2026
Jan 16: 🇫🇷 A Gout des Autres, Le Havre, France
2025
Nov 21: 🇮🇪 C.U.S. School, Dublin
Nov 4: 🇫🇷 FNAC Bordeaux, France
Nov 3: 🇫🇷 FNAC Bercy Paris, France
Jun 28: 🇮🇪 Hinterland Festival, Kells, Meath
Jun 16: 🇮🇪 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin
Jun 6: 🇫🇷 Lyon, France
Jun 5: 🇫🇷 Grand Rex Cinema, Paris, France
Jun 4: 🇫🇷 Lille, France
May 30: 🇮🇪 Writers’ Week, Listowel (with Rónán Hession)
May 18: 🇿🇦 Franschhoek Literary Festival, South Africa (with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu)
May 17: 🇿🇦 Franschhoek Literary Festival, South Africa
May 16: 🇿🇦 Reuben’s Restaurant, Franschhoek, South Africa
May 16: 🇿🇦 Franschhoek Literary Festival, South Africa (with Abi Daré and Sven Axelrad)
May 11: 🏴 Stratford Literary Festival (with Cecelia Ahern)
May 10: 🏴 Stratford Literary Festival
May 7: 🏴 Earls Barton Library, Northamptonshire
May 6: 🇮🇪 Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
Mar 19: 🇮🇪 Kildare Place School, Dublin
2024
Dec 20: 🇮🇪 Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Ireland (with Robert Sheehan)
Nov 21: 🇮🇪 Holy Cross School, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 18: 🏴 Folkestone Book Festival, England
Nov 13: 🏴 Books at the Barn, Hampshire, England
Nov 12: 🏴 Lyttelton Well, Malvern, England
Nov 11: 🏴 Book-Ish, Crickhowell, Wales
Nov 9: 🏴 Chorleywood Library, England
Nov 8: 🏴 Tring Literary Festival, England
Oct 27: 🇧🇪 Boektopia, Kortrijk, Belgium
Oct 26: 🇧🇪 Boekenhuis Theoria, Kortrijk, Belgium
Oct 26: 🇧🇪 Barboek, Leuven, Belgium
Oct 21: 🇮🇪 Wesley College, Dublin, Ireland
Oct 3: 🇦🇿 Baku Book Fair, Azerbaijan
Oct 3: 🇦🇿 Ali & Nino Bookshop, Baku, Azerbaijan
Sep 27: 🇲🇩 Filit Book Fair, Teatrul Fǎrǎ Nume, Chișinǎu, Moldova
Sep 10: 🇮🇪 Set Theatre, Kilkenny, Ireland (with Robert Sheehan)
Sep 8: 🇮🇪 Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland (with Robert Sheehan)
Aug 26: 🇳🇱 Beste Boeken Live, Utrecht, Holland
Jul 26: 🇵🇪 FIL Literary Festival, Lima, Peru
Jun 16: 🇮🇪 Dalkey Literary Festival, Ireland
May 28: 🏴 Steyning Literature Festival
May 27: 🏴 Hay-on-Wye Festival
May 25: 🏴 Bath Literature Festival (with Donal Ryan)
May 24: 🇨🇿 Book World Prague
May 23: 🇨🇿 Book World Prague (with Marto Kelbl)
May 4: 🇬🇬 Guernsey Literary Festival
May 3: 🏴 Stratford Literary Festival, England
Apr 14: 🏴 Ealing Literary Festival, London, England
Apr 11: 🏴 INK Festival, Halesworth, England
Feb 2: 🇮🇳 Jaipur Literary Festival, India
Jan 25: 🇮🇳 Kolkata Junior Literary Meet, India
Jan 24: 🇮🇳 Kolkata Literary Meet (with Sebastian Faulks), India
Jan 24: 🇮🇳 Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata, India
Jan 23: 🇮🇳 Kolkata Literary Meet, India
2023
Dec 9: 🇮🇪 Gifted Fair, RDS, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 19: 🏴 Derby Book Festival, England (with Anne Griffin)
Nov 11: 🇮🇪 Dublin Books Festival, Ireland (with William Wall)
Nov 5: 🏴 Tring Book Festival, England
Nov 4: 🏴 Southwold Literary Festival, England
Nov 3: 🏴 Waterstone’s, Cambridge, England
Nov 2: 🏴 Kibworth Cricket Club, Leicester, England
Oct 7: 🇨🇭 Irish-Fribourg Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland
Sep 12: 🇲🇽 Gandhi Bookshop, Mexico City, Mexico
Sep 10: 🇲🇽 Hay Festival, Querétaro, Mexico
Jun 27: 🇮🇪 Drumshanbo Written Word, Leitrim, Ireland
Jun 24: 🇮🇪 Hinterland Festival, Kells, Ireland
Jun 10-11: 🇪🇸 Madrid Book Fair, Spain
Mar 26: 🏴 Oxford Literary Festival (with John Banville & Neil Jordan), England
Mar 8: 🇦🇺 Adelaide Writers Week, Australia
Mar 7: 🇦🇺 Adelaide Writers Week (with Louise Kennedy), Australia
Mar 6: 🇦🇺 Adelaide Writers Week (with Esther Freud and Louise Kennedy), Australia
Feb 15: 🇦🇺 Avid Reader, Brisbane (with Luke Rutledge), Australia
Feb 13: 🇦🇺 Brisbane Square Library, Australia
Feb 2: 🇦🇺 South Yarra Library, Melbourne, Australia
2022
Dec 13: 🇮🇪 Kildare Place School, Dublin
Dec 2: 🇧🇪 Oudenaarde, Belgium
Dec 1: 🖥️ Book Passage, Books & Books (with Zosia Mamet) (virtual)
Nov 29: 🖥️ Wellesley Books / Joseph Beth Books (virtual)
Nov 25: 🇲🇹 Malta Book Festival, Malta
Nov 10: 🇩🇪 Geistesblüten, Berlin, Germany
Nov 9: 🇩🇪 Kirche Ottensen, Hamburg, Germany
Nov 7: 🇳🇱 Guiding Voices, Rotterdam, Holland
