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MLC Workshops
workshop details will appear here as they are announced
Cork Events
If you have a literary event in Cork (workshop, reading, open mic etc.) that you would like us to list here, please contact us.
UCC School of English & Digital Humanities presents a reading and discussion with two of Ireland’s most insightful contemporary novelists.
Join us for an evening with writers Claire Kilroy and Niamh Mulvey in the Dr Dora Allman Room, the Hub, UCC on Wednesday, 22 January from 6.30pm. Light refreshments will be served and the event is free; however, places are limited so booking is essential.
Joelle Taylor, Poet, Playwright and Author Reading at UCC
Thursday 6th February, 18:30 – 20:30
Dora Allman Room, The HUB, UCC
Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection C+NTO & Othered Poems won the 2021 T.S Eliot Prize, and the 2022 Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. C+NTO is currently being adapted for theatre with a view to touring. She is a co- curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre, and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She is also a Poetry Fellow of University of East Anglia and the curator of the Koestler Awards 2023. She has judged several poetry and literary prizes including Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. Her novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet will be published by Riverrun in Spring of 2024. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Her most recent acting role was in Blue by Derek Jarman, which was directed by Neil Bartlett and featured Russell Tovey, Jay Bernard, and Travis Alabanza. Blue sold out its run across the UK and more dates are expected for the future.
Poetry and Poetry Film Making
8-week course from Tuesday 28th January
19:30 – 21:00 at Ashton College, Blackrock road
Over the 8 weeks you will develop your skills as a poet, find out what poetry film is, and learn how to make your first poetry film.
2nd Monday of each Month at 8 p.m. (Streamed from 8.30 p.m.)
Events are held in the Hayloft Bar, upstairs at the Long Valley, Winthrop street, as well as on Zoom and streamed via obheal.ie/live.
Poetry Films start from 7.00 p.m. (45mins – not streamed). Five Word Challenge starts at 8.30 p.m. Guest poets begin at around 9.20/9.30 p.m. Open mic session from 10.30 p.m.
Every Thursday at 7.45 p.m.
Founded in 2021, Lime Square Poets is a platform for poets worldwide to share and celebrate each other’s work. Our weekly online poetry events series is hosted from Limerick & Cork, Ireland, and consists of a reading from a featured poet followed by an open mic.
1st wednesday of each month at 8.30 p.m.
De Barra’s Spoken Word, Clonakilty is an open forum for writers of all genres. The evening features guest speakers, workshops and an open mic.
Frank O’Connor Writers’ Group
2nd Tuesday of each month at 3.30 p.m.
(no meetings in July or August)
The Frank O’Connor Writers’ Group meet in Mayfield Library. Refreshments served. New members always welcome. Phone Mayfield Library on 021-4924935 for further details.