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News and Events
Irish Times' excellent review of UCC Writer-in-Residence Eimear Ryan's novel
Holding Her Breath: A different take on the campus novel
Check out this excellent review of Eimear's novel !
I enjoyed Holding Her Breath. The premise is familiar, but this is an appealing iteration, stylishly written, with strong female voices.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/holding-her-breath-a-different-take-on-the-campus-novel-1.4592836
Writing Tips from Eibhear Walshe, Director of Creative Writing, RTE Radio 1, Saturday 12th June.
Writing tips with Eibhear Walshe
UCC Senior Lecturer in the School of English and Director of Creative Writing Eibhear Walshe shares his writing tips.
Eibhear Walshe's book recommendations:
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
The Faith of a Writer by Joyce Carol Oates
On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
https://www.rte.ie/radio1/brendan-oconnor/programmes/2021/0612/1227741-brendan-oconnor-saturday-12-june-2021/?clipid=103694979#103694979
Calling Cork Based Writers !!!! An invitation for Cork Words Anthology
An invitation for inclusion in Cork Words Anthology 2nd Edition
As part of a project supported by Cork City Council and Creative Ireland, Cork City Libraries are seeking submissions of existing work from writers living in or from Cork and/or writing inspired by Cork city.
Pieces will be included in the second anthology of CorkWords which will be published in November this year. The anthology will be distributed by representatives of the city on international visits, and will also be given to Cork’s sister cities: Shanghai, San Francisco, Rennes, Köln. The book will also be for sale in Waterstones as well as other locations citywide.
The first anthology published last year was a wonderful success. It was launched by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Joe Kavanagh in Triskel on September 24, 2020. Installations of selected works from CorkWords were located across the city as a literary trail for Culture Night 2020 and the anthology got special recommendation from Tania Banotti, Director of Creative Ireland. With the publication of the second anthology of CorkWords in 2021, we look forward to more in person events as restrictions will hopefully continue to be lifted as we progress through the year.
You are invited to submit:
a) A maximum of three poems
or
b) Prose no longer than 2000 words. Due to space restriction shorter pieces are encouraged and standalone extracts are also invited.
Email your submissions to: patricia_looney@corkcity.ie by Saturday 19 June, 2021.
A small fee will be paid to all selected contributors.
Creative Writing Reading Series: Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe. Wednesday 28th April, 6pm. Booking Open now !
We are excited to announce that our 2021 online reading series will conclude on Wednesday 28th April, at 6 pm, with a reading by the poet Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe.
Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe is a poet, pacifist and fabulist. Born in India, she grew up across the Middle East, Europe and North America, before calling Ireland home. Founder of the P[l]ay It Forward Fellowships, she is poetry editor at Skein Press and Fallow Media, and contributing editor with The Stinging Fly. She is a recipient of the Next Generation Artist Award in Literature from the Arts Council of Ireland and the inaugural Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Award. Her debut poetry collection, Auguries of a Minor God, is forthcoming from Faber & Faber in July 2021.
You can book tickets for this online event via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/creative-writing-at-university-college-cork-reading-nidhi-zakaria-eipe-tickets-151455739193