Leaves Festival of Writing and Music will run until this Saturday.
A literary and music festival is returning to Laois tomorrow.
Leaves Festival of Writing and Music runs until this Saturday throughout the county.
Highlights of the programme include broadcaster Claire Byrne and Met Eireann's Evelyn Cusack reading aloud stories by Laois writers, and author Roisin O Donnell in conversation with Miriam O Callaghan.
Another key event is an evening focused on writer Mary Lavin and her relationship with the New Yorker.
Festival Curator for Leaves Marina Rafter says her family have a connection to the county:
                            
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