{"id":3679,"date":"2021-08-13T17:53:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kildarelibrariesblog.com\/?p=3679"},"modified":"2021-08-13T17:53:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:53:03","slug":"connections-through-literature-online-event-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/connections-through-literature-online-event-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Connections Through Literature Online Event Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What Is The Connections Through Literature Series?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All events at Kildare Library Services are free of charge and open to everyone, but booking is required.<\/strong>


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 & 30 years of the Irish Writers Centre.

This year the series will launch on the 21st of August with a very special event and will run all the way through to December. So please keep your eyes peeled here on our blog and social media pages for more exciting event announcements.

Join us this year from wherever you are, as we present a schedule of online events that can enjoyed from the comfort and safety of home. From conversations between Orla Tinsley and G’Ra Asim, Liam Mac Amhlaigh & Doireann N\u00c3\u00ad Ghr\u00c3\u00adofa, Writing courses and even a Takin’ The Mic night for Kildare Readers Festival with Cauvery Madhavan and BeRn. 

All events are free of charge, and will be facilitated though the online platforms, Zoom. Please note that booking is required for all events.

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Series Launch : Orla Tinsley x G’Ra Asim in conversation: On Punk, Prose and Cross-cultural Synergies<\/strong>
Saturday 21st August, 7:30pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 9:00pm  

Join writer, activist and educator Orla Tinsley as she talks about building a writing identity, creative craft, punk and friendship with G\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Ra Asim, the author, musician and assistant professor who will read from his book Boyz n the Void: A Mixtape to my Brother.

Booking through Eventbrite: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/orla-tinsley-x-gra-asim-in-conversation-on-punk-prose-and-cross-cultural-tickets-166139328203<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cauvery Madhavan: Rooted Hearts and Winged Minds 6 Week Memoir Writing Course Every Tuesday Beginning:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 31st August to Tuesday 5th October, 7:00pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 9:00pm  
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Now, more than ever, understanding your heritage, your roots, and your ancestry is an important part of carving out your future writing. This course will help you embrace where you came from so you can make sense of future directions, in your creative life as well as in everyday life. Places are limited so please be sure to book now and avoid disappointment.

Booking through Eventbrite: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/rooted-hearts-winged-minds-memoir-writing-course-with-cauvery-madhavan-tickets-166140357281<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northern Soul with Fiona O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Rourke Every Tuesday Beginning:<\/strong>
Tuesday 5th October \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tuesday 9th November,  6:00pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 8:00pm

Northern Soul is for writers wishing to focus on the North of Ireland in a safe and exploratory writing community. As this is the centenary year of the formation of the North of Ireland, course content will explore how there is more than one experience of the Troubles. Participants will read extracts from short stories, novels, essays, and poetry (including the course facilitator\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work) and use these as discussion points and exploration for their own works in progress, and to generate new work.

For writers who have dabbled and attended writing courses in the past. Suitable for writers of fiction, poetry, memoir, and creative non-fiction.

Booking through Eventbrite: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/northern-soul-with-fiona-orourke-tickets-166498809421<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cauvery Madhavan & BeRn: Takin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 The Mic for Kildare Readers Festival <\/strong>
Saturday 9th October, 7:00pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 9:00pm  

For the very first time the Irish Writers Centre together with Kildare Libraries and Arts <\/strong>present a very special IWC Takin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 the Mic session! This event will feature new and emerging writers from the Rooted Hearts and Winged Minds writing course and will also support and showcase many other new and emerging talents from creative writing groups in Kildare. 

Guest MC for the evening is Cauvery Madhavan. Special guest is the songwriter and singer, BeRn.

Booking through Eventbrite: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/takin-the-mic-for-kildare-readers-festival-with-cauvery-madhavan-bern-tickets-166141502707<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liam Mac Amhlaimh in Conversation with Doireann N\u00c3\u00ad Ghriofa.                                                  <\/strong>
Saturday 13th November, 7:00pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 8:00pm 

I<\/strong>n celebration of 30 years of the Irish Writers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Centre, and in collaboration with Kildare Libraries, join us as critic and literary scholar Liam Mac Amhlaigh, of Maynooth University, discusses literature and life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journeys with the renowned poet and essayist, Doireann N\u00c3\u00ad Ghr\u00c3\u00adofa. This special event, crossing bilingually from Irish into English, promises to unpack what motivates and stimulates this unique poet, combining an engaging chat with selected extracts from her work.

Agus tr\u00c3\u00adocha bliain le ceili\u00c3\u00baradh ag Ar\u00c3\u00a1s na Scr\u00c3\u00adbhneoir\u00c3\u00ad i mbliana, i bp\u00c3\u00a1irt le Leabharlanna Chill Dara, b\u00c3\u00adg\u00c3\u00ad in\u00c3\u00a1r dteannta nuair a chuireann an criticeoir agus scol\u00c3\u00a1ire liteartha Liam Mac Amhlaigh, \u00c3\u00b3 Ollscoil Mh\u00c3\u00a1 Nuad, litr\u00c3\u00adocht agus aistir an tsaoil faoi chaibidil leis an bhfile agus scr\u00c3\u00adbhneoir aist\u00c3\u00ad cl\u00c3\u00baiteach, Doireann N\u00c3\u00ad Ghr\u00c3\u00adofa. In agallamh maorga sa d\u00c3\u00a1 theanga, Gaeilge agus B\u00c3\u00a9arla, geallann an \u00c3\u00b3c\u00c3\u00a1id dhra\u00c3\u00adocht\u00c3\u00bail grinnchomhr\u00c3\u00a1 faoi ch\u00c3\u00baiseanna spreagtha agus sp\u00c3\u00a9is an fhile speisialta seo, anuas ar sleachta roghnacha d\u00c3\u00a1 saothar. 

Booking through Eventbrite: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/liam-mac-amhlaigh-in-conversation-with-doireann-ni-ghriofa-tickets-166141261987<\/strong>

<\/a>Follow us on Social Media for more exciting event announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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