First Prize £500and
Second Prize £200
Third Prize £100
First Prize £500As part of the prize, all 15 winners will have their poems published in our Spring Issue 2013 and be invited to read alongside Gillian Clarke at Magma’s prize-giving event in London.
Second Prize £200
Plus 10 Special Mentions £10 each
Join Pat Liddy
on a fascinating walk in the ancient area around the Smock Alley
Theatre – a historic centre for publishing houses, newspapers,
monasteries, cathedrals and a stomping ground for famous writers drawn
here by the taverns and civic occasions.
What’s the object for your times? Join Fintan O’Toole, author and literary editor of The Irish Times,
and guests to discuss the 10 objects on exhibition at the National
Museum at Collins Barracks and vote for your preferred object. This last
object chosen will be added to the other 99, which have appeared weekly
in The Irish Times, and will feature in a book on the subject, to be published by the Royal Irish Academy in March 2013.
Children’s Area, Smock Alley Theatre
What does it mean to have an established writer endorse your work? Dublin Writers Festival invites John Boyne, Siobhán Parkinson and Dermot Bolger to nominate emerging writers to share the stage and showcase their work. Donal Ryan’s recent debut novel The Spinning Heart
was chosen as the flagship release for Doubleday Ireland, in a
co-publishing venture with Lilliput Press. ‘I can’t imagine a more
original, more perceptive or more passionate work than this.’ (John
Boyne). Colm Keegan’s debut collection Don’t Go There
was published last year by Salmon Poetry. ‘The poetry … brims with
frenetic energy and a hard-earned street-wise lyricism, bereft of false
notes or unearned experience.’ (Dermot Bolger). Deirdre Sullivan’s debut novel Prim Improper,
published by Little Island, was shortlisted for the Bisto Children’s
Book of the Year Award (2011). ‘A writer with a sparkling talent … her
first novel for young teens is even more hilarious and touching than I
could possibly have imagined’ (Siobhán Parkinson).
Bringing
the Dublin Book Festival to a close, we have two of Ireland’s finest
short story authors, Kevin Barry and Mike McCormack in conversation with
Sean Rocks, presenter of rté Radio 1’s Arena.Kevin Barry is the author of the story collections Dark Lies The Island and There Are Little Kingdoms and the novel City Of Bohane.
He has won the European Union Prize for Literature, the Rooney Prize
for Irish Literature, and the Sunday Times efg Private Bank Short Story
Award. Mike McCormack, has published two novels and won
several awards, among them The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His
story ‘The Terms’ from his collection of short stories Getting It In The Head was adapted into an award-winning short film. Mike’s new collection of short stories, Forensic Songs, was published earlier this year.
Three
of Ireland’s top female writers come together to reveal how the
legendary author Maeve Binchy inspired their writing and helped to pave
the way, not only for them, but for a host of Irish female writers over
the years.
Join
our food writers for a lively discussion about the evolution of the
cookbook – from print to online. Are cookbooks a thing of the past? Catherine Fulvio
is proprietor of the Ballyknocken House Cookery School, a prolific
cookery writer and one of Ireland’s top television culinary stars. Lilly Higgins is a Ballymaloe-trained chef and an enthusiastic food blogger. Sheila Kiely
runs a Food Safety Management Consultancy and her blog
www.gimmetherecipe.com is one of the big names in the foodie
blogosphere. Jane Travers is the author of Tweet Treats, a book of over 1000 recipes which were composed on Twitter in 140 characters or less.
Main Theatre, Smock Alley Theatre
Ages 7-8 years
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