Poetry Masterclass with Gerald Dawe - SOLD OUT!

POETRY MASTERCLASS with Gerald Dawe

Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September,

Class runs from 2.00pm-5.00pm each day

Venue: County Hall, Marine Rd, Dun Laoghaire

Course Fee: €95.00

Tutor Biography

Gerald Dawe's seven collections are published by The Gallery Press including most recently, Lake Geneva (2003) and Points West (2008). His Selected Poems will be published by The Gallery Press in 2012. He has also published several collections of essays and edited numerous anthologies of poetry and literary criticism. He is a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre, School of English at Trinity. He lives in Dun Laoghaire and has given readings and lectures in various parts of the world.

Course Theme

This master class is dedicated to those who are seriously interested in developing their writing and reading of poetry. Participants in the workshop sessions will read and discuss their poems under the guidance and direction of Gerald Dawe who will also advise on sugested reading, presentation and publication. This is a rare opportunity to work with the distinguished poet who is also director of the internationally recognised graduate writing programme based in the Oscar Wilde Centre, School of English, Trinity College Dublin.

Conditions

Places are limited to 15 per workshop.

Admission will be by selection based on submitted work. Submissions are now being accepted.

You should submit samples of your work, 3 or more poems, by July 15th. Complete the downloadable pdf Application Form, attach it to your sample and send it to:

TIM CAREY, Festival Director, Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, County Hall, Marine Rd,

Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin. Please mark the package WORKSHOP SUBMISSION

If your application is successful you will be notified by July 31st. Only then will the workshop fee of €95 be accepted; payment by cheque or by credit card via The Pavilion Box Office at (01) 231 2929.

Sorry, we will not be able to return your submissions to you. Workshop refunds will not be permitted after the 19th August 2011.

Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September, from 2.00pm-5.00pm each day
Venue: County Hall, Marine Rd, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin
Course Fee: €95.00

Tutor Biography

Gerald Dawe's seven collections are published by The Gallery Press including most recently, Lake Geneva (2003) and Points West (2008). His Selected Poems will be published by The Gallery Press in 2012. He has also published several collections of essays and edited numerous anthologies of poetry and literary criticism. He is a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre, School of English at Trinity. He lives in Dún Laoghaire and has given readings and lectures in various parts of the world.

Course Description

This master class is dedicated to those who are seriously interested in developing their writing and reading of poetry. Participants in the workshop sessions will read and discuss their poems under the guidance and direction of Gerald Dawe, who will also advise on suggested reading, presentation and publication. This is a rare opportunity to work with the distinguished poet who is also director of the internationally recognised graduate writing programme based in the Oscar Wilde Centre, School of English, Trinity College Dublin.

Terms and Conditions

Places are limited to 15 per workshop. Admission will be by selection based on submitted work. Submissions are now being accepted, and will be assessed by the course tutor. You should submit samples of your work, 3 -5 poems, by August 12th.

Complete the downloadable pdf Application Form, attach it to your sample, and send it to:

c/o TIM CAREY, Festival Director, Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. Please mark the package WORKSHOP SUBMISSION - POETRY WORKSHOP. Sorry, we will not be able to return your submissions to you.

If your application is successful you will be notified. Only then will the workshop fee of €95 be accepted; payment by cheque or credit card via The Pavilion Theatre Box Office at (01) 231 2929.

Paul Perry announced as new Curator of Poetry Now

Poetry Now at Mountains to Sea, dlr Book Festival

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office are delighted to announce that poet Paul Perry has been appointed as the curator of Poetry Now at Mountains to Sea, dlr Book Festival.

The dlr Poetry Now International Poetry Festival has been a core strand of the Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Arts Office programme for the last sixteen years. It is highly regarded for its artistic excellence and has become the most anticipated event on the annual poetry calendar in Ireland. Previous curators have included Patrick Galvin, Conor O’Callaghan and John McAuliffe. The outgoing curator is Belinda McKeon, who curated the festival from 2008 to 2011.