LISTOWEL WRITERS’ WEEK WORKSHOPS

Poetry (Getting Started)
Director: John McAuliffe
Course Theme: The workshop will look at how to get started on a poem and aims to build confidence and skills for beginners. The course will use contemporary poems by Seamus Heaney, Elizabeth Bishop and Paul Muldoon, as well as exercises to stimulate writing.
Entry Fee: €150
Schedule: Thursday May 31st to Saturday June 2nd.

Popular Fiction
Director: Denise Deegan
Course Theme: A practical, interactive workshop on building a popular fiction novel, covering characterisation, story development, writing skills and editing. The workshop will also include advice on how to get published and working with a publisher.
Entry Fee: €150
Schedule: Thursday May 31st to Saturday June 2nd.

Writing For Screen
Director: Eugene O’Brien
Course Theme: What is the ‘Big Idea’? Visual rhymes, the rule of threes, sequence, breakdown and dialogue will be addressed in this course. Bringing out the themes of the various ideas and asking how to represent these in a visual way will be at the core of this screen writing workshop.
Entry Fee: €150
Schedule: Thursday May 31st to Saturday June 2nd.

Poetry (Getting Started) Workshops,
Writers’ Week,
24 The Square,
Listowel,
Co. Kerry.
Phone: (068) 21074

NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
Summer courses of one or four week’s duration are on offer during July each year. These courses take place between 10am to 4pm, on the Thomas street campus. Students can choose one or more courses to suit their needs.

Courses on offer: Painting, drawing, ideas generation, print-making, photography, sculpture, ceramics, stained glass, jewellery making, fashion design, textile printing, creative embroidery, design for print, principles for design, bronze casting, sculpture and portfolio preparation.
For further details, contact:
NCAD, 100 Thomas St,
Dublin 8.
Tel: (01) 6364203

COLÁISTE PHOBAL CHLÉIRE
The Irish Summer College on Cape Clear, Coláiste Phobal Chléire structure their Irish College courses to cater for students at all levels.

The aim of the Irish Summer College is to give young people a greater command of the spoken language and a deeper appreciation of their culture. Students enjoy the experience of living on an Island.

Being a Gaeltacht Irish is the language of everyday communication. The island’s many unique, natural geographic and historic features are constructively employed in promoting an active learning process.

The people of Oileán Chléire are well disposed towards young people attending the Irish Summer College, who wish to learn Irish or improve their competency in Irish and are always willing to speak to students in Irish.

Coláiste Phobal Chléire makes every effort to ensure that your child will have both an enjoyable and beneficial experience with us. We know from years of experience that the students who attend the Irish Summer College on Oileán Chléire will improve their standard of Irish and also enhance their personal development.

Semi-formal classes are organized in the mornings, where students are divided according to age and proficiency in Irish.

The afternoons and evenings are given over to various informal and sporting activities. Return transport from Cork to the Irish Summer College on Cape Clear is included in the price below.
For further details, contact

Comharchumann Chléire Teo.
Oile·n Chléire
An Sciobairín,
Co. Chorcaí.
Phone (028) 39119

RINGSEND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE

Computer Training (Basic, IC3 For Beginners)
Fee: €2 per class (Unemployed/ Pensioners) €5 Standard.
Schedule: Tuesday to Thursday.
For further details, contact Brendan or John
Phone: (01) 6604789.