Nov 6: 🇧🇪 Boektopia, Kortrijk, Belgium
Oct 21: 🇷🇴 National Theatre, Iasi, Romania
Sep 28: 🏴 Topping’s Books, Bath, England
Sep 27: 🏴 Waterstone’s, Yeovil, England
Sep 24: 🏴 Wigtown Books Festival, Scotland
Sep 23: 🏴 Bookends, Carlisle, England
Sep 21: 🏴 Chorleywood Golf Club, London, England
Aug 29: 🇳🇱 Beste Boeken Live, Utrecht, Holland
Jun 26: 🇫🇷 Saint-Maur en Poche, Paris, France
Jun 25: 🇫🇷 Chapelle de Carmélites, Toulouse, France
Jun 26: 🇫🇷 Tire Lire Bookshop, Toulouse, France
Jun 24: 🇫🇷 Nuit Blanche des Livres, Paris, France
Jun 18: 🇮🇪 Dalkey Book Festival, Ireland (with Yassmin Abdel-Magied & Simon Kuper)
Jun 4: 🇮🇪 Listowel Writers Week, Ireland
Jun 3: 🇮🇪 Listowel Writers Week, Ireland (with Clare O’Dea and Sophie Grenham)
Apr 8-10: 🇮🇪 Franco-Irish Literary Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Mar 8: 🇮🇪 St Olaf’s School, Balally, Dublin, Ireland
2021
Dec 1: 🇲🇽 Embassy of Ireland, Mexico City
Nov 27-29: 🇲🇽 Guadalajara International Book Fair, Mexico
Nov 6: 🇳🇴 SILK Festival, Skudenshaven, Norway
Nov 5: 🇳🇴 Karmøy Kino, Kopervik, Norway
Nov 4: 🇳🇴 Edda Kino, Haugesund, Norway
Oct 27: 🖥️ Festival of Authors, Santiago, Chile (virtual)
Sep 18: 🇪🇸 Madrid Book Fair, Spain
Sep 18: 🇪🇸 Hay Festival Segovia, Spain
Sep 5: 🇨🇭 Livres sur les Quai Festival, Morges, Switzerland (with Anna Enquist)
Sep 4: 🇨🇭 Livres sur les Quai Festival, Morges, Switzerland (with Arnon Grünberg)
Aug 21: 🇮🇪 Borris Festival, Ireland (with Rob Doyle)
Aug 5: 🏴 Tring Literary Festival, England
Jun 20: 🖥️ Carlow MFA Programme (virtual)
Apr 17: 🖥️ Ízmir Youth Literary Day, Turkey (virtual)
Mar 24: 🖥️ Cork County Council (virtual)
2020
Sep 26: 🖥️ Henley Literary Festival (virtual) (with David Mitchell)
Mar 1-4: 🇦🇺 Adelaide Writers’ Week, Australia
2019
Oct 20: 🇮🇪 Kildare Readers Festival, Ireland (with Dermot Bolger)
Oct 11-12: 🏴 North Cornwall Book Festival, England
Oct 4: 🇮🇪 Dromineer Literary Festival, Ireland (with Anne Griffin & Rick O’Shea)
Sep 28: 🇮🇪 Bray Literary Festival, Ireland (with Jess Kidd)
Sep 20: 🇮🇪 Culture Night, Dept of Culture, Dublin, Ireland (with Mary Costello & Sarah Davis-Goff)
Aug 16: 🇵🇱 Sopot by the Book, Poland
Aug 11: 🏴 Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Jul 14: 🇮🇪 West Cork Literary Festival, Ireland (with Patrick Gale)
Jun 29: 🇮🇪 Hinterland Festival, Kells, Ireland
Jun 16: 🇮🇪 Belfast Book Festival, Ireland
Jun 15: 🇮🇪 Belfast Book Festival, Ireland (with Roddy Doyle, Louise Doughty and Paul McVeigh)
Jun 1: 🇮🇪 Writers Week, Listowel, Ireland (with Jan Carson)
Jun 1: 🇮🇪 Community Centre, Listowel, Ireland
May 31: 🇮🇪 Writers Week, Listowel, Ireland (with Sarah Davis-Goff & Anne Griffin)
May 30: 🏴 Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, Wales
May 24: 🇮🇪 International Literature Festival, Dublin, Ireland
May 18: 🇳🇿 Auckland Writers Festival, New Zealand
May 17: 🇳🇿 Auckland Writers Festival, New Zealand (with Andrew Sean Greer, Anne Kennedy & Carla Guelfenbein)
May 16: 🇳🇿 Auckland Writers Festival Gala Event, New Zealand
May 14: 🇳🇿 National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
May 13: 🇳🇿 The Piano, Christchurch, New Zealand
May 11: 🇳🇿 Otago Boys’ High School, Dunedin, New Zealand
May 10: 🇳🇿 Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand
May 10: 🇳🇿 Otago Girls’ High School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Apr 24: 🇮🇪 Cork Central Library, Ireland
Apr 17: 🏴 Waterstone’s, Piccadilly, London, England
Apr 8: 🇳🇱 Dekker v.d. Vegt, Nijmegen, Holland
Apr 8: 🇳🇱 Euretco, Hoevelaken, Holland
Apr 6: 🇮🇪 Franco-Irish Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Mar 31: 🏴 Oxford Literary Festival, England
Mar 29: 🇮🇪 Mountain to Sea Festival, Dublin, Ireland (with Kate Mosse, Hannah Beckerman)
Mar 13: 🏴 UEA Literary Festival, Norwich, England
Feb 21: 🏴 Waterstone’s Piccadilly, England (with Tana French)
Jan 21: 🇩🇪 Town Library, Buxtehuder, Germany
2018
Nov 21: 🇮🇪 Hodges Figgis, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 17: 🇮🇪 Dublin Books Festival, Ireland (with David Park)
Nov 15: 🇮🇪 Peacock Theatre, Dublin, Ireland (with Louise O’Neill & Emilie Pine)
