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July 2009

Storytelling with Joanne Mitchell : Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th July 2009

Join us for a part of "Cairde 2009" – 7 days of music, theatre, film, street performances, family events, poetry, exhibition and workshops. Sligo Central Library will be the venue for interactive storytelling with Joanne Mitchell.

"Five year old Marie dreams of going to her first party – but this becomes a very difficult task when her mother disapproves. Watch Marie outwit giants and leprechauns as she sneaks out in the middle of the night to find the source of all the music and dancing!"

Suitable for ages 6-10 years
Date: Tuesday July 7th and Wednesday July 8th
Time: 11.00 and 12.30
Venue: Sligo Central Library, Stephen St, Sligo.
FREE / Limited spaces so booking essential

Tubbercurry Literary Festival : 21st July 2009

Tubbercurry Community Library interior

The fourth annual Tubbercurry Literary Festival is being held on Tuesday 21st July 2009. The festival will commence at 7.30pm at Teach Laighne, Humbert Street, Tubbercurry. Tubbercurry has a long established literary tradition and this has been reinforced by the establishmnet of the Leyney Writers. This group decided to organise the first literary festival in 2006 and this will be the fourth such event. The culmination of the evening will be the announcement of the winners of the three competitions being organised which are

  1. a short story competition
  2. a free verse poetry competition and
  3. a rhyming poetry competition.

Furthermore to celebrate the towns literary tradition; members of Leyney Writers will be reading from their work during the course of the evening. Details of the rules and entry criteria for these competitons can be had from Tubbercurry Community Library, Teach Laighne telephone: 071 9111705 or from Leyney Writers, 25 Ballina Road, Tubbercurry, Co.Sligo telephone: 071 9185132 or 071 9185358.
 
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