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The Annual Summer School of the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies will this year focus on poetic representations of Italy and the role that Italy has played in the West’s imagination from antiquity to the present day. Programme themes include Imperium: Rome as Imagination of Ourselves; Traveller or Tourist – How to be in Italy when writing about Italy; Romantic Italies -  Sex and Death with Goethe, Shelley and Byron; and Dreams and Disillusion – Contemporary Italy and Poetry. The venue is the Mater Dei Institute (DCU), Clonliffe Rd, D3, on 20-21 June.

An advance reading pack will be emailed upon notice of registration.
E-mail Michael Hinds michael.hinds@dcu.ie for more details on fees and to book a place.

100 Essential Sites for Voracious Readers is an English blog dedicated to assisting book lovers. The blog hosts a collection of websites to visit if you’re an avid reader.

Some of the pages included on the blog are: literary magazines; book reviews; book club blogs; literary criticism; and general literature and publishing information.

There are also pages dedicated to creative writing tips along with career options for aspiring writers.

Visit mastersinenglish.org/voracious-readers/ to find out more about the blog.

CK Workshops is hosting a weekend of writing on May 10-12 under the supervision of Claire Keegan in the Slaney Suite,  Millrace Hotel, Bunclody, Co Wexford. The course is designed for anyone who would like to ‘write under direction and with concentration’ for a weekend.

For further information or to reserve a place, e-mail ckworkshops@yahoo.co.uk with ‘May Writing Weekend’ in the subject field.

PoetryReach offers a one-day double workshop aimed at exploring the use of poetry in therapeutic work from the point of  view of the varied approaches and schools of thought that go to make up the broad range of contemporary counselling psychology.

Two psycho-therapists from Britain and Ireland offer workshops exploring close links between poetry and the schools of counselling psychology.

10.00: Poetry and Schools of Therapy  – Diana Hedges

14.00: Kavanagh’s Poetry and  Psychology of Jung  – Reamonn O’Donnchadha

Further details see attached brochure or check out http://poetryreach.wordpress.com.

Listowel Writers’ Week today announced details of their 2013 Festival, a line-up featuring 130 events in 30 venues over 5 days. The event runs from Wednesday 29 May to Saturday 2 June, 2013.

This 42nd edition of Listowel Writers’ Week features talent from home and abroad, with appearances from Nadeem Aslam, Dermot Bolger, Marina Chapman, Emma Donoghue, Honor Donohoe, Robin Dunbar, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Peggy Gallagher, Thomas Keneally, Gene Kerrigan, Martha Long, Colum McCann, Alison Moore, Andrew Miller, Rebecca Miller, Peter Murphy, Audrey Niffenegger, Colm Tóibín and Willy Vlautin.

For Booking and more information on the festival, visit: www.writersweek.ie or call: +353 (0) 68 21074.

Abridged, the poetry/art magazine is looking for submissions for its Lockjaw issue.  A maximum of 3 poems may be submitted of any length. This issue will be in collaboration with the Belfast Photo Festival.  Submissions can be (preferably) emailed to abridged@ymail.com or posted to: Abridged c/o The Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry BT48 6PU.

Closing date for submission is May 10th 2013.

Please see: http://abridgedonline.com/abridged-0-32-lockjaw/ for details.

Creative Labs is now accepting applications for professionals interested in working with others to develop new ideas and concepts through open-mindedness, experimentation and collaboration.

Creative Labs are open to anyone in the creative sectors based in the regions and neighbouring areas.

A budget of €15,000 will be available to each of the three labs, which will enable the hire of specialist equipment/materials or workspace, supporting the development of new ideas and concepts.

The closing date for applications is 22 April 2013

For further information on how to apply, contact Anna-Marie O’Rourke or Ariene Crowe on 00353 7196 20450 or email: annamarie@leitrimenterprise.ie.

Eileen Casey will be holding an six-week, online poetry workshop beginning 29th April 2013.  The course costs €150 and will explore the business of poetry.  It is suitable for beginners to advanced poets.

A course outline and tutor information can be found at http://creativewriting.ie/poetry-course/

For more information, contact info@creativewriting.ie

The Irish Polish Society Review is the official Yearbook of the Irish Polish Society starting with the year 2013. It has been established to promote greater mutual interest, integration, and understanding between the Irish and Polish communities.  The journal is dedicated to the publication of high-quality articles on the arts, society, history, cultural events, economic and political relationships between Poland and Ireland as well as reports on IPS activities.

All proposals for papers relating to the above areas should be sent to the editor on e-mail address: office@plachecki.pl and should include: the author(s) name, title and affiliation (if any), contact details, paper title and preliminary abstract of 150 – 250 words.

To view paper details and requirements, visit http://irishpolishsociety.ie/articles/call-for-papers-the-irish-polish-society-review-of-the-year-2013/.

The Five Lamps Festival 2013 is underway! The festival runs from 9 April- 28 April.  Many of the events will respond to the ideas of the 1913 Lockout.  The festival events and schedule can be found online at www.fivelampsarts.ie.