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Listowel Writers Week 2nd-6th June 1999. Workshops Thursday-Saturday 9-11 and 2-4pm. All workshops run concurrently. Fee £50 per workshop. Short Fiction-Aodhan Madden: Creative Writing-Hugo Hamilton: Writing For Theatre-Mary Halpin: Telling Your Own Story-Joe O' Donnell: Poetry-Greg Delanty: Writing For Radio-Seamus Hosey:Writing For Screen-Gerard Stembridge.Info: M. Kennelly 068-21074
Féile na Bealtaine 1999 Dingle 1/5/99 Writing Across Borders with Belfast Writers' Group, Offaly Writers' Group, Writers from Kinsale, Local Writers and launch of Pat Boran's 'The Portable Creative Writing Workshop'. 1/5/99 African Literature; a talk by Eileen Battersby: 2/5/99 8.30pm launch of Desmond O'Grady's 'Translations of Cavafy'; 3/5/99 at 2pm Cúirt Litríochta an Daingin with Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, John McGahern, Astrid Ivask, Jack Mapange, and Zlato Tomicic Info: Micheál Ó Fionnáin Tel: 066-51465
3rd Cork Festival of Alternative Poetry/Performance Art 23rd-25th April 1999 Granary Theatre, Mardyke, Cork. Fri 23rd 5.00-7.00 Poetry readings Maurice Scully & John Goodby. Paper: Karen MacCormack. Sat 24th 10.00-12.30 Poetry readings Drew Milne, Billy Mills & Michael Smith: Paper:Keith Tuma: Poetry readings 2.00-4.30 Karen MacCormack, Fanny Howe, Judy Kravis & Geoffrey Squires: Paper-Alex Davis. Performance Pieces: 6.30-8.00 Jools Gilson-Ellis, Cris Cheek & Danny McCarthy. Sun 25th: 10.00-12.30 Poetry readings Trevor Joyce, Catherine Walsh Randolph Healy: Paper: Romana Huk.
"a sense of Cork" Festival 23/6-3/7/99
The Munster Literature Centre in association with the Festival presents "New Writers Forum with Music and Song" at An Spáilpín Fánach (Upstairs) South Main Street. Sat 26th 12- 6pm. Writers have contributed to Newsletter Plus. 25/6 8pm Triskel Readings with Greg Delanty, Thomas McCarthy Louis de Paor, Music John Spillane, £3: Sunday 27th Triskel A Frank O'Connor Evening Wed. 30/6 A reading by Brian Keenan. Info: Eamonn Kirwan 021 277110
WERRC Irish Women's Writing Conference 26-29 May 1999 at UCD with readings by Rita Ann Higgins, Catherne Phil McCarthy, Biddy Jenkinson, Jennifer Johnston, Clare Boylan, Anne Enright and Paula Meehan on 28.5.1999 at St. Anne's Church, Dawson Street. Info: 01 706 8571
Triskel Arts Centre Literary Programme: 21 April 7pm: Cathal Ó Searcaigh: 28 April 7pm Gerry Murphy and Desmond O'Grady
Irish Writers Union Musical/Literary Event April 23rd Barleycorn Hotel, Barleycove, Goleen West Cork. 9pm
Ashford Press Award As part of their prize many prizewinners and short-listed writers at Writers Week Listowel will again be included in a special publication. This book will be on sale at Writers'Week 1999. Info: 068 21074
The Shop a new illustrated 72 page poetry magazine will appear 3 times a year from August '99. Annual subs. £11. Ed. John Wakeman, formerly co-editor of The Rialto. The Shop welcomes poems and esssays about poetry. Submissions with SAE: The Shop, The Rectory, Toormore, Goleen, W. Cork.
South Tipperary Arts Centre: For young people, creative writing workshops in poetry/plays/stories, beg. 12/4/99. Info: Naomi Burke 052 27877
South Tipperary Writers' Weekend 22-25 Oct. 1999. Short story/poetry/one act play/limerick competitions: Entries +SAE before August 27. Info: 052 27877
Nora Fahy Literary Awards Short Story/Poetry competition; £350 prizes. Submit before 30/4/99 Info: John Doorty
Carrowkeal, Kilshanny, Co. Clare
Gradam Litróchta Chló Iar-Chonnachta i gcomhar le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta: 1999 Cnuasach filíochta nó dráma fada: 2000 Úrscéal: 2001 cnuasach gearrscéalta nó dráma fada: dátaí deiridh d'iarratais: 30 Meitheamh 1999 do Ghradam 1999; 18 Nollaig 1999 do Ghradam 2000 agus 17 Nollaig 2000 do Ghradam 2001: Táille Iontrála £20 an iarracht. Duais £5,000 agus Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnachta i gcomhar le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta: Eolas ón Rúnaí 091 593307
The Portable Creative Writing Workshop by Pat Boran, Salmon £7.99
C.P.Cavafy: Selected Poems trans. by Desmond O'Grady, Dedalus Press
Extracts from The Lost Log-Book of Christopher Colombus by Gerry Murphy, Dedalus Press £5.95/£9.95
The Music Lesson by Katharine Weber set in West Cork, Phoenix House £12.99
A White Arrest by Ken Bruen Crime Novel, The Do-Not Press £6.50
Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil by Paul Durcan, Harvill Press £14.99
Visiting Rwanda by Dervla Murphy, Lilliput Press £15.99
South from The Limpopo by Dervla Murphy, Flamingo £7.99/£17.99 stg.
Consplawkus - a Writer's Life by Críostóir Ó Flynn Set in 1950's and 1960's Limerick City, Mercier £9.99
The Poacher's Daughter by Bill Hammond, Cameo Publications £6.90
Secret Lands, The World of Patricia Lynch Ed. Robert Dunbar, The O'Brien Press £8.99
Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader Ed. David Pierce, Cork University Press £19.99
The Brandon Book of Irish Short Stories Ed. Steve McDonagh £6.99
Passion Play by Cónal Creedon, Novel set in Cork City, Poolbeg £6.99
The Cork Review Ed. Thomas McCarthy. Works by John Montague, Seamus Heaney, Gerry Murphy, Liz O'Donoghue, Patrick Cotter, Giovanni Malito, Eugene O'Connell, Alannah Hopkin, Neil O' Sullivan, Leo Ryan, Aidan Harman. Triskel Publishing £3
In The Name of The Wolf by John F. Deane, Novel, Blackstaff Press £8.99 stg
Women's Work X A Tenth Anthology of Poems by Women, published by The Works, Wexford £6: Info: 053 41193
Tidy Boy by David Hughes and Late Lamps by J.C. Evans, Swansea Poetry Workshop £5 stg. each: Info: 00441792 360150
Poetry Now Anthology Ed. by Patrick Galvin with works by Michael Coady, Brendan Kennelly, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Elfin, Pearse Hutchinson, Tony Hickey, and others. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council £5: Info: 01 2054700 |
