In addition to been a University of Idaho Professor Daniel Orozco is also a working author and part of his course teaches students how to become active writers. How to make writing a major, if not the sole way, part of their income. Certainly the calibre of his story telling is a firm indicator that [...]
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John Hewitt International Summer School 2011 (Monday 25 – Friday 29 July) Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh A Five-Day Festival of Culture and Creativity featuring talks, readings, panel discussions, performances and exhibitions to celebrate the life and work of the late John Hewitt, poet and man of letters (1907-1987). Contributors include Paul Muldoon, Dermot [...]
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A sharp decline in the number of books sold in Ireland means that domestic publishing houses have to look beyond their traditional markets, according to Jean Harrington, President of Publishing Ireland the representative body for Irish publishers. “Reading is undergoing a gradual revolution and the success of the iPad and other ebook readers means that [...]
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Since 2002, Dave Eggers, the American author best known for his novel A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, has been reinventing himself as something of a literacy guru for children. As part of his 826 Valencia children’s writing project, he has opened after-school clubs across America where kids can turn up to develop their creative [...]
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National Novel Writing Month kicks off in November. The task is simple, well relatively simple, 50,000 words in 30 days. I’m still fiddling with this blog so maybe next year I’ll give it a go. I’m guessing that there are not many readers of this blog that are going to enter the contest, but if [...]
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