Beautiful weather here at
@borrishouse
☀️
We are getting ready for you all to join the fun this weekend!
Remember camping options are still available via our website 🙌⛺️
JUNE 3rd, 6:30pm GMT:
@EmmaDabiri
AND
@lemnsissay
THE MYTH OF RACE: INTERROGATING WHITENESS AND CONCEPTS OF IDENTITY
Performance poet Lemn Sissay joins fellow academic, writer and broadcaster Emma Dabiri for an evening of insightful, inspiring and informed conversation.
Friday 7th June. 2.15 pm in The Owlery. THE HOLY LAND IN ANTIQUITY:
Historian
@holland_tom
(author of In the Shadow of the Sword) on the ancient roots of the current conflict in Israel and Palestine, explaining the present crisis in the context of the deep past.
A full house for
@fotoole
@UnaMullally
@EmmetKirwan
- absolutely fascinating and passionate discussion on the recent referendum, the role of the church in our society, media narratives, the new generation of activists and much much more
#writingandideas
TONIGHT 6:30pm don't miss AN EVENING WITH PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. HIGGINS & COLM TOIBIN. Recorded just yesterday in the Áras an Uachtaráin, the conversation will be broadcast online for a live audience this evening! Get your tickets at
@PresidentIRL
It's been ten years since the first Festival of Writing & Ideas, and we are proud to bring you an intimate edition of this lovely weekend-long event at such a time as this, in a place as beautiful as Borris, Co Carlow.
We are so excited about this year's programme!
We agree. In fact we agree enough to be looking forward to hearing
@UnaMullally
be allowed to talk, with Emmet Kirwan and Fintan O’Toole, on this subject in Borris.
Exciting announcement! 📣
@MargaretAtwood
will be in conversation with Anne Enright on Friday 8th June and with
@maxjohnporter
on Sunday 10th June at
#writingandideas18
Limited Day tickets for Friday and Sunday still available on
NEWS!! we’re starting an online book club with authors who will be joining us at the 2024 Festival. Starting Thurs 7th Dec @ 7pm with Colm Tóibín discussing ‘Brooklyn’ - via
@YouTube
Hosted by
@CormacKinsella
- tune in here
On Saturday 17th
@Writingandideas
The Future of Irish Woodlands
4.40-5.35pm | The Granary
@ManchanMagan
and
@IrishRainforest
with Paul McMahon talking about the prospect of diverse, natural woodlands in Ireland, & whether we should still plant Sitka spruce across the country.
We are thrilled to announce the lineup of the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas 2022. Join us in Carlow this 10th - 12th June for a very international event. Get your weekend or day tickets now at
#writingandideas2022
Final preparations under way in the sunshine for
#writingandideas18
- Will you be joining us this evening? Individual tickets still available on the website. ☀️☀️☀️
Friday 7th June. 2.15 pm in The Wren’s Nest DOUBLE TROUBLE:
@MargaretAtwood
(Old Babes in the Wood) and
@Deborah
Levy (August Blue) on living through uncertainty, writing between darkness and light. Introduced by
@fotoole
Just added!
Grief Is The Thing With Feathers
Fresh from it’s hugely successful theatre run, writer
@maxjohnporter
, adapter Enda Walsh, & actor Cillian Murphy discuss their collaboration June 10th
#writingandideas18
Tickets will go fast 🎟🎟
Hi Everyone
@MargaretAtwood
has had to withdraw as she has contracted Covid. We are very sorry to bring this news and we all wish Margaret a speedy recovery. She wrote last night to say
Saturday
@writingandideas
THE FUTURE OF IRISH WOODLANDS:
@IrishRainforest
author of An Irish Atlantic Rainforest and Paul McMahon author of Island of Woods: How Ireland Lost its Forests talk about the thrilling prospect of more diverse, natural woodlands in Ireland.
@HachetteIre
We are entirely sold out! Please note there will not be any day, weekend or individual talk tickets available at the festival box office. Thank you for all your support and interest
#writingandideas19
Saturday
@writingansideas
STAYING TRUE TO YOURSELF:
@thebookerprizes
winner Bernardine Evaristo In conversation with
@emmadabiri
discussing her vital contribution to the current conversation around race, class, feminism, sexuality, aging.... and never giving up
@PenguinUKBooks
As the sun begins to go down and we approach our final event of the day, thank you to each and every one of you who are supporting the festival this year. See you tomorrow :)
We hope everyone is safe & warm in from the snow! 🌨❄️
We are thinking about the sunny days of June while we plan
#WritingandIdeas
2018 ☀️
See for the amazing list of speakers so far! Weekend tickets are getting low so pick them up while you can! 🎟
We are delighted to bring you news of 4 additions to the line up for this year's festival. Join
@PatrickFreyne1
and
@jonronson
on Saturday morning as they chat about writing yourself into your own scoop.
