The festival regularly sells out the Dock Street Theatre, which has committed to being the event’s home for the next six years.
Following each presentation, Moriarty thanks the panelists—in this case, novelist Paul Murray and interlocutor Bill Goldstein—and sums up key points.
Moriarty welcomes donors and guests to the Dock Street courtyard in between sessions.
Onstage with Colm Tóibín and Bilal Qureshi
Moriarty with festival development director Suzanne Pollak
Moriarty speaking at a Charleston Literary Festival event at The Knickerbocker in New York City in February 2025, with (left to right) author and journalist James B. Stewart, author and playwright Patrick Bringley, supporter Woody Campbell, and supporter and international literary scout Maria Campbell
Moriarty with Mayor William Cogswell in September, receiving the official proclamation announcing the festival
In Dublin, beside the Guinness Storehouse (2015)
At Blinkist’s headquarters in Berlin with (left to right) app cofounders Niklas Jansen and Holger Seim, Apple’s Tim Cook, and director of design Temi Adeniyi (2019)
Her now-husband Mena Mark Hanna in Berlin (2016)
Moriarty on a rooftop in Verona, Italy, in August 2018, just after she and Mena Mark Hanna got engaged; Aggie, the couple’s terrier named after Agatha Christie, has made the transition from Europe to Charleston just fine.
Moriarty with Tara Seton, her colleague at Blloon, a Netflix-for-books style subscription app, in 2015; Blloon was one of several tech start-ups in Berlin where Moriarty held global branding and marketing leadership positions.
On a friend’s balcony in London (2015)
At a friend’s wedding in Wiltshire (2015)
Reading in Berlin (2015)
On set at an advertising shoot for Blinkist in Berlin (2018)
Speaking at the Scale 17 tech conference in Berlin about how to create advertising campaigns that convert app sales
“We’re on a mission to connect people, to connect a diverse group of international authors and readers through books and big ideas.” —Sarah Moriarty
Meet the Dublin-born dynamo who leads the Charleston Literary Festival
