{"id":8626,"date":"2022-04-21T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod-creativeireland.zestydev.com\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T15:05:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:05:58","slug":"cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork – City of Writers, City of Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cork has four significant literary festivals, well spaced through the year, all attracting quality writers and good audiences;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Other supports for creative writing and writers:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Creative writing groups hosted citywide throughout Cork City Libraries<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Summer School of Creative writing held annually in Cork City Libraries<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The City Library as a key space for book launches for established and emerging writers <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

regular weekly sessions, such as the \u2018\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al\u2019 and Friary nights;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the range of support offered by the Munster Literature Centre;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

MA in creative writing in UCC;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

While the interested public are well aware of what is happening, much needs to be done to get the message across: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To engage with the wider public; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To have Cork recognized nationally and internationally as a writers\u2019 city.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2019 Action<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The objective of this project would be to a) construct a narrative that established Cork as a great place for writers to live and work, and a great place for readers to encounter writers from all over the world, and b) copper-fasten this narrative in the public mind, and in the media;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In short, to ensure that the whole (i.e. Cork ~ A Writers\u2019 City) is greater than the sum of the parts (the festivals, MLC, etc.) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8626","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCork - City of Writers, City of Readers - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cork has four significant literary festivals, well spaced through the year, all attracting quality writers and good audiences;\n\nOther supports for creative writing and writers:\n\nCreative writing groups hosted citywide throughout Cork City Libraries\n\nSummer School of Creative writing held annually in Cork City Libraries\n\nThe City Library as a key space for book launches for established and emerging writers \n\nregular weekly sessions, such as the \u2018\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al\u2019 and Friary nights;\n\nthe range of support offered by the Munster Literature Centre;\n\nMA in creative writing in UCC;\n\nWhile the interested public are well aware of what is happening, much needs to be done to get the message across: \n\nTo engage with the wider public; \n\nTo have Cork recognized nationally and internationally as a writers\u2019 city.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cork - City of Writers, City of Readers - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cork has four significant literary festivals, well spaced through the year, all attracting quality writers and good audiences; Other supports for creative writing and writers: Creative writing groups hosted citywide throughout Cork City Libraries Summer School of Creative writing held annually in Cork City Libraries The City Library as a key space for book launches […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/\",\"name\":\"Cork - City of Writers, City of Readers - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-21T14:05:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cork-city-of-writers-city-of-readers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cork – City of Writers, City of Readers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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