KILDARE READERS FESTIVAL

Kildare Readers Festival is back! Brought to you by Kildare County Library and Arts Service, their ethos is to 'connect readers with authors and artists, working to bring the very best from the world of literature ... through the provision of exciting, innovative and accessible events.' And all events are FREE :)

Book early for Tomi Reichental. At the age of nine, he was rounded up by the Gestapo and deported to Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Tomi will talk about his experiences with Kildare County Historian- James Durney on October 15th... an important conversation to listen in on. This years schedule is packed with amazing writers, Dermot Bolger, Nuala O' Connor, Mary O' Donnell, Louise O' Neill, Pat Mc Cabe ... too many to list, but you can find out more on the website HERE

Tyrone Guthrie Centre

by Mary Cassat

I just received a letter that made me scream (in a good way)- I've been awarded some writing time at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Monaghan. So a big thanks to Kildare County Councils Art Office - I'll be heading up to Monaghan on Friday with a big smile on my face. And it's lovely to get a letter - it really is a dying art. I asked my ten year old what he thought the woman in the Cassat painting was doing, he thought she was cleaning her face with a napkin! I'm bringing him straight home to lick an envelope :)

Film Lab

Title: Trip the light 

Photographer: Carl Christensen at Etsy

This weekend from Kildare County Council Arts Service, comes FILM LAB.It's a fun, exciting, (and Free!) informative weekend featuring panel discussions, 'how to' and audience Q&A's, illustrated and supported with screenings

FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER : 19.00 -22.00
Masterclass with Mary Kate O'Flanagan | Creating and Sustaining Dramatic Tension
Mary Kate O Flanagan is a screenwriter and script consultant. She works with writers and producers both nationally and internationally, helping to shape and polish stories by both emerging and established screenwriters

SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER : SCHEDULE  10.30 - 16.30
A day of panel discussions debate and participation facilitated by David Keating
To explore different approaches to film making with focus on the roles of screenwriter, director, producer. Panel: Writer/director Shimmy Marcus, Screenwriter, Director & Actor Mary Duffin, Director Ged Murray, Producer Ian Hunt Duffy

FILM LAB is a FREE event/All are welcome/Booking required through Riverbank box office 045448327 or at  http://riverbank.ie/workshops/film-lab (standard online fee of €1 applies)

**Participants attending on either day will be in with the chance to win a bursary to attend a Final Cut Pro training programme in the PLATFORM 4 Audio and Digital Media Studio!

"Stories for the Ear Volume 11"

Kildare County Council invite applications from writers living in or from County Kildare to submit a short story to be included in the second volume of "Stories for the Ear". All successful stories will be professionally recorded and uploaded to the Arts Service Website. Successful writers will also recieve £120 & 10 copies of the cd. Closing date: Tuesday 8th June 2010. Contact Eoghan Doyle, Kildare County Council Assistant County Arts Officer, Riverbank, Main St, Newbridge, Co Kildare. 045 448326. www.kildare.ie/artsservice

Volume 1 indicates a very high standard with stories from Aidan Higgins, Mae Leonard, Mary O Donnell, Kate Dempsey, Maria Murphy, John Mc Kenna, Pete Hamilton, Dominic Cogan, Brian Bryne and Eileen Keane. Copies are available free of charge from the Arts Office.