Writing Nonfiction and Memoir with Molly McCloskey - SOLD OUT!
WRITING NONFICTION & MEMOIR with Molly McLoskey
Tuesday 6th & Wednesday 7th September
Class runs from 2.00pm-5.00pm each day
Venue: County Hall, Marine Rd, Dun Laoghaire
Course Fee: €95
Tutor Biography:
Molly McCloskey is the author of two short story collections – Solomon’s Seal and The Beautiful Changes. Her stories have won prizes, including Ireland’s RTE/Francis MacManus Award. Her first novel, Protection, was published in 2005, and her first full-length work of non-fiction, Circles Around the Sun: In Search of a Lost Brother – a memoir about her brother’s schizophrenia and its effects on him and on the family – will be published by Penguin Ireland in June 2011. She has served as Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, where she taught non-fiction. As a journalist, essayist and reviewer, she is a regular contributor to the Irish Times and the Dublin Review, writing on topics as diverse as politics; basketball; class reunions; and swing dancing.
Course Theme:
This course will look at various kinds of non-fiction writing - memoir, personal essay, travel, reportage, or work that combines elements of these forms. Students will be asked to read two to three short pieces of non-fiction prose by established writers, which will be circulated in advance of the first class. The bulk of the course will be dedicated to discussing student writing. Each student will have the chance to read one piece of his or her own work-in-progress, after which the class will discuss the student’s work.
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 the memoir/non-fiction piece you wish to work on in class. This sample, whether an excerpt from something longer or a complete piece of writing, should not exceed approximately 1,500 words and must be submitted 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
Tuesday 6th & Wednesday 7th September, from 2.00pm-5.00pm each day
Venue: County Hall, Marine Rd, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.
Course Fee: €95.00
Tutor Biography
Molly McCloskey is the author of two short story collections – Solomon’s Seal and The Beautiful Changes. Her stories have won prizes, including Ireland’s ŔTE/Francis MacManus Award. Her first novel, Protection, was published in 2005, and her first full-length work of non-fiction, Circles Around the Sun: In Search of a Lost Brother – a memoir about her brother’s schizophrenia and its effects on him and on the family – will be published by Penguin Ireland in June 2011. She has served as Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, where she taught non-fiction. As a journalist, essayist and reviewer, she is a regular contributor to the Irish Times and the Dublin Review, writing on topics as diverse as politics; basketball; class reunions; and swing dancing.
Course Description
This course will look at various kinds of non-fiction writing - memoir, personal essay, travel, reportage, or work that combines elements of these forms. Students will be asked to read two to three short pieces of non-fiction prose by established writers, which will be circulated in advance of the first class. The bulk of the course will be dedicated to discussing student writing. Each student will have the chance to read one piece of his or her own work-in-progress, after which the class will discuss the student’s work.
Terms & 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 the memoir/non-fiction piece you wish to work on in class. This sample, whether an excerpt from something longer or a complete piece of writing, should not exceed approximately 1,500 words and must be submitted by August 12th. Sorry, we will not be able to return your submissions to you.
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 - NONFICTION WORKSHOP.
If your application is successful you will be notified. 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.
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