Welcome to Bookville 2023!

We are delighted to bring you news of our 7th consecutive annual Bookville Festival taking place from October 12th to 18th 2023.  

Featuring some of the best contemporary children’s authors and illustrators from Ireland and the UK we have an exciting Bookville programme for schools and the general public. 

For 2023 we bring you a fabulous programme of in-person workshops, virtual workshops via Zoom, the Sandwich Project exhibition, pre-recorded videos, an award-winning comedy show for all the family and our much anticipated Bookville Festival in a book. Go to the relevant website pages for full details.

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​Meanwhile here is a short video of the Bookville Festival 2022 - enjoy!​

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Bookville Festival over the last six years. Here is a flavour of school children enjoying Bookville in previous years...

And here are videos of Bookville events in previous years...

Bookville is brought to you by Kilkenny Arts Office and Kilkenny Library Service supported by the Creative Ireland programme.  
This festival would not exist without our audiences and the support that you give to the festival.
We hope that Bookville  2022 will inspire children of all ages to become critical thinkers with curious minds.