West Cork Literary Festival
What's it all about? Readings / workshops / seminars / children's events / exhibitions / music. If you are planning a summer trip to the Republic, the what better premise than a Lit Fest! Locals will no-doubt be fascinated to see what form the gathering takes under the guidance of new Artistic Director Sinead Collins -she can probable hardly wait herself....
Who? 2010 TBA
When? July 4 - 10 July, 2010
Where? Bantry, West Cork Cork County, Ireland AA Route Planner | multimap
How much? Check official site below.
Festival Website: http://www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie/
Email: info@westcorkliteraryfestival.ie
NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR 2010
The West Cork Literary Festival is delighted to announce the appointment of Denyse Woods as Artistic Director of the 2010 event which takes place from 4th – 10th July in Bantry, Co. Cork.
Denyse is a well-known novelist who also writes under the name Denyse Devlin. She has published five novels including the critically acclaimed Overnight to Innsbruck and the bestselling The Catalpa Tree. She has travelled extensively in the Middle East and lived in the USA, Belgium, Australia, Italy and the UK before settling in Cork. She is no stranger to the festival as she facilitated the highly popular Creating a Sense of Place workshop at last summer's event.
Denyse takes over the role from Sinead Collins, who was Artistic Director of the 2009 Festival. The greatly increased attendance at the Festival last July was a fitting tribute to the magnificent job Sinead did in her year as Director of the Festival. Sinead has returned to working on developing new initiatives in arts for libraries as part of her role as Cork County Council’s Library Arts Officer.
Having worked closely with Denyse on library projects Sinead wishes her every success and is certain that the festival will continue to thrive under her Directorship.
Denyse says "I hope to bring in some interesting names and writers, who would enhance the festival, without losing sight of its important role as an outlet for local and national writers. A literary festival, should, I believe, have a sense of itself, a firm and consistent understanding of its market, a commitment to its local community, and a clear artistic objective. In the case of the West Cork Literary Festival that should be, in my opinion, quite simply, good writing."
‘Trying to fill Sinead’s shoes is the bravest, or stupidest, thing I have ever done’ says Denyse
The West Cork Literary Festival is organised by West Cork Music in partnership with the Library and Arts Service of Cork County Council and funded by Arts Council and Fáilte Ireland
From 2009 .....
In what promises to be a week to remember, the West Cork Literary Festival announces a fantastic line-up of more than fifty writers. Pulitzer prize winning writer Annie Proulx, well-loved Irish author Jennifer
Johnston, Liverpudlian favourite Roger McGough (video left) , bestselling crime writer Martina Cole (video below) and journalist Nell McCafferty will be featuring in the main evening readings in the Maritime Hotel throughout the week of the Festival.
Closing the week on a high note, novelist and musician Louis de Bernieres, who wrote Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, will perform in St Brendan’s Church on Saturday night.
At the heart of the festival is a series of workshops which continue throughout the week. Eleven Workshops will be facilitated by novelist Martina Devlin, screenwriter Ferdia MacAnna, story writer Venessa Gebbie, playwright Billy Roche, novelist Denyse Woods, travel writer Manchán Magan, poet James Harpur, songwriter Jack L, Rory Killalea who writes for radio, food writer John McKenna and children’s writer John W Sexton.
An exciting schedule of readings take place throughout the day, every day in Bantry Bookshop and Bantry Library. This year, amongst those reading from their work will be novelists Jon Beattiey and Claire Kilroy, writers James Lawless and Lavinia Greacan, children’s writers Sarah Webb and Judi Curtin as well as poets Grace Wells, Pascale Petit and Richard Halperin.
