Florence Welch will make an appearance on Irish shores this summer - but not for a gig.
Instead, the Florence + the Machine frontwoman will appear alongside the likes of Mary Robinson, Roddy Doyle, Stephen Rea and a whole host of names from the literary, comedy and entertainment worlds at the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas.
It takes place in the village of Borris, Co. Carlow from June 9th - 11th, where over 70 fiction writers, historians, journalists, broadcasters, photographers, war correspondents and musicians will converge for a weekend of discussion and dialogues.
The festival has a reputation for attracting big names, as PJ Harvey and Chrissie Hynde previously appeared at the event.
Welch will appear to talk about her 'Florence Welch's Book Club', which is managed by Dubliner Leah Moloney and friends, who will select a summer book choice and discuss it.
The full line-up for the festival can be seen below:
Florence Welch – David Simon – Mary Robinson– Roddy Doyle
Andrew Maxwell – Maggie O’Farrell – Jeffrey Eugenides
Nell Zink – Angela Scanlon – Dominic West – Paul Howard
Patrick Magee – Jo Berry – Geoff Dyer – Lemn Sissay – Max Porter
Eimear McBride – Sebastian Barry – Edmund White – Fergal Keane
Colm Tóibín – Stephen Rea – Joanna Trollope – Emmett Kirwan
Artemis Cooper – Fintan O’Toole – Elske Rahill– Eileen Battersby
Michael Harding – Claire Keegan – Laura Lippman – John Boyne
Margaret MacMillan – John Hegarty– Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Karl Geary – Peter Frankopan – John Butler – Louise Richardson
Richard Ford – Andy Middleton – Kevin Gildea – Maajid Nawaz
Eithne Shortall – Jon Canter – Rowan Somerville– Olivia O’Leary
Mike McCormack – Sophie Gorman – Tim Smit – Arkady Ostrovsky
Enda Walsh – Sally Rooney – Mark O’Connell – Rob Doyle
Paula Meehan – Rick Stroud – Jennifer Johnston – William Sutcliffe
Olivia O’Leary – Garrett Carr – William Sutcliffe – Róisín Ingle
Catherine Fitzgerald – Turtle Bunbury – Loughlin Deegan
