Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be presenting a prestigious literature award in Listowel this summer.
Listowel Writers' Week has released a preview into what lies ahead for this year's edition of the literary festival.
Now in its 55th year, it is the country's oldest literary festival, with the first edition taking place in 1971.
This year there will be a strong contingent of Irish writers at Writers' Week, including Laureate for Irish Fiction Eílís Ní Dhuibhne, as well as crime novelists Liz Nugent and Claire Coughlan.
Award-winning broadcaster and novelist Fergal Keane will appear at the festival, as well as Booker shortlisted novelist Andrew Miller.
International contributors to this year's Writers' Week include Hungarian poet and literary historian Győző Ferencz and Scottish poet and critic Tom Hubbard.
The Children’s Festival returns this year, being seen as an investment in next generation of storytellers.
Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and novelist and commentator Andrew O'Hagan will be announcing the winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award.
The shortlists for this and the Pigott Poetry Prize will be announced shortly.
The 55th edition of Listowel Writers' Week begins on May 27th, with the full programme to be announced in the coming weeks.
