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Friday 23rd of May - Sunday 25th May 2008

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
TREVOR / BOWEN LITERARY WEEKEND.

FRIDAY 23rd. MAY 2008
8.00pm Upper Cork Street, Mitchelstown

Unveiling of plaque at William Trevor’s birthplace in Upper Cork Street, Mitchelstown

9.00pm Firgrove Hotel

Official opening by Gerald Kean

“Upper Cork Street: The War Years”
                                 Lecture by: Louis McRedmond

SATURDAY 24th MAY 2008
10.30 – 1pm C.B.S. Assembly Hall.

Short story – Creative writing workshop; Part 1
                                Directed by:Nuala Ni  Chonchuir.

2.30pm C.B.S. Assembly Hall.

“Entering the web of exchange – Living a contemplative life”.
                                Lecture by: The Spiritual Life Institute.

4.00pm C.B.S.  Assembly Hall

Practical Guide to meditation.
                                Workshop by The Spiritual Life Institute.

8.00pm Firgrove Hotel.

Presentation of Prizes to the winner of the
William Trevor International Short Story Competition 2007.

8.30pm Firgrove Hotel.

“Time and William Trevor”.
                                Lecture by: Fintan O Toole.

Sunday 25th of May 2008
All today’s events in Firgrove Hotel.

10.30 – 1pm

Short story – Creative writing workshop; Part 2
                                Directed by:  Nuala Ni  Chonchuir 

2.30pm

“Mary Lavin – A Personal Perspective”.
                                Lecture by: Caroline Walsh.

4.15pm
              

“Background of Imagination – Seán O’Faoláin and his work”.
                                Lecture by: Professor Maurice Harmon

8.30pm


“Elizabeth Bowen and her wartime role; an ideological class problem of national identity, neutrality and world wars, then and now”.
                               Lecture by: Dr. Martin Mansergh.

 

 


Admission (excluding Workshops);
 
Individual events €15.00 per person.                                                  

Weekend ticket €60.00 per person.

Creative Writing Workshops: €60.00 per person for both sessions.      

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