Delvin festival renamed as ‘Valley of the Books’

As Delvin marks 15 years of providing legions of loyal customers with high quality pre-loved books – all priced from €1 – its annual festival has been rebranded as Valley of the Books’.

Delvin Book Festival will be the first Westmeath festival of summer 2025, and Ireland’s biggest book fair, when it takes place on Sunday May 4 from 12 noon to 5pm).

Delvin Book Festival is the principal fundraiser for the maintenance and improvement of facilities at Delvin Sports and Leisure Centre, and it attracts an estimated 2,000 book lovers, who bring a great sense of community and excitement to ‘The Valley’ The literary legacy of Brinsley McNamara is a reminder of the vital role village life plays in the heritage and culture of the area.

This year, the organisers have six village venues where visitors can browse at their leisure in the search for a beach-holiday page turner, or a book for enjoying by the winter fire.

Each venue will be packed with hundreds of great books and strolling from one shop to the next will be a book-lover’s dream on the Sunday afternoon, when Delvin main street and hostelries will come alive with music and entertainment for all the family.

St Patrick’s Hall will be the hub for the afternoon, and there will be thousands of books on display there. The organisers are looking forward to hearing the hall buzzing with the conversation of chance encounters of old acquaintances.

Enquiries are welcome at delvinbookfest@gmail.com.

Further festival updates are available at delvinbookfestival.com. The volunteers will be delighted to welcome friends old and new at St Patrick’s Hall Delvin, N91 X449, on Sunday May 4 from midday.