Nov 1: 🇮🇪 Hodges Figgis, Dublin, Ireland (with Paul Howard & Cormac Kinsella)
Oct 30: 🏴 Thornton Hall Hotel, Liverpool, England (with Markus Zusak)
Oct 28: 🇮🇪 Imagine Arts Festival, Waterford, Ireland (with Cecelia Ahern & Rick O’Shea)
Oct 14: 🏴 Birmingham Literature Festival, England (with Kit de Waal)
Oct 13: 🏴 Pontio Centre, Bangor, Wales
Oct 2: 🇮🇪 DLR Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland
Sep 25: 🏴 Wigtown Books Festival, Scotland
Sep 23: 🏴 Appledore Literary Festival, England
Sep 21: 🏴 Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, England
Sep 16: 🇫🇷 Bibliothèque Ideales Festival, Strasbourg, France (with Jon Kalman Stefansson)
Sep 15: 🇫🇷 Besançon Festival, France
Sep 13: 🇫🇷 L’Écume des Pages, Paris, France
Sep 2: 🇮🇪 Seamus Heaney Homeplace, Bellaghy, Ireland
Aug 25: 🏴 Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Aug 9: 🇮🇪 Hodges Figgis Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland
Jun 15: 🇺🇸 Nantucket Book Festival, USA
May 25: 🇮🇪 Words Ireland, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
May 24: 🇮🇪 Polari Festival, Bellobar, Dublin, Ireland
May 23: 🇮🇪 International Literary Festival, Dublin, Ireland (with John Banville & Claire Kilroy)
Apr 14: 🇮🇪 Eigse Michael Hartnett, Limerick, Ireland (with Edward O’Grady)
Mar 16: 🇸🇪 LittFest, Umea, Sweden
Mar 15: 🇸🇪 Akademibokhandeln Bookshop, Stockholm, Sweden
Feb 22: 🇮🇪 ICA Meeting, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
Jan 16: 🇮🇳 Lit For Life Festival, Chennai, India (with Paro Anand, Vidya Mani & Anushka Ravishankar)
Jan 15: 🇮🇳 Lit For Life Festival, Chennai, India
Jan 14: 🇮🇳 Lit For Life Festival, Chennai, India (with Sebastian Faulks)
2017
Nov 1: 🇺🇸 Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN, USA
Oct 31: 🇺🇸 Georgia Centre for the Book, Atlanta, GA, USA
Oct 30: 🇺🇸 Kramer Books, Washington, DC, USA
Oct 29: 🇺🇸 Quail Ridge Bookstore, Raleigh, NC, USA
Oct 28: 🇺🇸 Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT, USA
Oct 27: 🇨🇦 Toronto IFOA, Canada (with Vincent Lam, Frances Itani, Terri Fallis)
Oct 26: 🇨🇦 Toronto IFOA, Canada (with Emma Donoghue)
Oct 25: 🇨🇦 Toronto IFOA, Canada (with John Irving)
Oct 22: 🇨🇦 Vancouver Writers Festival, Canada (with Nathan Englander, Claire Cameron, Karen Connolly, Merilyn Simonds, Deborah Willis)
Oct 21: 🇨🇦 Vancouver Writers Festival, Canada (with Wayne Johnston & Camille Bordas)
Oct 20: 🇨🇦 Vancouver Writers Festival, Canada (with Sarah Dunant, Camille Bordas, Sylvain Prudhomme, Grace O’Connell & Omar El Akkad)
Oct 14: 🏴 Wells Festival of Literature, England
Oct 1: 🏴 Marlborough Literature Festival, England
Sep 30: 🏴 Jersey Festival of Words, England
Sep 23: 🇮🇪 CBI Conference Dublin, Ireland (with Cecelia Ahern & Shane Hegarty)
Sep 2: 🇨🇭 Livres sur les Quai Festival, Morges, Switzerland (with Emanuel Bergman)
Sep 1: 🇨🇭 Livres sur les Quai Festival, Morges, Switzerland (with Donal Ryan)
Aug 13: 🏴 Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Aug 10: 🇮🇪 Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland (with Nuala O’Connor & Mia Gallagher)
Aug 2: 🇮🇪 Open House Festival, Bangor, Ireland
Jul 25: 🇮🇪 John Hewitt Summer School, Armagh, Ireland
Jul 16: 🇮🇪 West Cork Literary Festival, Ireland (with Sarah Moss)
Jul 7: 🏴 Bradford Literature Festival, England
Jul 7: 🏴 National Media Museum, Bradford, England
Jun 17: 🇮🇪 Dalkey Book Festival, Ireland (with Maggie O’Farrell & Joshua Jelly-Schapiro)
Jun 11: 🇮🇪 Borris Festival, Offaly, Ireland (with Edmund White & Eileen Battersby)
Jun 4: 🏴 Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, Wales
May 19: 🇮🇪 International Literary Festival, Dublin, Ireland (with Mary Dorcey, Claire Hennessy & Denis Keogh)
May 13: 🇸🇰 Kníhkupectvo Martinus Bookshop, Bratislava, Slovakia
May 12: 🇨🇿 Prague Book Festival, Czech Republic
Apr 27: 🇮🇪 Cuirt Festival, Galway, Ireland (with Kit deWaal)
Apr 17: 🇮🇪 Dublin Castle, Ireland
Mar 24: 🇮🇪 Mountains To Sea Festival, Dun Laoire, Ireland (with Chris Cleave)
Mar 19: 🏴 Aye Write Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
Mar 9: 🇧🇪 Brussels Book Fair, Belgium
Mar 8: 🏴 The Barbican, London, England
Mar 6: 🇮🇪 The Sound Cloud, Dublin, Ireland (with Little Green Cars)
