Climate Writing Session with Kerri ní Dochartaigh (at West Cork Literary Festival)

The Irish Writers Centre, in association with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, presents a special edition of the IWC Climate Writing Session at the West Cork Literary Festival. This will be a one-off in-person session with author Kerri ní Dochartaigh speaking about her writing process, reading from her prose and sharing her views on exploring climate action through creative writing. Kerri will also present a reading list of climate writing authors and answer any questions that the audience may have.

Kerri ní Dochartaigh is a mother, writer and grower. Her work currently explores ideas of emergency, interconnectedness and ecologies of care. Her first book, Thin Places, was published by Canongate in Spring 2021, for which she was awarded the Butler Literary Award 2022, highly commended for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2021, and shortlisted for the Ireland Francophonie Ambassador’s Literary Award in 2024. Cacophony of Bone was published by Canongate in May 2023 and was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2023. She mentors and teaches worldwide. She lives in the west of Ireland with her family.

Please note this session will take place at the West Cork Literary Festival and not online as previous sessions.