New Line-Up Guests: Paul Howard | Ann Ingle | in conversation with Róisín Ingle
This November in Ballyshannon, join us for two conversations between 3 writers, two old friends and one family as writer Paul Howard (Ross O’Carroll Kelly) catches up with his old friend Róisín Ingle, before Róisín then chats to her mother Ann Ingle about her latest book on the art of growing older. Not to be missed at the Allingham Arts Festival this November in Ballyshannon, County Donegal
We expect that Elaine Feeney will prove to be a very fitting guest for all of our writing and poetry fans at the Allingham Arts Festival this November!
Author of the Year in 2025, Booker-longlisted in 2023, with three poetry collections and a play to her name, Elaine embodies the multi-disciplinary spirit of the festival.
Her most receny novel, Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way, was nominated for Novel of the Year in the An Post Irish Book Awards 2025, where she won the Author of the Year awayrd.
Her debut novel, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O’Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. How to Build a Boat was also shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year, longlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a New Yorker Best Book of the Year.
Feeney has published the poetry collections Where’s Katie?, The Radio Was Gospel, Rise and All the Good Things You Deserve, and lectures at the University of Galway.
Here, she talks about her craft and her inspiration having just been awarded the Author of the Year award in 2025.
"Hello you guys, this is the Michael Harding podcast..."
If you can't wait to see Michael Harding here at the Allingham Arts Festival in November, you might not realise there's a whole world of him available already, aside from his books and Irish Times articles, for free anytime you want.
Michael has his own podcast on Spotify and Acast, where he does something quietly remarkable, weaving together his own "meditations or reflections or stories from a writer here in Ireland".
Or as he puts it, "ruminating my way through many tracks of wisdom". It's gentle and philosophical, like you're sitting across a table from him in his kitchen somewhere in Leitrim.
Listen to Michael’s podcast on Spotify by clicking on the link:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/66l5Dg6uyorbQzQXU1V6ZO?si=18afe68946244ef0
Róisín Ingle, Michael Harding, and Elaine Feeney are the first artists to be announced for this year’s Allingham Arts Festival taking place in Ballyshannon, County Donega, this November.
Spring is here, and the Allingham Committee are springing back into action once again planning for this year’s Allingham Festival in November.
We have a few names ready to share with you, so make sure you keep an eye on our socials for announcements, and suscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with our line-up news and competition details as they are confirmed.
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