Mar 4: 🇮🇪 Ennis Book Club Festival, Ireland
Feb 21: 🏴 Crow Bookseller, London, England (with Sara Baume)
Feb 16: 🏴 Irish Institute, Liverpool, England
Feb 15: 🏴 Waterstone’s, York, England
Feb 13: 🏴 Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge, England
2016
Oct 14: 🏴 Cheltenham Literature Festival, England (with Joseph Knox, Rachel Rhys & Belinda Bauer)
Sep 24: 🇮🇪 Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Sep 10: 🇮🇪 Cork International Short Story Festival, Ireland(with Sean O’Brien)
Sep 3: 🇨🇭 Livres sur les Quai Festival, Morges, Switzerland (with Rosie Thomas, Petina Gappah & Anne Korkeakivi)
Sep 2: 🇨🇭 La Cote International, Aubonne, Switzerland
Sep 2: 🇨🇭 Livres sur les Quai Festival, Morges, Switzerland
Sep 1: 🇨🇭 Gems Academy, Etoy, Switzerland
Aug 27: 🏴 Edinburgh Festival, Scotland (with Simon Mayo)
Jun 19: 🇮🇹 Mare di Libri Festival, Rimini, Italy
Jun 12: 🇮🇪 Howth Literary Festival, Ireland (with Hilary Fannin & Sean Moncrieff)
May 22: 🇦🇺 Sydney Writers Festival, Australia (with Chris Bowen)
May 20: 🇦🇺 Sydney Writers Festival, Australia (with Leah Kaminsky & Nir Baram)
May 20: 🇦🇺 Sydney Writers Festival, Australia (with Paul Muldoon & Paul Murray)
May 18: 🇦🇺 Concourse Theatre, Chatswood, Sydney, Australia
May 17: 🇦🇺 Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
May 16: 🇦🇺 Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney, Australia
May 14: 🇳🇿 Auckland Writers Festival, New Zealand
May 13: 🇳🇿 Auckland Writers Festival, New Zealand (with Paul Muldoon & Noelle McCarthy)
May 12: 🇳🇿 Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Apr 3: 🏴 FCBG Conference, University of Wolverhampton, England
Feb 2: 🇮🇪 Pavilion Theatre, Dublin, Ireland (with John Irving)
2015
Dec 15: 🇮🇪 Writers Abroad Conference, Butlers Townhouse, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 28: 🏴 Waterstone’s Piccadilly, England (with SJ Naure & Kirsty Logan)
Nov 20: 🇮🇪 University College Dublin, Ireland
Nov 13: 🇨🇦 Taddle Creek School, Toronto, Canada
Nov 1: 🇧🇪 Antwerp Book Fair, Belgium
Oct 30: 🇧🇪 Theoreia Bookshop, Kortrijk, Belgium
Oct 24: 🇮🇪 Deptcon1, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Ireland (with Sheila O’Flanagan)
Oct 16: 🏴 Shenley Brook End School, Milton Keynes, England
Oct 15: 🏴 Waterstone’s Piccadilly, England
Oct 15: 🏴 Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, London, England
Oct 15: 🏴 Shrewsbury House School, Surbiton, England
Oct 14: 🏴 Canterbury University, England
Oct 2: 🏴 Bath Children’s Literature Festival, England (with Andy Mulligan)
Oct 2: 🏴 Selwood Academy, Frome, England
Sep 20: 🇮🇹 Pordenolegge Literary Festival, Italy
Sep 17: 🇩🇪 Literaturhaus Cologne, Germany. The Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize
Aug 24: 🏴 Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Jul 28: 🏴 Pembroke College, Cambridge, England
Jul 16: 🇮🇪 West Cork Literary Festiva, Irelandl (with Paul Murray)
Jun 6: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Van Piere, Eindhoven, Holland
Jun 6: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Dominicanen, Maastricht, Holland
Jun 5: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Den Boer, Baarn, Holland
Jun 5: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Bouwann, De Bilt, Holland
Jun 4: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Riemer, Groningen, Holland
Jun 4: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Binnert Overdiep, Heerenveen, Holland
Jun 3: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Van Der Meer, Noordvijk, Holland
Jun 3: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Jaspers, Badhoverdorp, Holland
May 27: 🏴 Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, Wales
May 26: 🏴 Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, Wales (with Daniel Hahn & Jenny Valentine)
May 23: 🇿🇦 Kingsmead Book Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
May 21: 🇿🇦 Love Books, Johannesburg, South Africa
May 17: 🇿🇦 Church Hall, Franschhoek, South Africa (with Mandla Langa & Eshkol Nevo)
May 16: 🇿🇦 Church Hall, Franschhoek, South Africa (with Sarah Waters & Damon Galgut)
