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:

Thursday 22nd October Books Upstairs Sharon Guard (The Silence of October)

Moderating Events to Date:

2026 Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival Cormac Quinn (Murder on Lough Derg)

2026 Write by the Sea Festival Patrick Freyne (Experts in a Dying Field), Louise Nealon (Everything That Is Beautiful) and Rosie Hannigan (The Sunrise Swimming Society)

2026 Write by the Sea Festival Sam Blake (Your Every Move), Andrea Carter (There Came A-Tapping) and Rebecca Hannigan (Darkrooms)

2026 Pearse St Library ‘Nuala O’Faolain’s Are You Somebody? Why It Remains Relevant 30 Years Later’ with Sinéad Gleeson and Katriona O’Sullivan (New Island Books)

2026 Dublin City Libraries - EU Reads book club discussions of translated fiction in eight libraries across the city.

2026 West Cork Literary Festival Dearbhla Mescal (Finding Joy)

2026 West Cork Literary Festival 100 Years of Cork County Library Service with Leanne O’Donnell, Patrick Holloway and Emer O’Brien

2026 West Cork Literary Festival Neil Tully (The Visit)

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)