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Space to Let
One Wild Life Talks
Sean Dunne Writers Festival
Paul Clements Writing
Seabirds –
The Conference
Book launches 2010
Writing Lives: Cissie's
Abattoir
Captain Rock in The Irish
Times
Waterford Treasures
Cissie
Dublin Zoo on TV3
Michael
Smith on the festival circuit
Bargain Basement!
Ian Kenneally's
new website
Titanic on Show
One
Book, One Town – Titanic Tragedy
One Book, One Town
– The Boss
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Signed
Books Available
If
you're looking for a special gift for someone or if you're
one of those people who gets a kick out of having a signed
copy of your favourite book, then you're in luck. We have
signed copies of a number of our books available and plan
to have signed copies of everything over the next few months.
Just let us know you'd like a signed copy when you order
your book.
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One
Wild Life Talks
One
Wild
Life
A
Journey to
Discover People Who Change
Our World
Clare
Mulvany
Clare
Mulvany will be giving some talks, based around her book,
over the next few weeks. She will be in Trinity College
talking to the students of the MSc International Managemen
'On Social Entreprenuership and One Wild Life.
22 March and on 13 April, she will give a talk in DCU as
part of the Suas Global Issues Series. Check out her blog
for more information.
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Sean
Dunne Writers Festival
Alannah
Hopkins, author of Eating Scenery and the
forthcoming Ship of Seven Murders will
be in Waterford at the Sean Dunne Writers Festival on Saturday
20 March. She will take part in a panel discusssion entitled
'Under the lens of the critical gaze; the role of the critic
in the media'.
Where:
Tower Hotel, The Mall, Waterford
When: 7.30 p.m. Saturday 20 March 2010
Visit
the Sean Dunne Writers Festival website
for more information
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Paul
Clements Writing
Paul
Clements, author of The Height of Nonsense,
will give a series of creative writing weekend workshops
in Ballyvaughan, Co Clare, in May and early June this year.
Based in the Hyland's Burren Hotel, the workshops are open
to all and no previous experience is necessary.
When:
7–10 May, 21–24 May and 4–7 June 2010
www.paulclementswriting.com
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Seabirds
– The Conference
Shorebirds
of Ireland
Text
by Jim Wilson, Images by Mark Carmody
BirdWatch
Ireland and RSPB Northern Ireland will host the 43rd annual
All-Ireland Conference on Bird Conservation, entitled Seabirds:
Life on the Edge in the Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo
from 26–28 March 2010. Jim Wilson, co-author of Shorebirds
of Ireland and a member of BirdWatch Ireland will attend
the conference and may even sign copies of his book for
lucky customers! An exhibition of some of the gorgeous photos
from the book (taken by Mark Carmody, co-author of Shorebirds
of Ireland) will be on display 12–28 March. Mark will
give a talk, entitled Shorebirds of Ireland,
at 8 p.m. on Friday 12 March in Sligo Park Hotel to open
the exhibition.
Click
here
to visit BirdWatch Ireland's website
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Book
Launches 2010
The
Unknown Commandant
The
Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883–1923
Denis
Barry
Denis
has written an incredible biography of his uncle Denis Barry,
a hugely respected Corkman who fought and died for Irish
freedom. Prof. Cathal MacSwiney Brugha will launch the book
on Wednesday 10 March 2010 in the City Hall, Cork.
Prisoner
1082
Escape
from Crumlin Road, Europe's Alcatraz
Donal
Donnelly
On
St Stephen's Day 1960 Donal Donnelly escaped from Crumlin
Road Prison. Three years earlier, he had been imprisoned
for membership of the IRA in the first year of Operation
Harvest*, the codename for the IRA's border campaign of
1956–1962. Robert Ballagh will launch Donal's memoir
of that escape on Thursday 8 April in Dublin Castle.
*See
Barry Flynn's Soldiers
of Folly for a history of Operation Harvest .
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Waterford
Treasures Cissie
Cissie's
Abattoir
Eibhear
Walshe
Eibhear
Walshe will be reading from his memoir Cissie's
Abattoir during the Sean Dunne Weekend in Waterford
Treasures Museum on Saturday 20 March at 2 p.m. His memoir
is of growing up in Waterford in the 1960s and 1970s, inspired
by the fashion-conscious, poker-playing Cissie, his lively
and witty little grandmother who taught him by example how
to survive and prosper, and how to live a gay life with
style and verve.
