Tickets holders will have access to approximately 25 talks or events across 6 stages - covering debates, discussions, performances, lectures, interviews and readings.

SPEAKERS: JEREMEY IRONS, DAN SALADINO, PADDY WOODWORTH, MAX PORTER, MARK O'CONNELL, ED VULLLIAMY, MISHA GLENNY, PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, LENNY ABRAHAMSON, SARAH WATERS, RUTH WILSON, MARY ROBINSON, ISABEL HILTON, MARY FITZGERALD, MAUREEN GAFFNEY, ALEX CLARKE, SINEAD CUSACK, LEMN SISSAY, ROY FOSTER, CATHERINE HEANEY, STEVE COOGAN, STEPHEN FREARS, ALAN YENTOB, FINTAN O'TOOLE, ANNE APPLEBAUM, PAUL MULDOON, DYLAN JONES, DAVID PUTTNAM, GABRIELLE WALKER, JOANNE O'RIORDAN, OLIVIA O'LEARY, DBC PIERRE, JAMES THORNTON, MARTIN GOODMAN, ANNE ENRIGHT, LINDSEY HILSUM, BEN ANDERSON, LAURIE ANDERSON, NICK BROOMFIELD

JAZZ FROM CHRISTINE TOBIN'S 'NO STRANGER'S HERE', JAY RAYNER + PAT GORDON SMITH , PHIL ROBSON + DAN BODWELL

This tickets allows you to move freely from one talk to another, but it may not guarantee you a seat in all of them - we operate a first-come-first-served seating policy in each auditorium, but our overall capacity at the festival will ensure there is always a talk somewhere with room for you.

Borris Festival is about experiencing a full day (or weekend) of many intruiging dialogues on diverse and jaw-dropping subjects - rather than visitng a single talk by a writer or speaker you want to hear - so we urge you to dive in. 

See www.festivalofwritingandideas.com for speaker announcements and other news.