Force 12 - Writers’ Festival 2008
(Arts & Culture)
Mayo County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce the exciting line-up for this year's Force 12 Writers' Festival which is taking place from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th June in Belmullet, Co. Mayo. Jessie Lendennie will direct the weekend, with a host of well-known writers including Maurice Harmon, Frank Golden, Dave Lordan, Anne Le Marquand Hartigan, Lorna Shaughnessy, Kevin Higgins, Susan Millar Du Mars, Joe Woods, Seamus Cashman, Patrick Cotter, Gerald Dawe, Maighread Medbh, Geraldine Mills and Alan Hayes. The weekend offers a wonderful programme of readings and workshops as well as opportunities for unpublished writers to read. Writers' groups from all over the country are welcome.
Workshops include: Publishing (Jessie Lendennie & Alan Hayes), Poetry (Anne Hartigan) and Prose (Geraldine Mills). There will also be a lively panel discussion - "Do you have to be a self-promoter to get published?" moderated by Maurice Harmon. There will be readings throughout the weekend and music on Saturday night in An Chéibh.
This event is organised by Mayo County Council Arts Service. Attendance at all events is free. Places are limited, so it is essential to book by Friday 23rd May. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
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Posted: 30/05/2006
All-Ireland Poetry Day 2008 events in Mayo.
(Arts & Culture)
Poetry Ireland will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year. To mark this occasion and to raise consciousness about poetry now and in the future, the organisation propose to have a reading in every county in Ireland on a designated day, Thursday October 2nd and to name this day All-Ireland Poetry Day.
Mayo County Council Arts Office, Mayo County Library and Oifig na Gaeilge are delighted to present three poetry events.
Lunchtime Poetry Reading with Louis de Paor,Castlebar Library, Thursday October 2nd at 1pm
An Evening of Poetry. Castlebar Library, Thursday October 2nd at 7pm
Mayo County Arts Office presents a mouth-watering evening of readings hosted by Mayo County Library, gleaned from a wealth of local and national talent and featuring new and some familiar names from the literary community. The line-up complete will feature Kevin Higgins, Maighread Medbh, Noel Monaghan, Terry McDonagh, Ger Reidy and Aoife Casby.
Mayo’s favourite poem
What is your favourite poem? That is the question that Mayo Library is asking to celebrate Ireland’s first All-Ireland Poetry Day on October 2nd. The library wants you to say in not more than 100 word what is your favourite poem and why.
Please send entries to your local library branch or to Mayo Library HQ, The Mall, Castlebar, Mayo. Closing date for receipt of entries is Friday 26th September.
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Posted: 18/09/2008