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Welcome to the Munster Literature Centre Founded in 1993, the Munster Literature Centre (Tigh Litríochta) is a non-profit arts organisation dedicated to the promotion and celebration of literature, especially that of Munster. To this end, we organise festivals, workshops, readings and competitions. Our publishing section, Southword Editions, publishes a biannual journal, poetry collections and short stories. We actively seek to support new and emerging writers and are assisted in our efforts through funding from Cork City Council, Cork County Council and the Arts Council of Ireland. Originally located in Sullivan's Quay, the centre moved to its current premises in the Frank O'Connor House (the author's birthplace) at 84 Douglas Street, in 2003. In 2000, the Munster Literature Centre organised the first Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival, an event dedicated to the celebration of the short story and named for one of Cork's most beloved authors. The festival showcases readings, literary forums and workshops. Following continued growth and additional funding, the Cork City - Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was introduced in 2005, coinciding with Cork's designation as that year's European Capital of Culture. The award is now recognised as the single biggest prize for a short story collection in the world and is presented at the end of the festival. In 2002, the Munster Literature Centre introduced the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize, an annual short story competition dedicated to one of Ireland's most accomplished story writers and theorists. This too is presented during the FOC festival. The centre also hosts the Cork Spring Literary Festival each year. Workshops are held by featured authors in both autumn and spring, allowing the general public to receive creative guidance in an intimate setting for a minimal fee. In addition, the centre sponsors a Writer in Residence each year. We invite you to browse our website for further information regarding our events, Munster literature, and other literary information. Should you have any queries, we would be happy to hear from you.
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CORK SPRING LITERARY FESTIVAL 2010 February 17 - 20
DINNSHEANCHAS: THE LORE OF PLACE
Click here to download the festival programme. Click here to download the festival timetable of events.
Updates to the festival programme may be made in future. Please re-visit this page to confirm events, times and venues.
Wednesday February 17th
7.30pm Reception for winner of Gregory O'Donoghue Prize
8pm Bernard O’Donoghue, Eugene O’Connell & Gerry Smyth
9pm Ciaran O’Driscoll, Louis De Paor & Billy Ramsell
Thursday February 18th
8pm
9pm Patrick Moran, Mary O’Malley & Liz O'Donoghue
Friday February 19th
6.30pm Launch of Theo Dorgan's new collection, Greek, from Dedalus Press including wine reception. All welcome.
8pm
9pm Martin Espada, Paula Meehan & Conal Creedon
Saturday February 20th
11am Workshops- SOLD OUT
2.30pm Slam Competition: 200 euro prize!
4pm Desmond O’Grady & Martina Evans
8pm Thomas McCarthy & Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
9pm Jennifer Johnston, Denyse Woods & Adam Johnson
Also present throughout the festival will be the world-famous Itinerant Poetry Librarian!
Bookings Booking is only necessary for the workshop. Places at other events are on a first come, first served basis. Events will start on time. To reserve a workshop space please phone the Munster Literature Centre on 021 431-2955. Venues The workshop will be held at the Munster Literature Centre, Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork. Most other events are at the Metropole Hotel on McCurtain Street, Cork. A map to the venues, including the festival club, will be posted soon.
The Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! The authors of the shortlisted entries will be contacted directly, and the winner will be announced at the festival.
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Visit our dedicated Cork Spring Literary Festival website here:
17 February - 20 February 2010
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Last year's festival:
A FESTIVAL OF POETRY AND PROSE Please note the following changes to the schedule: Matthew Sweeney's workshop will take place on Saturday, 21st February at 10.00 am. The launch of Rosemary Canavan's new collection, Trucker's Moll, will take place at 2.00 pm on Saturday. Download all the following information in a handy PDF file here
Welcome to the 2009 spring literary festival from the Munster Literature Centre. As with each of the last six years, our festival is arranged around a changing theme. In the past we have dealt with immigration, translation, love, politics and religion. This year the theme is Humour! Irony! Wit! Not all irony is funny and not all humour induces belly laughter. Humour can be subtly nuanced or it can be in-your-face obvious and is often shaped by cultural considerations. Ridicule - a French arthouse film of some years back, notoriously claimed that the English had no wit but something called humour instead. Arguably one person’s wit is another person’s mere humour. To acknowledge this we have gathered together a disparate motley crew of literary clowns whose origins include America, Britain, Estonia and Japan as well as Ireland. We have poets, novelists, essayists and chancers of many genres. I’m hopeful that for anyone habitually inclined to pick up a book, this festival will contain something to induce a wry smile or convulse the stomach muscles. Taking note of the known healing properties of laughter, we have decided, for the first time ever, to distribute one of our festival brochures to doctors’ waiting rooms. Who knows? There might even be a few prescriptions issued on the basis of the festival. As medicine you can take your pick from readings, workshops or book launches with complimentary wine or lemonade. Have fun. Patrick Cotter |
2009: Humour, Wit & Irony
................................................................ 2008: Belief and Unbelief
................................................................ 2007: War and Politics
................................................................ 2006: Love and Desire
................................................................ Authors who have appeared previously at our festival include: From America: Ilya Kaminsky, August Kleinzahler, Darcey Steinke, Brian Turner.
From Britain: Colette Bryce, Rev. Jim Cotter, Toby Litt, Sarah Maguire, Fiona Pith-Kethley, Dan Rhodes, Neil Rollinson, Jo Shapcott, John Hartley Williams.
From Asia: Amir Or, Shan Sa, Yang Lian, Yasuhiro Yoshimoto.
From Europe: Andres Ehin, Barbara Korun, Ileana Malancioiu, Haaken Sandell, Hansjorg Schertenleib.
From Ireland: Ciaran Carson, Mary Morrissey, Colm Toibin, Hugo Hamilton, J.P. Donleavy, Bernard MacLaverty, Patrick Galvin, Alan Titley, Mary Leland, Dennis O'Driscoll, Glen Patterson, Kerry Hardie, Medbh McGuckian, Marie Heaney and many, many others.
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Frank O'Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland. Tel. (353) 021 4312955, Email: munsterlit(AT)eircom(DOT)net |
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