Bantry / Sunday 7 – Saturday 13 July - West Cork Music
Bantry / Sunday 7 – Saturday 13 July - West Cork Music
Bantry / Sunday 7 – Saturday 13 July - West Cork Music
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Welcome to the 20<strong>13</strong><strong>West</strong> <strong>Cork</strong> Literary FestivalCover: Michael O’Donovan, Stream, 2006in association with Failte IrelandO’Keeffe’s Supervalu<strong>Cork</strong> County CouncilLIBRARY & ARTSSeRVICESOnce again it is my pleasure and privilege to welcomeall our patrons and speakers to <strong>Bantry</strong> for the <strong>West</strong><strong>Cork</strong> Literary Festival. We hope you will find this year’sprogramme stimulating, intriguing and entertaining.Our readings and talks will cover a broad spectrum oftopics, ranging from oceans to the Arab spring, fromJane Austen’s nieces to James Joyce’s daughter, fromhandwriting to nature writing to writing in America,and everything in between. We’ll be offering pausefor thought and time to write, as well as advice andtips, competitions and challenges, and a children’sprogramme that brings Monster Doodles, Zom-Bsand Wizard Aduro to <strong>Bantry</strong>!I would like to offer our appreciation and thanks tothe Arts Council of Ireland, <strong>Cork</strong> County CouncilLibrary & Arts Service, Fáilte Ireland, <strong>Cork</strong> CountyCouncil's Economic Development Fund, Port of<strong>Cork</strong> and O'Keeffe's Supervalu for their continuedsupport of the festival; our media partners RTÉRadio 1, The Irish Examiner; the wonderful teamat <strong>Bantry</strong> Library; the staff and management of theMaritime Hotel; Guy Dalton, Billy O’Flaherty andGeorge Plant; Margaret O’Neill and Joan O’Shea at<strong>Bantry</strong> Bookshop; Clem Cairns; and of course allour sponsors, venue-holders, Friends of the Festival,and hardworking volunteers.We extend our gratitude also to those who makethis festival unique: the people of <strong>Bantry</strong> and ourfantastic audiences <strong>–</strong> who make such an impressionon our guests, and the wonderful writers who comefrom far and wide, as students, teachers and guestspeakers.For their assistance, friendship and forbearanceduring the programming of this, and the lastthree, festivals, I am personally indebted to FrancisHumphrys, Sara O'Donovan, Fiona O’Sullivan,Grace O’Mahony, Heather McDougall, ClareHennessy, Sarah Bannan, Noel O’Mahony, CllrMary Hegarty, Ian McDonagh, Sophie Shelswell-White, Sinead Collins, Jean Kearney, Hazel Ormeand Sue Leonard.I would like to dedicate the WCLF 20<strong>13</strong> to all youngwriters learning their craft today, here in <strong>Bantry</strong> andin homes and schools around the country, who carrythe legacy of our great Irish writers, past and present,and who will keep Ireland’s prominence on theliterary map long into the future.Denyse WoodsArtistic Director, <strong>West</strong> <strong>Cork</strong> Literary Festival
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