3 October | Friday 18 | 2.30 pm | Edna O’Brien (Lanna Literary Video Series) The Lannan Literary Video Series features inspired literary writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as cultural freedom advocates with a social, political, and environmental justice focus. This edition with Edna O'Brien in conversation with Tobias Wolff was directed by Dan Griggs on 12th May 1998. O'Brien reads from her stories 'Brother' and 'Down by the River'. As part of Cork International Short Story Festival produced by Munster Literature Centre. October | Friday 18 | 4.00 pm | From the Well Showcase With Siobhan Dempsey, M Jay Sheehan and Lauren O'Donovan. As part of Cork International Short Story Festival produced by Munster Literature Centre. October | Saturday 19 | 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. October | Monday 21 | 4 - 5 pm | Beginners Creative Writing Course with Pauline Jackson Six-week course every Monday 'except Bank Holidays'. Booking essential email lending_library@corkcity.ie October | Thursday 24 | 6.30 pm | Book Launch | I’m A Big Boy Now by Eamon O’Leary Writer Billy O'Callaghan will launch I'm A Big Boy Now by Eamon O'Leary which portrays an Irish boyhood in a less frantic, more adventurous age, when it always seemed to snow at Christmas, the summers were long and golden and the friendships were forever. 'The beauty here is in the voice, one delivered with a seeming simplicity that belies the utmost skill' - Billy O'Callaghan. November | Wednesday 6 | 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm | An Evening with Donal Ryan Award winning author Donal Ryan will read from his new book Heart, be at Peace and talk about his craft and inspirations. Donal has won numerous awards for his fiction, among them the European Union Prize for Literature, the Guardian First Book Award and four Irish Book Awards and has been shortlisted for several more, including the Costa Book Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In 2021 he became the first Irish writer to be awarded the Jean-Monnet Prize for European Literature. His debut novel, The Spinning Heart, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013. November | Thursday 7, 21 | 2 pm – 3:30 pm | Elder Writers Life stories of the extraordinary ordinary. How to write your life story. November | Friday 8, 22 | 11.00 am – 12.30 pm | 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. November | Saturday 9, 23 | 10 am – 11:30 am | Peann agus Pár Ceardlann Scríobhneoireachta Gaeilge le Colm O Ceallacháin. Filíocht agus Prós. An dara Satharn de gach mí, saor in aisce agus failte roimh cách! November | Wednesday 13 | 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm | Fermented Foods The science behind fermented foods, what the health benefits are and what marketing ploys to watch out for. Will also include a practical, how to ferment element. A talk given by a scientist from APC Microbiome Ireland, part of UCC. As part of Science Week. November | Thursday 14, 28 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Non-Fiction Writers Eclectic writing group. Welcomes new members. November | Saturday 16 | 2:30 pm - 4 pm | Friendship Cafe Come along to a welcoming social space in Cork City Library over the autumn and winter months. Friendship Cafe is hosted by SERVE and Think Speak Do Community
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