Cork City Libraries Events Guide | May - June 2024

May | Saturday 23 | 3.30 pm – 5.00 pm | Out-Lit Book Club This rainbow book club meets on the last Saturday of each month. It is open to all and welcomes new members. May | Tuesday 28, June 11, June 25 | 11.00 am -1.00 pm | Narratives Unfolded, Cultural Companions Narratives Unfolded is a series of workshops from Cork Cultural Companions, aimed at enriching the lives of older adults in Cork City through engagement with visual arts and creative writing, the series of 6 workshops will provide participants with the opportunity to explore visual art exhibitions in Cork City and creatively respond to them through prose, poetry, or storytelling. 3 exhibition visits to art galleries in Cork City plus 3 writing sessions held in The City Library, grand Parade, providing participants with a structured environment to reflect on their experiences and express themselves creatively. Booking required email culture@muintircork.com or Tel.: 021-4500688 text to 085 867 0744. ‘Narratives Unfolded’ is supported through Cork City Council by the Creative Ireland Programme, an all-of-government five-year initiative, from 2023 to 2027, which places creativity at the centre of public policy. Further information from creativeireland.gov.ie.” June | Thursday 6, 20, | 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm | Elder Writers Life stories of the extraordinary ordinary. How to write your life story. June | Saturday 8, 22 | 10.00 am – 11.30 am | Peann agus Pár Ceardlann Scríobhneoireachta Gaeilge le Colm O Ceallacháin. Filíocht agus Prós. An dara

June | Saturday 15 | 10.00 am – 1.00 pm | Poetry Workshops as part of Cruinniú na nÓg In Alice in Wonderland, Alice eats a cake that makes her smaller and another to make her bigger. There’s a talking dormouse in a teapot and a cat that disappears and appears bit by bit. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory there’s the magical Willy Wonka, an everlasting gobstopper and a boat ride through a tunnel of sweets. In Harry Potter there’s a flying car, Platform 9 ¾ and Diagon Alley to name but a few fantastical things. Many treasured books are amazingly imaginative and it is often the very imaginative bits we like best. So how do writers do it? Everybody is imaginative but not everybody knows where the switch is to turn the imagination on. In this workshop, Ian Wild, who has had over twenty children’s stories broadcast on RTE Radio One, will aim to help participants find the switch. In a series of simple exercises, he will take participants through a series of simple writing exercises that lead to thinking and scribbling down inspired thoughts for stories. Release your own wildest creativity with writer Ian Wild! Take your first steps as an author with Ian’s fun and user-friendly formulas for bringing out the best of your imagination and spreading it onto the page to share with others. For young people aged 12 -16 this workshop is limited to 15 participants. Booking: patricia_looney@corkcity.ie June| Friday 14, 28 | 11.00am – 12.30pm | Craft & Chat Do you knit, crochet, or sew? Bring your project to the City Library and chat with other crafters while you work. Everyone is welcome. June | Tuesday 18 | 11.00 am – 12.30 pm | Mindful Colouring Join us for a relaxed and fun mindful colouring session. Bring your own colouring book or use one of the colouring pages provided. Beginner friendly. Colouring has been shown to help people relax and reduce stress in everyday life. So, take some time for yourself relax while doing something creative. June | Tuesday 18 | 6.00 pm | Book Launch - Crash Centre by David McLoghlin (Salmon Press) Set at an elite boarding school in the early 1990s, this powerful, affecting work addresses