Apply for one of the CACSSS Excellence Scholarships now and get your (EU) fees paid for the MA in Creative Writing, or get your non-EU fees halved. Deadline Monday 27th April at 5pm. More information here.
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CACSSS (College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences) Excellence Scholarships (PhD) at UCC.
CACSSS PhD Excellence Scholarships take the form of EU fee waivers / non-EU fee reduction, tenable for a maximum of 3 years. More information here. Deadline – 5pm on Monday 18th May 2015.
Great article from Mary Morrissy in today’s Irish Times.
You can read the article here.
Mary writes about creative writing courses, and their impact on emerging writers.
Mary Morrissy is a novelist, short-story writer and lecturer in creative writing at University College Cork.
Hattie Naylor, award-winning radio dramatist visits UCC 19 Feb
hosted by Dept of German & School of English at UCC
Thur 19th Feb, 6pm, River Room, Glucksman Gallery – A Writer’s Life.
Hattie Naylor has had over forty plays, three short stories, and an opera broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and/or 3. Her plays include Ivan and The Dogs (nominated for an Olivier Award, and winner of the Tinniswood Award 2010), The Diaries of Samuel Pepys (nominated Best Radio Drama 2012). All welcome.
UCC Film Writer in Residence, Carmel Winters play on at the Everyman in March 2015
Carmel Winters’ play Witness will be performed at The Everyman Cork from Tue 10 – Sat 14 March. ‘Witness’ is a spell-binding portrait of a mother and son, whose powerful story will pin you to your seats from start to breathless finish. Post-show discussion with the author on Wed 11 March.
Michael Schmidt of Carcanet Press Talk on ‘Publishing Irish Writers’
School of English Research Seminar
Wed 11th Feb, 2015, 3 – 4pm
O’Rahilly Building 2.12
UCC. ALL WELCOME
Zadie Smith & Nick Laird – UCC Reading Series
Mon 16th Feb @ 6pm, Boole 4, UCC Campus
We’re very excited to be hosting two wonderful writers next week at UCC: Smith is the author of four novels, including NW, White Teeth, and On Beauty (Orange Prize 2006 Man Booker Prize shortlist). Laird has published three collections of poems, To a Fault, On Purpose, and Go Giants, and two novels, Utterly Monkey – winner of the Betty Trask Prize – and Glover’s Mistake. All welcome.
Graham Allen shortlisted for the Shine / Strong Award
We’re thrilled to announce that our colleague, Graham Allen’s first collection of poetry The One That Got Away (New Binary Press 2014) has been shortlisted for the Shine / Strong Award, for the best first collection.
Mary Morrissy in the News!
Wonderful article on our own Mary Morrissy in today’s Irish Examiner. Mary teaches on the MA in Creative Writing, and is the author of three novels. She blogs here.
New Creative Writing from UCC
Come & Listen to our very own MA / PhD Writing Students read their work at
Ó Bhéal on Mon 2 Feb, from 9pm. You can find Ó Bhéal upstairs at The Long Valley Bar, 10 Winthrop Street, Cork. Ciara McCarthy, Adrian Wistreich, Niamh Prior & Claire Creely will be reading. All welcome!