West Cork Literary Festival 2009
What's On - At a Glance
| Date | Time | Event | Venue | |
| Sunday 5 July | 20.00 | Opening of the West Cork Literary Festival | Library | |
| 22.45 | Bedtime Story | Maritime Hotel | ||
| Monday 6 July | 09.30 | 1st Day of Workshops [daily from Mon - Fri] | Ardscoil Phobal | |
| 11.00 | Morning Reading - Jon Beattiey | Bantry Bookshop | ||
| 13.00 | Reading - Lera Auerbach & Thomas McCarthy | Library | ||
| 14.30 | Afternoon Seminar - To Be announced | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 14.30 | Children's Reading - PJ Lynch | St. Brendan's School | ||
| 17.00 | PJ Lynch with Robert Dunbar | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 18.30 | Talk on the Hidden History of Bantry - Hazel Vickery | Mariner Restaurant | ||
| 20.30 | An Evening with Annie Proulx | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 22.45 | Bedtime Story | Maritime Hotel | ||
| Tuesday 7 July | 11.00 | Morning Reading - James Lawless | Bantry Bookshop | |
| 11.30 | Heritage Walk around Bantry - Hazel Vickery | Starts at Library | ||
| 13.00 | Reading - Lavinia Greacan & Derek Mahon | Library | ||
| 14.30 | Children's Reading - Francesca Simon | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 14.30 | Why I Write about the Arab World - Denyse Woods | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 14.30 | Dialogue with Time seminar - Lera Aurebach | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 16.30 | Book Launch: Friends & Friendibility Anthology | Library | ||
| 17.00 | Afternoon Reading - Ruth Dudley-Edwards | Library | ||
| 18.30 | Poetry Reading - Pat Boran & Richard Tillinghast | Mariner Restaurant | ||
| 20.30 | An Evening with Jennifer Johnston | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 22.45 | Bedtime Story | Maritime Hotel | ||
| Wednesday 8 July | 11.00 | Morning Reading - Grace Wells | Bantry Bookshop | |
| 13.00 | Reading - Martina Devlin | Library | ||
| 14.30 | Children's Reading - Sarah Webb & Judi Curtin | St Brendan's School | ||
| 14.30 | Afternoon Seminar - Graham Rawle | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 14.30 | Poetry and Archetypes Seminar - Richard Tillinghast | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 17.00 | Afternoon Reading - Chris Binchy | Library | ||
| 18.30 | Local Poets Evening - John Wakeman & Friends | Mariner Restaurant | ||
| 20.30 | An Evening with Nell McCafferty | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 22.45 | Bedtime Story | Maritime Hotel | ||
| Thursday 9 July | 11.00 | Morning Reading - Pascale Petit | Bantry Bookshop | |
| 13.00 | Reading - Christine Dwyer-Hickey | Library | ||
| 14.30 | Children's Reading - Darren Shan | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 14.30 | Getting Published - Panel Disscussion | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 17.00 | Afternoon Reading - Dermot Bolger | Library | ||
| 18.30 | Book Launch: Fish Anthology | St. Brendan's Church | ||
| 18.30 | Irish Canadian Poets Evening | Mariner Restaurant | ||
| 20.30 | An Evening with Roger McGough | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 22.45 | Bedtime Story | Maritime Hotel | ||
| Friday 10 July | 11.00 | Morning Reading - Richard Halpern | Bantry Bookshop | |
| 13.00 | Reading - Billy Roche | Library | ||
| 14.30 | Children's Reading - Cathy Hopkins | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 14.30 | Harnessing Your Inspiration Seminar | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 17.00 | Afternoon Reading - Julie Parsons | Library | ||
| 18.30 | Poetry Reading - Martin Daly & Lothar KLuken | Mariner Restaurant | ||
| 20.30 | Martina Cole in conversation with Aidan Stanley | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 22.45 | Bedtime Story | Maritime Hotel | ||
| Saturday 11 July | 09.30 | Creativity Seminar - Roger McGough - BOOKED OUT | Maritime Hotel | |
| 11.30 | Morning Reading - Claire Kilroy | Library | ||
| 13.00 | Reading - Declan Kiberd | Library | ||
| 14.30 | An Afternoon with Don Conroy | St Brendan's School | ||
| 15.00 | Publishing with Darley Anderson | Maritime Hotel | ||
| 17.00 | Heritage Walk around Bantry - Hazel Vickey | Starts at Library | ||
| 20.30 | Poetry & Music - Louis de Bernieres & IIone Antonius Jones | St Brendan's Church |
Previous festivals: Not to worry, 2009 is here!