Enjoy this sneak peak of the first
#BorrisBroadcasts
with
@jeremyironsnet
and
@DPuttnam
released today across platforms. Join us over on Youtube this afternoon to listen to the full conversation.
Following the online talk between
@MarianKeyes
and
@LisaTaddeo
in the summer, we are proud to launch eight more: The Winter Series starting with
@stephenfry
and Colm Toibin this Thursday. Join us!
Additional 2020 speakers announced - Simon Armitage, Ian McEwan, Elaine Feeney, Ruby Wax, Sarah Waters and the welcome return of Philippe Sands. Back with more in January.
🎼🎸Our next Winter Series event is taking place in less than a week - and it's going to be a real treat!!
CHRISSIE HYNDE AND FIACHNA Ó BRAONÁIN - AN OBSESSION WITH BOB DYLAN. 9th Feb 6:30pm GMT
@ChrissieHynde
@fobraonain
@howtoacademy
Friday 7th June: Gender-activists
@Glamrou
and
@PantiBliss
bring a touch of glamour to Borris
@Writingandideas
and talk about the politics of identity, the power of dressing up, and the fun of showing off. Not necessarily in that order.
AN EVENING WITH PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. HIGGINS AND COLM TÓIBÍN
Recorded on Bloomsday in the Áras an Uachtaráin, this conversation will be broadcast online for a live audience on Thursday the 17th of June at 6:30pm GMT.
Tickets at
@PresidentIRL
⚡️OUR 2021 PROGRAMME IS
READY!! Check it out!
We can't wait to welcome you and all our amazing
speakers next week - 20-22nd August!
Full details on our website!
Change of date alert! ✨🚨🕕
Our next event MISINFORMATION'S THREAT TO DEMOCRACY with
#DavidPuttnam
and
@carolecadwalla
will now take place FEB 24th at 6:30pm GMT.
Don't miss it, get your tickets at !
Our new project launched today - starting with Colm Toibin talking to Stephen Fry; Ruby Wax with Alastair Campbell; Antony Beevor with Christina Lamb
@Writingandideas
online to get us through the winter. Reserve tickets now, or get one for a pal.
‘I will not allow this government treat me like a second class citizen’
Disability rights activist Joanne O’Riordan comes to
#writingandideas18
June 8 to talk to
@roisiningle
about her inspiring life & her campaign for disability rights
@NolimbsNolimits
It’s our largest line-up to date & all individual tickets are now on sale
3 Days, Over 70 speakers, 5 stages, 1 beautiful house & village
Tickets are moving quickly, so move quickly too to avoid disappointment 🎟🎟🏃♀️
@borrishouse
@Stephousehotel
Friday 20th at 6pm: IRELAND, EUROPE AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS: President Michael D. Higgins and Lord David Puttnam in conversation.
@PresidentIRL
@DPuttnam
#throwbackthursday
to June 2019 when the wonderful Lemn Sissay joined us in Borris!
Don't miss TONIGHT at 6:30pm GMT - THE MYTH OF RACE: INTERROGATING WHITENESS AND CONCEPTS OF IDENTITY with
@lemnsissay
and
@EmmaDabiri
in conversation. Tickets at
THE HOLY LAND IN ANTIQUITY:
Historian
@holland_tom
(In the Shadow of the Sword) on the ancient roots of the current disaster in Israel and Palestine, explaining the present crisis in the context of the deep past.
Friday 7 June 2.15pm
@Writingandideas
- DOUBLE TROUBLE:
@MargaretAtwood
(Old Babes in the Wood) and Deborah Levy (August Blue) on living through uncertainty, writing between darkness and light. Introduced by
@fotoole
Fancy meeting you here!
The hallways of
@borrishouse
were packed with greatness last weekend... Bob Geldof & John Paul Jones just hanging out! 🙌😎
#writingandideas
Really sorry to announce that we are completely sold out for
@Writingandideas
2023 for all weekend and day tickets. There will be no tickets available at the gate. Please don’t travel unless you have a ticket.
#Soldout