In Pictures: Cork World Book Festival launches at Grand Parade Library

Tuesday evening saw the launch of the 18th annual Cork World Book Festival at the City Library on Grand Parade - with writer Jan Carson in conversation with UCC's Dr Heather Laird

The Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Colm Kelleher, who launched the Cork World Book Fest 2022 , with David O'Brien, City librarian; Jan Carson, novelist; Dr. Heather Laird, UCC and Helen McGonagle, executive librarian, City Library. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The 18th annual Cork World Book Festival got underway last night at Cork City Library on Grand Parade.

Mayor of Cork, Cllr Colm Kelleher overseeing proceedings, and headlined by a conversation between writer and arts facilitator Jan Carson talking with UCC lecturer Dr Heather Laird, on the topic of her 2019 book Firestarters: Northern Ireland Women, Fiction and Fact.