May 15: 🇿🇦 Allora Restaurant, Franschhoek, South Africa
May 15: 🇿🇦 Congregational Church, Franschhoek, South Africa
May 15: 🇿🇦 New School Hall, Franschhoek, South Africa (with Chris Bradford)
May 14: 🇿🇦 Bridge Hill School, Franschhoek, South Africa
Apr 13: 🇫🇷 Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
Mar 11: 🇨🇦 The Dora Keogh, Toronto, Canada (with Linden MacIntyre)
Mar 9: 🇺🇸 Harvard Bookstore, Boston, USA (with David Vann)
Mar 7: 🇺🇸 Tattered Cover, Denver, Colorado, USA
Mar 6: 🇺🇸 Book Passage, Corte Madera, California, USA
Mar 5: 🇺🇸 Rakestraw Books, Danville, California, USA
Mar 4: 🇺🇸 Books Inc, The Castro, San Francisco, USA
Mar 2: 🇺🇸 University Bookstore, Seattle, USA
Mar 2: 🇺🇸 Women’s University Club, Seattle, USA
Feb 26: 🇺🇸 St Louis Public Library, Missouri, USA
Feb 25: 🇺🇸 Joseph-Beth Books, Cincinnati, USA
Feb 24: 🇺🇸 Villanova University, Philadelphia, USA
Feb 23: 🇺🇸 McNally Jackson, New York, USA (with Colm Toibin)
Feb 22: 🇺🇸 Politics & Prose, Washington DC, USA
Feb 3: 🏴 Imperial War Museum, London, England
2014
Nov 30: 🏴 Cambridge Winter Festival, England (with Donal Ryan)
Nov 18: 🏴 Jarrold’s Bookshop, Norwich, England
Nov 13: 🇮🇪 National Gallery of Ireland (with Alex Barclay, Kevin Barry & Donal Ryan)
Nov 4: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Nov 3: 🇭🇰 United World College, Hong Kong
Oct 25: 🇨🇦 International Festival of Authors, Toronto, Canada (with Tim Winton, Matthew Thomas & Peter Robinson)
Oct 24: 🇨🇦 Station on the Green, Creemore, Ontario, Canada (with Nick Cutter & Lois Leveen)
Oct 24: 🇨🇦 Royal St George’s College, Toronto, Canada
Oct 24: 🇨🇦 Armadale Public School, Markham, Ontario, Canada
Oct 18: 🏴 Guildford Literary Festival, England
Oct 11: 🏴 Cheltenham Literary Festival, England (with Michael Foreman)
Oct 10: 🏴 Cheltenham Literary Festival, England (with Donal Ryan & Audrey McGee)
Sep 29: 🏴 Oundle Literary Festival, England (with Linda Newbery)
Sep 12: 🇮🇪 Mountains To Sea Festival, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland (with David Mitchell)
Sep 7: 🇳🇱 Manuscripta Festival, Utrecht, Holland
Sep 6: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Stevens, Hoofdoorp, Holland
Sep 6: 🇳🇱 Boekhandel Wagner, Sassenheim, Holland
Aug 20-21: 🏴 Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Jul 31: 🇮🇪 The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland (with Belinda McKeon and Oona Frawley)
Jul 3: 🏴 Literary Death Match, Foyle’s, London, England (with Nick Harkaway, Carys Bray & Anthony Anaxagorou)
Jul 3: 🏴 Forest Hill School, Dulwich, England
Jul 3: 🏴 Oakfield Prep School, Dulwich, England
Jul 2: 🏴 Peterborough Central Library, England
Jul 1: 🏴 Waterstone’s Deansgate, England
Jun 14: 🇮🇪 Irish Writers Centre, Ireland (with Evelyn Conlon & Thomas Morris)
May 29-30: 🇮🇪 Listowel Writers Week, Ireland
May 8: 🇮🇹 Turin International Book Fair, Italy
May 7: 🇮🇹 Ipsia Birago School, Turin, Italy
May 6: 🇮🇹 Piazza Cavalli, Piacenza, Italy
Apr 30: 🇮🇪 Irish Writers Center, Dublin, Ireland
Apr 13: 🇺🇸 San Diego Public Library, San Diego, CA, USA
Apr 12: 🇺🇸 Los Angeles Times Books Festival, USA
Apr 11: 🇺🇸 Powells Books, Portland, OR, USA
Apr 10: 🇺🇸 Blue Willow Books, Houston, TX, USA
Apr 9: 🇺🇸 Texas Library Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA
Apr 8: 🇺🇸 Tenley Library, Washington DC, USA
Apr 7: 🇺🇸 Hooray 4 Books, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Apr 7: 🇺🇸 Capital City Public School, Washington DC, USA
Apr 6: 🇺🇸 Jones Library, Amherst, MA, USA
Apr 5: 🇺🇸 McNally Jackson Books, Prince Street, New York, USA
Mar 4-8: 🇦🇪 Emirates Festival of Literature, Dubai
Feb 11: 🇮🇪 Trinity College Dublin Literary Society, Ireland
Feb 10: 🇮🇪 St Louis School, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland
Feb 1: 🇨🇴 Cartagena University, Colombia
Jan 31: 🇨🇴 Teatro Adolfo Mejia, Hay Festival, Cartagena, Colombia
2013
Nov 8-9: 🇮🇪 Cashel Arts Festival, Ireland
Nov 5: 🇭🇷 Cafe U Dvoristu, Zagreb, Croatia
Oct 30: 🏴 UEA Literary Festival, Norwich, England (with Andrew Miller)
Oct 26: 🇮🇪 Bram Stoker Festival, Dublin, Ireland (with Diane Setterfield)
Oct 24: 🇮🇪 UCD Literary Society, Dublin, Ireland
