Annual
Writers' Weekend - Part of the Raglan Road Festival
in association with the Irish Writers' Centre
Saturday
30th, Sunday 31st July 2005
Directed by Dermot Healy
Course
Fee: €150
Course
Fee & Booking Information
The course is open to published and non-published writers of prose.
Work can be submitted in advance of the workshop but this is not
essential.
The
price includes all tuition, full lunch and refreshments. Accommodation
can be arranged in local quality B&Bs. A separate charge will
apply. All payments should be made in Euro.
A non-refundable deposit of €50 applies to all bookings accompanied
by the booking form below.
Booking
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here to
download a Booking Form (Microsoft Word format)
Enclose
€50.00 deposit and return to address provided below.
Bookings will be acknowledged.
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Workshop
Director: Dermot Healy
Dermot Healy was born in Finea, Co. Westmeath, in 1947. He is
the author of the story collection Banished Misfortune
(1982), which won two Hennessy Awards and the Tom Gallon Award,
a novel, Fighting with Shadows (1984), and a poetry collection,
The Ballyconnell Colours (1992). He wrote the screenplay
for Cathal Black's film about the Christian Brothers, Our Boys,
and his plays include The Long Swim, On Broken Wings
and Last Night's Fun. He has edited two journals, The
Drumlin and Force 10, which was singled out for praise
as one of Ireland's best community art journals. A Goat's Song
won the 1994 Encore Award for the best second novel. His most
recent book, The Bend for Home was published by Harvill
in 1996. He is a member of Aosdána and lives near Sligo.
Workshop
Timetable
| Saturday
30th July 2005 |
| 10.00am
- 12.00pm |
Workshop
1
Introduction to the main disciplines in prose writing;
Autobiography, Novel and Short Story. |
| 12.00pm |
Lunch
at the 'Poet's Rest' |
| 12.30pm |
Literary
& Historical Tour of Kavanagh Country. |
| 3.00pm
- 5.00pm |
Workshop
2
This workshop will include looking at individual writer's
work. |
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| Sunday
31st July 2005 |
| 10.30am
- 12.30pm |
Workshop
3
Readings by the various authors attending the workshop and
bringing it all together. |
| 1.00pm |
Lunch
at the "Poet's Rest" |
Please
send booking forms and deposits to:
Patrick Kavanagh Rural & Literary Resource Centre, Inniskeen,
Co. Monaghan, Ireland
