News http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/ Sat, 25 May 2013 02:07:21 GMT FeedCreator 1.8.0-dev (info@mypapit.net) Jack Kerouac's search for language and and identity http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/485-jack-kerouacs-search-for-language-and-and-identity.html La nuit est ma femme will construct a literary exploration of Jack Kerouac’s relationship to French, to Catholicism and Buddhism; of his bi-lingual identity; and of his fraught relationship with America. The selections will draw on his letters, poems, haiku and novels. Two writers – Gabriel Rosenstock and Gearóid Mac Lochlainn – will both translate and respond to Kerouac’s work. The texts will be read to improvised jazz accompaniment by The Dirty Jazz Band and on-screen projections created by Margaret Lonergan. 

Curated by Liam Carson, director of the IMRAM Irish Language Literature Festival.

Date Thursday 23 May

Time 8.30pm

Venue Workman’s Club

Tickets €10 / €8 concession

Book online: https://dublinwritersfestival.ticketsolve.com/shows/873493436/events

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 10:54:03 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/485-jack-kerouacs-search-for-language-and-and-identity.html IMRAM at the Dublin Writers' Festival http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/484-imram-at-the-dublin-writers-festival.html A Thief of Fire: A Celebration of Arthur Rimbaud

The Thieft of Fire will celebrate Rimbaud's Illuminations as Ciaran Carson showcases his new English version In the Light of while Liam Ó Mhuirthile will read newly commissioned Irish versions. There will be on-screen projects by Margaret Longergan along with commissioned music by Seán Mac Erlaine.

Date: Wednesday 22nd May

Time: 8:30pm

Venue: The Sugar Club

Tickets: €10/€8

Booking at http://www.dublinwritersfestival.com/event/the-thief-of-fire-a-celebration-of-arthur-rimbaud

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 10:31:24 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/484-imram-at-the-dublin-writers-festival.html An Post Stamp Honouring Dublin as UNESCO City of Literature http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/483-an-post-stamp-honouring-dublin-as-unesco-city-of-literature.html The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins launched a new stamp issued by An Post which honours Dublin UNESCO City of Literature. Fighting Words, which provides free tutoring in creative writing for students of all ages in Ireland, was asked by An Post to invite primary and secondary school students to write a story which would capture the essence of Dublin city - in precisely 224 words! That story forms the design of the new stamp. The winner is Eoin Moore from Marino in Dublin and the stamp is available from major post offices. The stamp was designed by The Stone Twins.

Margaret Hayes, Dublin City Librarian and Chair of the Dublin UNESCO City of Literature management Group said 'I am delighted that the literary city are being honoured in this way and I would like to congratulate both Eoin on his beautifully written story and An Post on this imaginative way of bringing Dublin's literary credentials to worldwide attention in this way.'

]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:46 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/483-an-post-stamp-honouring-dublin-as-unesco-city-of-literature.html Getting Non Fiction Published http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/477-getting-non-fiction-published.html Getting Non-Fiction Published: Fergal Tobin,

author and commissioning editor at Gill & MacMillan.

Thursday 9th May 8pm United Arts Club, Dublin 2.

Fergal will discuss how to submit, what to submit and how to get published: What are the key ingredients needed to write and sell non-fiction? In a market where non-fiction will always have a healthy share, how do you take your first step?

Fergal Tobin has been publishing director of Gill & Macmillan since 1994. Among the books he has published are the monumental Encyclopaedia of Ireland; David McWilliams' The Pope's Children; Frank McDonald's ground-breaking manifesto The Destruction of Dublin, a book that one reviewer said was "the best book published in Ireland since the Book of Kells"; Fintan O'Toole's Irish Times Book of the Century; and, last autumn, Mary O'Rourke's best-selling memoir Just Mary, which will appear in paperback later this month. In the course of his career, he has published almost 2,000 books. As an author, he writes popular history most often under the pseudonym Richard Killeen. The pseudonym is now being retired and his next book, The Irish Revolution 1912-25: an illustrated history, will appear next October under his own name, as will all future books.

