Jackie has interviewed Irish and international writers at many Irish literary festivals including International Literature Festival Dublin, West Cork Literary Festival, Write by the Sea Festival, Ennis Book Club Festival, Dublin Book Festival and Listowel Writers’ Week.

Forthcoming Events:

West Cork Literary Festival Friday 10th July 100 Years of Cork County Library Service with Leanne O’Donnell and Patrick Holloway

West Cork Literary Festival Saturday 11th July, In conversation with author Dearbhla Mescal (Finding Joy)

West Cork Literary Festival Saturday 11th July, In conversation with author Neil Tully (The Visit)

Moderating Events To Date:

2026 Books Upstairs Caitríona Lally (Home Economics)

2026 International Literature Festival Dublin Dearbhla Mescal (Finding Joy)

2026 Granard Booktown Festival Aisling Rawle (The Compound)

2026 Chapters Bookstore June O’Sullivan (The Sky Is Not Enough)

2026 Ennis Book Club Festival Nicola Dinan (Disappoint Me) Naoise Dolan (The Happy Couple) and Chloe Michelle Howarth (Heap Earth Upon It)

2026 Dublin City Libraries (for Ireland Reads Day) Roisín O’Donnell (Nesting)

2025 Dublin Book Festival Sharon Guard (Assembling Ailish) and Caroline Madden (The Marriage Vendetta) Listen Here

2025 Write by the Sea Festival: Donal Ryan (Heart, Be At Peace) and Wendy Erskine (The Benefactors)

2025 West Cork Literary Festival: John Creedon (This Boy’s Heart)

2025 Listowel Writers’ Week: Maggie Armstrong (Old Romantics) and Jack Fennell (Ed. Your Own Dark Shadow: A Selection of Lost Irish Horror Stories) 

2024 Kildare Readers Festival: Sinéad Gleeson (Hagstone)

2024 Write by the Sea Festival: Gauz' (International Booker Prize shortlisted author of Standing Heavy) and award-winning translator Frank Wynne

2024 Clonmel Junction Book Festival: Claire Kilroy (Soldier Sailor)

2023 Clonmel Junction Arts Festival: Rónán Hession (Leonard and Hungry Paul)

2023 One Dublin One Book: Sam Blake (The Mystery of Four) and Andrew Hughes (The Coroner’s Daughter)

2021 Dublin City Libraries: Carmel Harrington (The Moon Over Kilmore Quay)