Oct 19: 🇮🇪 Irish Spanish Latin American Literary Festival, Dublin, Ireland (with John Banville)
Oct 11: 🏴 The Abbey School, Reading, England
Oct 11: 🏴 Charters School, Berkshire, England
Oct 10: 🏴 Hexham Books Festival, England
Oct 9: 🏴 Wimbledon Books Festival, London, England
Oct 8: 🏴 Stourport High School, Worcestshire, England
Oct 7: 🏴 St Paul’s School, Lonsdale Road, London, England
Oct 7: 🏴 Jubilee School, Tulse Hill, London, England
Oct 1: 🇮🇪 Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Sep 28: 🏴 Bath Literature Festival, England
Sep 24: 🇮🇪 The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland
Sep 12: 🇩🇪 Harbourfront Festival, Hamburg, Germany
Sep 10: 🇩🇪 Berlin International Literature Festival, Germany
Sep 9: 🇩🇪 The English Theatre, Frankfurt, Germany
Sep 7: 🇨🇭 Livres sur les Quai Festival, Morges, Switzerland (with Victoria Hislop & Tom Rob Smith)
Aug 31: 🇮🇪 Electric Picnic, Ireland (with Mike McCormack)
Aug 24: 🇮🇪 Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland (with Kevin Maher)
Jul 12: 🏴 Way With Words Festival, Dartington Hall, Totnes, England
Jun 30: 🇮🇪 Hay Festival Kells, Ireland
Jun 15: 🇮🇪 Dalkey Book Festival, Ireland (with Donal Ryan & Carlo Gebler)
Jun 15: 🇮🇪 Dalkey Book Festival, Ireland (with Oisin McGann)
Jun 10: 🇮🇪 Belfast Books Festival, Ireland
May 31: 🏴 Hay-on-Wye Festival, Wales
May 23-24: 🇸🇮 Ljubljana, Slovenia
May 18: 🇮🇪 CBI Conference, Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin, Ireland
May 14: 🏴 Cavalry & Guards Club, London, England
May 13: 🏴 David’s Books, Letchworth, England
May 10: 🏴 Cambridge Union, England
May 10: 🏴 Lincoln Inspired Festival, England
May 9: 🏴 Waterstone’s Doncaster, England
May 8: 🏴 Waterstone’s Nottingham, England
May 7: 🏴 Liverpool Town Hall, England
May 7: 🏴 RBS, Edinburgh, Scotland
Apr 25: 🇺🇸 St Louis Jewish Book Festival, MO, USA
Apr 24: 🇺🇸 Parnassus Books, Nashville TN, USA
Apr 23: 🇺🇸 Politics & Prose, Washington DC, USA
Apr 22: 🇺🇸 Aaron’s Books, Calvary Church, Lititz, PA, USA
Apr 20: 🇺🇸 Warren-Newport Library, Chicago, IL, USA
Apr 19: 🇺🇸 Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL, USA
Mar 25: 🇮🇹 Bologna Book Fair, Italy
2012
Dec 13: 🇮🇪 United Arts Club, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 28: 🏴 UEA, Norwich, England (with David Lodge, Margaret Drabble and Giles Foden)
Nov 18: 🇮🇪 Dublin Books Festival, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 12-13: 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Oct 30: 🏴 Waterstone’s Guildford, England
Oct 20: 🇮🇪 Powerscourt House, Dublin, Ireland (with Colum McCann, Paul Murray and Barry Sonenfeld)
Oct 9-14: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong International Writers Festival
Sep 28-29: 🇸🇪 Gothenburg Book Fair, Sweden
Sep 15: 🇦🇺 Cairns Tropical Writers Festival, Australia
Sep 13: 🇦🇺 Mossman, Northern Queensland, Australia
Sep 12: 🇦🇺 Mareeba, Northern Queensland, Australia
Sep 4-9: 🇦🇺 Brisbane Writers Festival, Australia
Sep 3: 🇳🇿 Whitireia Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand
Aug 30 – Sep 2: 🇳🇿 Christchurch Writers Festival, New Zealand
Aug 25-29: 🇦🇺 Melbourne Writers Festival, Australia
Aug 22: 🇦🇺 The Midnight Shift, Sydney, Australia
Aug 13: 🇮🇪 Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland
Aug 2: 🇮🇪 The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland
Jul 12: 🏴 Waterstone’s, Covent Garden, London, England
Jul 4: 🏴 Tales on Moon Lane, Herne Hill, London, England
Jun 15: 🇮🇪 Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Jun 11-12: 🇩🇪 International Festival of Children’s Literature, Cologne, Germany
Jun 5: 🇺🇸 Book Expo, Javits Centre, New York, USA
May 30: 🏴 In conversation with John Irving, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
May 29: 🏴 In conversation with John Irving, Shaw Theatre, London, England
May 9: 🇮🇪 Gutter Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland
Apr 19: 🇨🇦 Vancouver International Writers Festival (with Owen Laukkanen and Buffy Cram), Canada
Apr 14: 🇨🇦 Calgary, Canada
Apr 11: 🇨🇦 Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada, USA
Apr 4: 🇺🇸 Washington DC, USA