Visit
Waterford Treasures website
for more information.
Writing
Lives: Cissie's Abattoir
Eibhear
Walshe will take part in a panel discussion called 'Writing
Lives' with Jean Harrington, Éimear O’Connor
and Malachi O’Doherty during this year's Dublin Book
Festival, which takes place 6–8 March in Dublin’s
City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2. All events are free and
unticketed.
When:
Saturday 6 March at 4.30 p.m.
Where:
Council Chamber
Click
here
for more information on the Dublin Book Festival
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Dublin
Zoo on TV3
Dublin
Zoo – An Illustrated History
Catherine
de Courcy
TV3
are showing a series of programmes about Dublin Zoo, which
takes viewers behind the scenes to show the men and women
who care for the animals and gives a unique glimpse into
this remarkable world. The series started on 17 February
2010 and has six programmes, which will be shown on Wednesdays
at 7.30 p.m. Catherine de Courcy, author of Dublin
Zoo – An Illustrated History said, 'It promises
to be a terrific series and I'm looking forward to seeing
the history unfold.'
Visit
TV3's website
for more information.
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Michael
Smith on the festival circuit
Michael
Smith will take part in this year's Eigse Michael
Hartnett festival, which will be held in Newcastle
West, Limerick, from 22 to 24 April. Michael will be there
on 22 and 23 April - make sure to check back for more details!
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Bargain
Basement!
We
have just opened up our Bargain
Basement for special offers on a wide range of great
titles. Make sure to keep checking back for new offers!
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Titanic
on Show
The
Citywest Hotel in Dublin is the place to visit for all things
Titanic right now. An exhibition of artefacts
is on show in the hotel, displaying authentic items from
the ill-fated ship.
Click
here
for more information
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One
Book, One Town – Titanic Tragedy
Titanic
Tragedy
Vincent
McDonnell
Schools
in Waterford have chosen Vincent McDonnell's rousing tale
of the sinking of the Titanic as their One
Book One Town for 2010. Since it sank on a cold
April night in 1912 the Titanic has held a special
mystery and fascination. It is unlikely our infatuation
with the ship will ever fade. If anything, its allure will
grow with time. It is the world’s most famous sea
tragedy, in which over 1,500 lives were lost.
Why was the ship built and what were the dreams of those
who built her? The story traces the voyage from Europe,
the collision with the iceberg, and the sinking –
focusing on the heroism, bravery or cowardice of both passengers
and crew. The rescue efforts and aftermath of the tragedy,
and the finding of the wreck in the 1980s, are also included.
The book paints a picture of society at the time, showing
the differences in the various classes on board the ship
and it demonstrates how the sinking of the Titanic taught
people the importance of treating others as equals.
Any
schools interested in choosing one of our children's
books for their own One Book, One Town project should
contact The Collins Press on 021-4347717 or by emailing
enquiries@collinspress.ie
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One
Book, One Town
– The Boss
Shackleton
– The Boss
The
Remarkable Adventures of a Heroic Antarctic Explorer
Michael
Smith
Ernest
Shackleton was born near Athy, County Kildare, in 1874,
so there's a strong connection between him and the pupils
in the County Kildare schools who have chosen Shackleton
– The Boss as their One Book for their Own
Town. One Book, One Town is a great project that encourages
reading amongst all members of the community. Choosing one
book for a lot of people to read means that no one feels
that they're on their own reading and also emphasises how
reading can bring a community together. Last year, schools
in Cork and Waterford chose Michael Smith's other book for
children, Tom Crean – Ice Man, as
their One Book. Pupils, teachers and parents had a lot of
fun with the project, which even led to the building of
an igloo! We're sure that the schools in Kildare will rise
to the challenge and will enjoy the story of The Boss.
Any
schools interested in choosing one of our children's
books for their own One Book, One Town project should
contact The Collins Press on 021-4347717 or by emailing
enquiries@collinspress.ie
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Ian
Kenneally's New Website
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Ian
Kenneally has just set up his own website,
with information on his books - Courage & Conflict
and The Paper Wall. Keep checking back
for more on Ian and his writing
