey as Stan. Maeve regales us with hilarious and poignant details of her hip operation.
Ticket Price: €24.95 BOOKED OUT