Apr 3: 🇺🇸 Little Town, New York, USA
Mar 23: 🇩🇪 Bookstore Pustet, Freising, Germany
Mar 22: 🇩🇪 Thalia Bookstore, Bonn, Germany
Mar 19-20: 🇩🇪 Cologne Literary Festival, Germany
Mar 17: 🇩🇪 Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
Feb 25: 🇮🇪 Kate O’Brien Literary Weekend, Limerick, Ireland
Jan 19-21: 🇱🇰 Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka
2011
Nov 20: 🇧🇪 Arenberg Theatre, Antwerp, Belgium (Crossing Border Festival)
Nov 19: 🇳🇱 Royal Theatre, The Hague, Holland (Crossing Border Festival)
Nov 12-14: 🇹🇷 Istanbul Book Fair, Turkey
Oct 28-30: 🇫🇮 Helsinki Book Fair, Finland
Oct 27: 🇫🇮 Akateeminen Kirjakuppa Bookstore, Helsinki, Finland
Oct 1: 🏴 Bath Festival of Children’s Literature, England
Sep 15: 🏴 Halesowen, Birmingham, England
Sep 14: 🏴 Formby Bookshop, Liverpool, England
Sep 10: 🇮🇪 Mountains To Sea Festival, Dun Laoire, Ireland (with Claire Kilroy and Chris Binchy)
Sep 8: 🇮🇪 Mountains To Sea Festival, Dun Laoire, Ireland (with Ed O’Loughlin)
Sep 3-4: 🇳🇱 Manuscripta Book Fair, Amsterdam, Holland
Jul 28: 🇮🇪 The Market Theatre, Armagh, Ireland
Jul 16: 🇮🇪 Days Bazaar, Mullingar, Ireland
Jul 8: 🇮🇪 West Cork Literary Festival (with Paul Murray)
Jun 23: 🏴 University of East Anglia, Norwich, England (with Joseph O’Connor)
Jun 19: 🇮🇪 Dalkey Books Festival, Ireland (with Roddy Doyle)
Jun 1: 🏴 Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, Wales
May 25: 🇮🇪 Dublin Writers Festival, Ireland (with Paul Harding)
May 24: 🇮🇪 Dublin Writers Festival, Ireland (with Roddy Doyle and Anne Enright)
May 20: 🏴 Charleston Literary Festival, England (with David Nicholls and Jill Dawson)
May 19: 🏴 Peterborough Library, England
May 18: 🏴 Birmingham Central Library, England
May 18: 🏴 Walsall Library, England
May 17: 🏴 Topping’s Bookshop, Bath, England
May 16: 🏴 The Drill Hall, Chepstow, Wales
May 12: 🏴 Nottingham Central Library, England
May 12: 🏴 Chesterfield Central Library, England
May 11: 🏴 Crosby Civic Hall, Liverpool, England
May 11: 🏴 St John Plessington High School, The Wirral, England
May 10: 🏴 Waterstone’s, Deansgate, England
May 8: 🏴 The Corby Theatre, Northamptonshire, England (with Joe Dunthorne)
May 6: 🇮🇪 Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast, Ireland
Apr 15: 🏴 Scarborough Literary Festival, England (with Niall Williams)
Mar 14: 🇮🇪 Malahide Library, Dublin, Ireland
Feb 16: 🇦🇺 Shearer’s Bookstore, Sydney, Australia
Jan 7: 🇦🇺 Flickerfest, Sydney, Australia
2010
Dec 12: 🇮🇪 The Ark, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 27: 🇮🇪 James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 20: 🇮🇪 Dubray Bookshop, Wicklow, Ireland
Nov 10: 🇮🇪 ILAC Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 6: 🏴 Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, England (with Oliver Jeffers)
Oct 30: 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Oct 29: 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Oct 28: 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Oct 27: 🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
Oct 26: 🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany
Oct 25: 🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
Oct 22: 🇩🇪 Gutersloh, Germany
Oct 19: 🇮🇪 Riverbank Theatre, Newbridge, Ireland
Oct 16: 🇮🇪 Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoire, Ireland
Oct 14: 🇮🇪 Ballyroan Library, Dublin, Ireland
Oct 9: 🏴 Cheltenham Literary Festival, England
Oct 8: 🏴 Cheltenham Literary Festival, England (with Joseph O’Connor)
Oct 6: 🏴 Ipswich County Library, England
Sep 30: 🇮🇪 Gutter Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland
Sep 22: 🇮🇪 Navan Library Readers Day, Ireland
Aug 22-23: 🏴 Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Aug 19: 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aug 16: 🇧🇷 Bienal Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil (with Jostein Gaarder)
Aug 15: 🇧🇷 Bienal Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Aug 8: 🇮🇪 Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland (with Andrew O’Hagan & Colm Toibin)
Aug 4: 🇮🇪 In conversation with Christos Tsiolkas, Dun Laoire, Dublin, Ireland
Jul 5-6 🇮🇪 West Cork Literary Festival, Ireland
