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The Art of Reading The Arts Council is delighted with the appointment of Enniscorthy’s Colm Tóibín as the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024. His three-year term began last month. In partnership with Libraries Ireland, the new Laureate is presenting The Art of Reading, a monthly book club for library book clubs across the country and it is offered as an online event for readers on the last Thursday of every month.
Colm Tóibín
Over the course of the year, Colm will discuss a selection of titles by Irish writers, highlighting outstanding Irish writing and celebrating the reader and book clubs. In some cases, the Laureate will be joined by the featured writer in conversation about their book. The first online book club event was made available for streaming on 24th February. In that event Colm was in conversation with Claire Keegan about her recent book Small Things Like These. Readers, book lovers and book clubs everywhere are invited to join in the Art of Reading with the Laureate, to read these outstanding books and tune in every month for the discussion. Sign up for The Art of Reading Book Club monthly events via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LaureateIrishFiction/?ref=page_internal
More details about these and other Laureate events and activities can be found on the Arts Council’s website, https://www.artscouncil.ie/laureate/ n
‘Wexford Bohemian’ open for submissions The Wexford Bohemian is a journal of writing, art and culture published out of Red Books, St Peter's Square, Slippery Green, Wexford. The first issue was launched in August 2020. This 90page collection of 37 local writers and artists sold out within 24 hours. The second edition was a huge success also containing the work of 74 local creatives. A third edition of Wexford Bohemian is in the pipeline and is now open for submissions until 1st April 2022. Make sure to send your essays, poetry, short stories, reviews and anything else (within 30 lines/1,500 words) to wexfordbohemian@gmail.com before 1st April. It is hoped to publish the new edition by the end of April. n
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