Iron Mountain Literature Festival 2026

When

• 2–4 October 2026

Where

The Dock, Ireland

About

.. are all in the mix at this year’s Iron Mountain Literature Festival which will take place over the weekend of October 2-4 in Carrick-on-Shannon and its hinterlands. Guests at the festival include Professor Frank Shovlin, whose biography of John McGahern will be published in October; new editions of five McGahern books (‘Amongst Women’, ‘The Barracks’, ‘The Leavetaking’, ‘The Pornographer’ and ‘Creatures of the Earth: Stories’) will be launched over the weekend and the winner of the 2026 John McGahern literary award will be announced on the Saturday evening.