Jun 19: 🇮🇹 Mare di Libri Festival, Rimini, Italy
Jun 15: 🇧🇬 Irish Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Jun 6: 🇮🇪 In conversation with Yann Martel, Dublin Writers Festival, Ireland
May 17: 🇨🇦 Jewish Public Library, Montreal, Canada
May 16: 🇨🇦 Books & Brunch, Sheraton Centre Montreal, Canada
May 12: 🇨🇦 Harbourfront Festival, Toronto, Canada
May 11: 🇨🇦 Aloud Readings, Toronto, Canada
Apr 9: 🇮🇪 New Ross Library, Wexford, Ireland
Mar 26: 🇮🇹 Bolibri Festival, Bologna, Italy
Mar 23: 🇮🇹 Bologna Book Fair, Italy
Mar 20: 🇮🇪 Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Mar 19: 🇮🇪 Sean Dunne Writers Festival, Waterford, Ireland
Mar 4: 🇫🇷 Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
Feb 4: 🏴 The Wiener Library, London, England
2009
Nov 25-26: 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Holland
Nov 12: 🏴 Richmond-Upon-Thames Literary Festival, England
Nov 2-3: 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain
Oct 23–26: 🇸🇬 Singapore Writers Festival, Singapore
Oct 7: 🏴 Birmingham Book Festival, England
Sep 30: 🇷🇺 Tsar Nicholas II Library, Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
Sep 27: 🏴 Wigtown Book Festival, Scotland
Sep 24: 🇮🇪 Aspects Literary Festival, Bangor, Ireland
Sep 20: 🇮🇪 Clifden Arts Week, Galway, Ireland
Sep 12: 🇮🇪 Mountains To Sea Festival, Dun Laoire, Ireland
Sep 7: 🏴 SW11 Literary Festival, Waterstone’s Clapham, England
Aug 27: 🇦🇺 Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Aug 23-26: 🇦🇺 Melbourne Writers Festival, Australia
Aug 22: 🇦🇺 RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Aug 18: 🇦🇺 Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Jul 23: 🇮🇪 Hughes & Hughes, Wexford, Ireland
Jul 22: 🇮🇪 Waterstone’s, Cork, Ireland
Jul 21: 🇮🇪 Dubray Books, Galway, Ireland
Jul 9: 🇮🇪 Deansgrange Library, Dublin, Ireland
Jul 3: 🏴 Suffolk Libraries Day, England
Jul 2: 🏴 Ipswich Arts Festival, Englad
Jun 30: 🏴 Humber Mouth Festival, Hull, England
May 16-17: 🏴 Aberdeen Word Festival, Scotland
May 15: 🏴 Lincoln Book Festival, England
May 2: 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Apr 23: 🇮🇪 Fitzwilliam Hotel Dublin, Ireland
Apr 22: 🇮🇪 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Mar 7: 🇮🇪 Ennis Book Club Festival, Clare, Ireland
Feb 28-30: 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Holland
2008
Dec 9: 🇮🇪 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Dec 1-7: 🇲🇽 Guadalajara Book Fair, Mexico
Nov 22: 🇮🇪 ILE Translators Conference, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 18: 🇮🇪 Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 8: 🇮🇪 Tallaght Readers Day, Dublin, Ireland
Oct 15-30: 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, USA
Oct 7: 🇮🇪 Dubray Literary Lunch, Dublin, Ireland
Sep 30: 🇨🇭 Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland
Sep 22-27: 🇪🇸 Madrid & Barcelona, Spain
Sep 18-21: 🇪🇸 San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain
Sep 11: 🏴 UK Film Premiere of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, London, England
Sep 4: 🇮🇪 World Premiere of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, Dublin, Ireland
Jun 11: 🇮🇪 Dublin Writers Festival, Ireland
May 30: 🇮🇪 Dingle Bookshop, Kerry, Ireland
May 28: 🇮🇪 Listowel Writers Week, Ireland
May 24-26: 🏴 Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, Wales
Apr 10: 🇮🇪 Hughes & Hughes, Dundalk
Mar 1-3: 🇩🇪 Cologne Literary Festival, Germany
Jan 21-26: 🇮🇳 New Delhi Literary Festival, India
2007
Jul 9-11: 🇮🇪 West Cork Literary Festival, Ireland
Jul 7-9: 🇮🇪 Kinsale Arts Week, Ireland
May: 🇦🇺 Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Sunshine Coast, Christchurch, Australia
May: 🇳🇿 Auckland, Wellington, New Zealand
Apr 25: 🇮🇪 Cúirt Literary Festival, Ireland
2006
Jan 12: 🇮🇪 Irish Writers Centre, Dublin: Book launch for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2001-2007
My diary doesn’t include what happened here!
2001
Nov 8: 🇮🇪 The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin: Book launch for my 2nd novel The Congress of Rough Riders
2000
Aug 3: 🇮🇪 Waterstone’s, Dublin:Book launch for my debut novel The Thief of Time
