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saturday 28th September
08:00
FRINGE EVENT
Yoga with Mary Duane
Lifeboat House
09:30 – 11:00
Prof Bill Dawers, Dr Amanda Konkle moderated by Dr Richard Hayes
Flannery O’Connor: From Ireland to Savannah.
Saltees Room
Stella Maris Centre
09:30 – 11:00
Jumping In by Joe Brennan
An Introduction to oral story-telling**
Lifeboat House
09:30 – 11:00
The Writer as Navigator: Readings by Theo Dorgan, poet & navigator
Coast Hotel Kilmore Quay
11.00 – 11:30
Saturday Morning Tea/Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
Write Here, Right Now.
A practical hands-on writing workshop
Saltees Room
Stella Maris Centre
11:30 – 12:30
It happened this way and no other way: John McGahern’s Art and the development of Irish fiction
Coast Hotel Kilmore Quay
12.30 – 14:00
Saturday Lunch Break
Lunch is served in the Stella Maris Centre. Please email your preference of veg, fish or meat option to writebytheseakq@gmail.com
14:00 – 15:30
Readings by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald and Sarah Carroll, Moderated by Dr Richard Hayes
Saltees Room
Stella Maris Centre
14:00 – 15:30
Interview & Drama Excerpts with Michelle Dooley Mahon by Jackie Hayden
The Wooden House*
14:00 – 15:30
Marilyn Monroe at the End of her Career: Writer, Actress, Star.**
Lifeboat House
14:00 – 15:30
Forty Years a Growing in Sports Writing. Vincent Hogan speaks to Tom Mooney
Coast Hotel Kilmore Quay
15.30 – 15:40
Saturday Afternoon Tea/Coffee Break
15.45 – 17.00
Mike McCormack Interview with Theo Dorgan
Saltees Room
Stella Maris Centre
19:00 – 20:00
Storytelling with Eddie Lenihan **
Stella Maris Centre
20:00 – 22:30
Music
Various Venues
Sunday 29th September
08:00
FRINGE EVENT
Beach Walk with Marie Christine Jolly
Meet at Stella Maris Centre
09:30 – 11:00
Eoghan and Eleanor talk to Sue about their experiences of getting their first novel published and what happens next.
Lifeboat House
09:30 – 11:00
Readings by Catherine Dunne (Irish Pen Award) & Sue Hubbard, poet, critic and novelist
Coast Hotel Kilmore Quay
09:30 – 11:00
How Far Can You Go?
Introduction to Memoir Writing with Éilís Ní Dhuibhne**
Harbour Office*
11.00 – 11:25
Sunday Morning Tea/Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:30
Dermot Bolger, Novelist, Playwright, Poet, interviewed by Professor Victor Merriman
Saltees Room
Stella Maris Centre
11:30 – 13:30
Voice and Character: an interactive workshop on the essentials of Character Building
Lifeboat House
11:30 – 13:30
Memoir Writing: Jackie Hayden speaks to Ruth Fitzmaurice & Eilís Ni Dhuibhne about the process.
Coast Hotel Kilmore Quay
13.30 – 14:30
Sunday Lunch Break
Lunch is served in the Stella Maris Centre. Please email your preference of veg, fish or meat option to writebytheseakq@gmail.com
14:30 – 15:30
Prof Bill Dawers and Dr Amanda Konkle moderated by Dr Derek Hand
Flannery O’Connor’s Advice to Writers, the Southern Gothic Tradition, and the American Short Story.
Saltees Room
Stella Maris Centre
14:30 – 15:30
Sara Baume Interviewed by Dr Richard Hayes
The Wooden House*
14:30 – 15:30
Losing The Plot – How to deal with all the challenges of making time to write.
Lifeboat House
14:30 – 15:30
Beginnings, middles and ends – tackling the structure of your novel **
Coast Hotel Kilmore Quay
15:30 – 16:30
Sinead Gleeson interviewed by Sue Leonard
Saltees Room
Stella Maris Centre
* NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
** LIMITED PLACES – PRE BOOKING REQUIRED
To book a place at an event with limited places, please email writebytheseakq@gmail.com
*** LUNCH IS INCLUDED WITH YOUR TICKET.
If you have a preference for either seafood, meat or vegan, please email writebytheseakq@gmail.com
FESTIVAL REGISTRATION IS IN THE STELLA MARIS CENTRE FROM 08:30 EACH DAY
Programme is subject to change