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Join us for Cruinniú na nÓg, June 15th
As part of Cruinniú na nÓg on June 15th, The Munster Literature Centre celebrates the art of storytelling through puppetry at Elizabeth Fort. Featuring puppetry television star Dominic Moore, who was part of the original Morbegs team and whose puppet character Basher Bacon first appeared in public on the RTÉ children’s show The Swamp
Performance Times: 2.30pm-3.15pm | 4pm-4.45pm
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Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition
Deadline June 30th
John Montague International Poetry Fellowship
Deadline August 18th
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Sara Maitland appointed the 2019 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Fellow
2019 Frank O'Connor
International Short Story Fellow Sara Maitland
Sara Maitland has been appointed the fourth Frank O'Connor International Short Story Fellow. Maitland is a British writer of religious fantasy, her work having a magic realist tendency. She has published seven novels and seven collections of short stories. Ms. Maitland will reside in Cork for three months in an apartment and receive a monthly stipend. She will contribute to the programme of the Cork International Short Story Festival, teach at the Creative Writing Department at UCC and mentor two local emerging writers. The fellowship is devised and managed by the Munster Literature Centre and generously funded by Cork City Council. Find out more about Maitland at her website.
