What Is The Connections Through Literature Series?
The Connections Through Literature Series has been born out of a joint love of literature, with the goal to unite readers, writers, and artists with our audiences through the medium of stimulating, contemporary and accessible events. In an exciting partnership between Kildare Libraries and the Irish Writers Centre, we are celebrating our joint love of literature & over 30 years of the Irish Writers Centre.
This free series continuation will launch on the 13th July with a 2-hour Poetry masterclass with Rachel Long and there will also be one day non-fiction masterclass with Rosie Schaap on the 15th. more writing workshops will run in September, including Podcast writing and debut poetry collection writing, so please keep your eyes peeled here on our blog and social media pages for more exciting event announcements.
It is a Hybrid programme, so the schedule contains some in branch courses and online events that can enjoyed from anywhere and from the comfort of home. All are free but application is required.
Series Launch : This Modern Life Poetry Masterclass with Rachel Long
Thursday 13th July, 6pm – 8pm via Zoom
A two-hour poetry masterclass inspired by writing contemporary ‘real life’; brunching, online dating, plant-parenting, toy-dog walking, cleaning, coping…
You’ll explore and write about juggling family, friendships, two inboxes, that burgeoning
book pile. This is a course that pretends it’s casual-cool, but sometimes cries at night
under the weight of its heart.
Course Details: Course will take place online via Zoom. Booking essential, places are limited to 25 participants.
Please apply by 12 noon on Wednesday 5th July 2023. Applicants will be notified of decisions by Friday 7th July.
Life Writing on Food and Drink: Masterclass with Rosie Schaap
Saturday 15th July 10am-5pm, Celbridge Library
When is a dinner more than a dinner? When it’s also a lens through which to see a world, a framework within which to consider ideas and relationships, even a platform from which to advocate for justice. When we write about food and drink, we are
also telling the stories of our lives, and the lives of others. This one-day creative non-fiction masterclass is appropriate for essayists, memoirists, journalists—any writer who has ever considered the meaning of a meal.
Course Details: Course will take place in person in Celbridge Community Library. Booking essential, places are limited to 10 participants.
Please apply by 12 noon on Wednesday 5th July 2023. Applicants will be notified of decisions by Friday 7th July.
Apply now here.
All events at Kildare Library Services are free of charge and open to everyone, but booking is required.
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