OFFICIAL OPENING & LAUNCH
The festivities commence on Friday 9th
November with the official launch in Áras an Chontae at 7.30pm. The event will
also incorporate the launch of exciting new poetry collections by Ann Egan,
Kathy D’Arcy, Jamie O’Connell and Pat Boran with James Ryan chairing the
readings. Readings by all the authors will be interspersed by music from
guitarist, Conal Rae from Laois School of Music. Admission is free and books will
be on sale on the night.
CHILDREN'S EVENTS
The Festival also includes a Children’s
Programme. On Friday 9th November award-winning author and
illustrator, Niamh Sharkey, Laureate na nÓg, will visit schools in the county
to create a Monster Doodle and then on to Abbeyleix Library for a reading at
3.30pm. Children’s author Roisín Meaney will also pay a visit to some
lucky schools in Laois and give a reading in Portlaoise Library at 3.30pm.
Admission to the children’s events is free of charge.
WORKSHOPS
Adult writers workshops will also take place in the
Dunamaise Arts Centre. Hennessy award winner Niamh Boyce will hold a workshop
entitled, “Poems Beget Poems” on the Friday 9th November running from 10am
to 4pm. This workshop would suit writers who have begun to write poetry
and would like to explore it further.
Also for adults, well-known writer John MacKenna
will hold a workshop entitled, “Seasons of the Heart”, exploring the ways in
which we can draw on nature and our own life experiences to create fiction and
memoir. This workshop runs from 10am to 4pm on the Saturday 10th November in
the Dunamaise Arts Centre.
READING
The final event on Saturday evening is an exciting
mix of readings and music featuring Christine Dwyer Hickey, Niamh Boyce and Nuala
Ní Chonchúir, chaired by Seamus Hosey,
with music by harpist Claire O Donnell. This
will take place in the Arthouse & Library, Stradbally at 8.00pm on the 10th
November.
Bookings for all events can be made at the
Dunamaise Arts Centre Tel: 057 8663355. www.dunamaise.ie
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