Bantry / Sunday 7 – Saturday 13 July - West Cork Music

THE J.G. FARRELLFICTION AWARDThe J.G. Farrell Fiction Award – for the best opening chapterof a novel-in-progress by a writer resident in Munster – willthis year be adjudicated by novelist Richard Skinner. Theprize includes a place on Richard’s fiction workshop andaccommodation at the Maritime Hotel. Applicants should sendtwo copies of the first chapter of their novel (max 3000 words),double-spaced and printed on one side of the page only. Placeyour name and address on a separate sheet. Entries will not bereturned. Please send them to the West Cork Literary Festivaloffice at 13 Glengarriff Road, Bantry, Co Cork by Monday 27May. Clearly mark the envelope ‘J.G. Farrell Award’.J.G. Farrell was born in Liverpool and died at the age of 44,when he was swept into the sea while fishing from rocks nearKilcrohane, West Cork. His book Troubles won the Faber Prizein 1971, and in 2010 it won the Lost Man Booker Prize. TheSiege of Krishnapur, Farrell’s novel about the Indian Mutiny of1957, carried off the Booker in 1973. In 2008, The Siege ofKrishnapur was short-listed for the Best of Booker public vote.The West Cork Literary Festival would like to thank RichardFarrell for his continued sponsorship of this award, now in itsfourth year.WORKSHOPSBooking: +353 (0)27 52788/9LoCall: 1850 788 789Book online: www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ieMax 15 participants per workshop€160 for five-day workshop€100 for three-day workshopWorkshops run concurrently, from 9.30am – 12.30pm5-day workshops run Monday to Friday, 8 - 12 July 20133-day workshops run Monday to Wednesday, 8 - 10 July 2013Workshop Venues:Online Presence / Ellyssa Kroski: Bantry Youthreach, Seskin,formerly St. Goban'sBecoming a Travel Writer in Five Easy Steps / Kevin Rushby:Bank House Bar & Restaurant, Whiddy Island.All other workshops:Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai, Seskin, Bantry, Co. Cork.The WCLF workshop programme is aimed at both novice and experienced writers. Our 5-dayworkshops, unique among Irish literary festivals, provide opportunities for development andintensive learning not possible in one sitting. 3-day workshops allow for a shorter but no lessintensive learning experience.Conditions of Sale: Every effort will be made to ensure that the programme will proceedas advertised however West Cork Literary Festival accepts no responsibility for any changesmade due to circumstances beyond its control. Once purchased, tickets cannot be exchangedor refunded. Refund will only be given in case of a cancelled event.32