Tim MacGabhann will read from his debut poetry collection, Found in a Context of Destruction, at No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast on Thursday 19 February 2026. Acclaimed poet and Banshee poetry editor Jessica Traynor will read alongside Tim from her latest collection, New Arcana. All are welcome!

Price: Free (register)

Gustav Parker Hibbett’s High Jump as Icarus Story will have its US launch at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU, on 29 January 2026. Join them from 6pm for readings and celebrations!

Price: Free (register)

Celebrate ten years of Banshee at the Dublin launch of our speculative fiction-themed 20th issue. Join us at Books Upstairs on Thursday 4 December at 6pm to raise a glass and to hear prose and poetry from the most recent edition. Hosted by issue 20 guest editor and acclaimed author Clara Kumagai.

Price: FREE (book here)

Claire-Lise Kieffer will read from Tenterhooks at Dublin Book Festival on Friday 7 November, discussing the art of the short story alongside Shane Tivenan, Dave Tynan and moderator Kate Barry. The event takes place in Bartley’s Lounge in the Grafton Hotel at 6pm – book now!

Price: €8 (book here)

Claire-Lise Kieffer will read from Tenterhooks at the Cork Short Story Festival, alongside Vanessa Onwuemezi, at a free afternoon event at Cork City Library. The event will be moderated by short story writer Beverly Parayno.

Price: FREE

Join us for the launch of Filly by Rosamund Taylor at Books Upstairs in Dublin! Rosamund’s reading from her stunning verse novel will be introduced by acclaimed poet and Banshee poetry editor Jessica Traynor. All are welcome.

Price: FREE (register here)

Join us for the launch of Harbour Doubts by Bebe Ashley at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens University Belfast! Bebe will read from her prize-winning second collection as part of the Seamus Heaney Summer School. All are welcome.

Price: Free (book here)

Gustav Parker Hibbett will read from High Jump as Icarus Story alongside Hungarian poet Zoltán Lesi as part of a Writing Sports Day event at Poesiefestival Berlin.

Price: €7.65 (book here)

Bebe Ashley will read from her forthcoming collection, Harbour Doubts, alongside an interactive session with BSL educator Anthony Sinclair, at Belfast Book Festival.

Price: Pay What You Can (book here)

Claire-Lise Kieffer will read from her debut collection of stories, Tenterhooks, alongside writer and Banshee contributor Rebecca Ivory, and discuss the short story at Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway.

Price: FREE

Gustav Parker Hibbett will read from High Jump as Icarus Story alongside Dane Holt and Kayo Chingonyi at Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway.

Price: €12/€10 (book here)

We hope you can join us in Galway to celebrate the publication of Claire-Lise Kieffer’s superb debut collection of short stories, Tenterhooks. On Friday 21 February we’ll gather in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop from 6pm to hear Claire read from the collection, with an introduction by acclaimed author Mike McCormack.

All are welcome to the launch – we look forward to seeing you there!

Price: FREE

Gustav Parker Hibbett will read from their debut collection, High Jump as Icarus Story, alongside nine other shortlisted poets for the T. S. Eliot Prize, in an event hosted by Ian McMillan at London’s Southbank Centre on 12 January 2025.

Price: £12 (book here)

Lucy Sweeney Byrne will read from Let’s Dance at Stoke Newington Bookshop, London on Friday 22 November at 6.30pm. She will be in conversation with acclaimed novelist and poet A.K. Blakemore.

Price: £3 (book here)

Rosamund Taylor will read from In Her Jaws alongside poet Rachel Plummer at the beautiful Golden Hare Books in Edinburgh on 31 October. Together, their work explores queer themes alongside the natural and supernatural world – perhaps the perfect thing for Hallowe’en, when the veil is thinnest!

Price: £5 (book here)

Join us for the launch of Let’s Dance by Lucy Sweeney Byrne at No Alibis from 6pm on Thursday 17 October, with an introduction by writer Alexander Poots.

Price: Free (book here)

Lucy Sweeney Byrne will read from Let’s Dance at the Cork Short Story Festival, alongside Mary O’Donnell. The event will be moderated by Banshee founding editor Laura Cassidy.

Price: €5 (book here)

Join us for the launch of Let’s Dance by Lucy Sweeney Byrne at Books Upstairs from 6pm on Thursday 10 October, with an introduction by acclaimed novelist Rob Doyle. All welcome!

Price: Free

Gustav Parker Hibbett will read from their new collection, High Jump as Icarus Story, at Hastings Queer Book Festival, an all-day event of readings, talks and signings by the sea in Hastings, UK. Huge thanks to Culture Ireland for supporting this event!

Price: £15 – book here

Mary Morrissy will read from Penelope Unbound at West Cork Literary Festival in the beautiful grounds of Bantry House.

Price: €12 (book here)

Gustav Parker Hibbett will read from their new collection, High Jump as Icarus Story, alongside Mícheál McCann, at West Cork Literary Festival.

Price: Free

Join us for the launch of High Jump as Icarus Story by Gustav Parker Hibbett at the lovely Books Upstairs! Parker’s reading will be introduced by Banshee poetry editor Jessica Traynor.

Price: Free

Banshee Press poets Dylan Brennan, Gustav Parker Hibbett, and Rosamund Taylor will read from their work at Curious Fox Books in Berlin. Moderated by Banshee poetry editor Jessica Traynor. With thanks to the Embassy of Ireland and Culture Ireland!

Price: Free

Mary Morrissy will read from Penelope Unbound and discuss the other Mrs Joyce that appears in the novel, on Bloomsday Eve at the James Joyce Centre in Dublin.

Price: €10

Lucy Sweeney Byrne, author of Paris Syndrome and a forthcoming collection from Banshee Press, discusses the theme of resilience in her work at Belfast Book Festival.

Price: Pay what you can – book here

Bebe Ashley, author of Gold Light Shining and a forthcoming collection from Banshee Press, discusses the theme of serendipity in her work at Belfast Book Festival.

Price: Pay what you can – book here

Publisher Laura Cassidy will take part in a panel discussion about literary journals alongside editors from The Pig’s Back and Abridged at Belfast Book Festival.

Price: Pay what you can (book here)

Flash fiction editor Marie Gethins will teach a two-hour workshop, Tell It Slant: Magpie Techniques To Deepen & Layer Flash Fiction, at Belfast Book Festival.

Flash fiction, one of the most adaptable and playful genres, particularly lends itself to experimentation. In this workshop, participants will read and discuss flash examples from Banshee and beyond that use math problems, lists, instruction manuals, definitions, shapes and more to transform familiar plotlines and layer in emotional depth.

Short bursts of writing time during the workshop will generate initial drafts, showing how to incorporate magpie techniques that can enrich your work in new and innovative ways. 

Price: £30 / £25 (concession) – book here

Gustav Parker Hibbett will read from their forthcoming collection, High Jump as Icarus Story, alongside Erin Fornoff, at Listowel Writers’ Week.

Price: €15 (book here)