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

Forthcoming Events:

Books Upstairs Wednesday 3rd June, Jackie will be in conversation with Caitríona Lally (Home Economics)

West Cork Literary Festival Saturday 11th July, Jackie will be in conversation with author Dearbhla Mescal (Finding Joy)

West Cork Literary Festival Saturday 11th July, Jackie will be in conversation with Neil Tully (The Visit)

Moderating Events To Date:

2026 International Literature Festival Dublin Dearbhla Mescal (Finding Joy)

2026 Granard Booktown Festival Aisling Rawle (The Compound)

2026 Chapters Bookstore In conversation with author June O’Sullivan about her novel 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 Writers Week in Listowel: 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)