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Upcoming Events
 
   
  Dublin
June 20th

Ómós: A cultural evening of selected readings and music to honour those who have experienced sexual violence in Ireland and to reflect on themes of cultural responsibility and healing.

 

Readings By Roddy Doyle, Joseph O’Connor, Lia Mills, Tom Murphy, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Theo Dorgan. Music From Don Baker, Karan Casey, Eleanor McEvoy, Christy Moore. Chaired by Theo Dorgan, with Maeve Lewis, executive director of One in Four. Sunday 20th June 2010 in St Stephen’s Church (Pepper Cannister), off Merrion Square, Dublin 7.30-9.30pm. Tickets: €25.00 each. Tickets Available Online here. Phone: 01 6624070. Helping people to reflect on the issues of sexual violence in Irish society. All proceeds in aid of One in Four.

   
June 20 -21st An Intensive Storytelling Workshop with Liz Warren; the Teachers Club, Parnell Square.
75/65 Liz Warren is a storyteller, teacher, writer and co-founder of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. She is author of "The Oral Tradition: An introduction to the Art of Storytelling" (2008). She teaches full time at the college, specialising in The Art of Storytelling, Creating and Telling Personal Stories, Multicultural Folktales, Mythology, The Irish Storytelling Tradition, Sacred Stories from Around the World, and Creating and Telling Epic Length Stories. Liz is one of the founders of Going Deep: The Long Traditional Storytelling Festival and a producer of the annual Mesa Storytelling festival held at the Mesa Arts Center.   
   
  Cork
July 4 - 10th
 

The 2010 West Cork Literary Festival will be taking place in Bantry from Sunday 4 July to Saturday 10 July. The Festival, generously supported by the Arts Council, Fáilte Ireland, Cork County Library and Arts Service and RTÉ Lyric fm, will cover a broad range of writing disciplines and feature appearances from writers including: Michael Palin; Margaret Drabble; Fay Weldon; John Boyne; Carol Drinkwater; Eavan Boland and Manchán Magan.

For more information visit www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie or call +353 27 55987.

   
   
 
Regular Events around Ireland
 
     
 
Cork
 

Ó Bhéal

 
  Weekly event with guest poets and an open-mic session. Mondays 8.30pm at The Long Valley, Winthrop St, Cork  
     
 
Galway
 

Over The Edge

 
  Monthly Over The Edge: Open Reading Series in Galway City Library with featured readers and an open-mic slot.  
     
 
Limerick
 
White House Poetry Revival  
  Weekly poetry reading every Wednesday night. Guest poets and open-mic  
     
  Featured readers include David Wheatley, Lisa Allen and Paul Conway  

 

 
 

 

 
Irish Writers' Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Tel: +353 1 8721302. Fax: +353 1 8726282
Email: info@writerscentre.ie