Fergal was President of CLE/Publishing Ireland from 2002 to 2004 and was President of the Federation of European Publishers, based in Brussels, from 2010 to 2012.

Tickets are €3/€5 and booking is advisable. You can book your ticket at http://IrishPENFergalTobin.eventbrite.ie

]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 13:54:57 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/477-getting-non-fiction-published.html Virtual Poetry Seminars http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/476-virtual-poetry-seminars.html http://iwp.uiowa.edu/calendar/2013-05-08/applications-due-for-virtual-poetry-seminars-advanced-poetry-seminar-poetry-mast]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:50:54 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/476-virtual-poetry-seminars.html Musical Tales 2013 http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/472-musical-tales-2013.html The Contemporary Music Centre in association with The Royal Irish Academy of Music presents Musical Tales 2013, two concerts in Dublin City Libraries as part of Dublin: One City, One Book celebration of Strumpet City with music from Irish composers inspired by the city of Dublin, a UNESCO City of Literature. Event programme available here

The concerts will take place on

Wednesday 24th April in the Central Library from 1-2pm. Admission free. Booking essential, email: musiclibrary@dublincity.ie tel: 01 8434333

Thursday 25th April in Rathmines Library from 1-2pm. Admission free. Booking essential, email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie tel: 01 4973539

]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:04:55 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/472-musical-tales-2013.html Short List for The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/471-short-list-for-the-royal-society-of-literature-ondaatje-prize.html Call mother a lonely field has been shortlisted for The Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize. The £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize is awarded annually to a book of the highest literary merit – fiction, non-fiction or poetry – evoking the spirit of a place.]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:42:35 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/471-short-list-for-the-royal-society-of-literature-ondaatje-prize.html Bread and Roses: Strumpet City Revisited http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/470-bread-and-roses-strumpet-city-revisited.html For those who missed Bread and Roses: Strumpet City Revisited in Dublin Castle on 3rd April, you can hear the event on RTÉ 1's Arena this evening at 7pm

]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:25:05 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/470-bread-and-roses-strumpet-city-revisited.html Musis events for Dublin: One City, One Book http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/469-musis-events-for-dublin-one-city-one-book.html

The Contemporary Music Centre presents Musical Tales 2013 – two concerts in Dublin City Libraries as part of One City, One Book – featuring Royal Irish Academy of Music Miriam Kaczor (flute), Evelina Ndlova (electric piano) and Margaret Bridge, (choral conductor with a choir of eight singers), presented by composer Benjamin Dwyer  

In celebration of James Plunkett’s Stumpet City being the chosen book for One City One Book 2013 and to mark  the influence of Dublin City, which is at the heart of Plunkett’s novel, on Irish composers the Contemporary Music Centre has devised a concert of live music. In association with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), the Contemporary Music Centre presents this concert programme in two Dublin City libraries on 24 and 25 April 2013. This exciting project is funded by the Dublin City Council Arts Office Arts Grants 2012 and supported by the Dublin City Council Library Development Office.

Curated by Irish Composer Benjamin Dwyer, the concert programme will be performed by Miriam Kaczor (flute), Evelina Ndlova (electric piano), Vincent Kennedy (trumpet), alongside a choir of eight singers (Robyn Richardson, Sarah McCourt, Zosia Kucyńska, Heather Fogarty, Richard Bridge, Richard Shaffrey, Robbie Blake, Pascal Kennedy) conducted by Maragaret Bridge. Benjamin Dwyer will introduce each concert and set the context for each piece of music performed. Featured Irish composers Michael Holohan and Vincent Kennedy will make further contributions.

Wednesday 24th April from 1-2pm in Central Library, Ilac Centre. Admission free. Booking essential. Tel: 01 8734333 Email: musiclibrary@dublincity.ie

Thursday 25th April from 1-2pm in Rathmines Library. Admission free. Booking essential. Tel: 01 4973539 Tel: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:58:41 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/469-musis-events-for-dublin-one-city-one-book.html Dublin: One City One Book http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/468-dublin-one-city-one-book.html http://www.rte.ie/ten/2013/0409/strumpetcity.html]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:04:41 GMT http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/newsmedia/468-dublin-one-city-one-book.html