Colm Tóibín in conversation with Joseph O'Connor

The Festival of Writing & Ideas takes place in June each year, bringing 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.Borris Festival has become known for its languid and laid-back feel, and for its extraordinary line up of speakers.Selected as Best Literary Festival in the World 2019 byThe TelegraphandNet-a-Porter

Borris Festival of Writing & Ideas

Authors Colm Tóibín and Joseph O'Connor talk about their work, punctuated with song performed by Séamus &amp; Caoimhe Ui Fhlatharta

Pepper Canister Church

Colm Tóibín, in the company of his great friend and fellow writer Joseph O'Connor - punctuated with song performed by Séamus &amp; Caoimhe Ui Fhlatharta - will provide riveting wit; political, artistic and philosophical wisdom; and the warm conversation for which this giant of Irish culture has become so renowned.The event will coincide with the Gallery Press publication of Ship in Full Sail: The Laureate Lectures &amp; Other Writings, a new collection of prose from Colm (comprising both the lectures his tenure as Laureate of Irish Fiction along with brilliantly lucid short essays on a wide range of subjects — from literary heroes and practice to music, visual art and autobiography).After the event, Colm will sign copies of Ship in Full Sail and Joseph will sign copies of The Ghosts of Rome and My Father's House