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A chance is offered to seven new writers to hear their words on stage as part of a new production by Dermot Bolger, in Dublin. Staged by Axis in Ballymun the production will run for just seven nights in Ballymun and the Civic Theatre, Tallaght from Wednesday April 11, 2012. Bolger's new play, Tea Chests and Dreams, is about what we do when the final box is unloaded from the removal van or taxi; about where our minds go as we unwrap cups, clocks and family heirlooms. Women of all ages are invited to submit a 600-word account of their recollections of their first night in a new home. Each performance of Bolger's play will commence with a once-off public reading of one such text, either by the woman who wrote it, or, by an actress. more |
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Childrens Books Ireland are accepting nominations for the position of Laureate na nÓg 2012 –14. The position of Laureate was instigated in 2010 with the inauguration of Siobhán Parkinson (right) as Ireland’s first children’s literature laureate. Nominees must be Irish and should be an internationally recognized author or illustrator who has made a significant contribution to the field of children’s literature in Ireland. more
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The Inter-Action Fun Art Bus takes to the roads of London
in 2012. The project is implemented in collaboration with
11 London Boroughs. If you live in the United Kingdom you
may wish to have a play performed on it. Plays should be:
between two and twelve minutes in length, for a cast of one
to five with gender and race balanced appropriately. Plays
may be of any genre, but should be suitable for a mixed audience,
of all ages. more |
YouTube has offered everyone with a story to tell an opportunity of a lifetime in a free-to-enter competition. You have 15 minutes to tell a story. Millions of people may watch it. And you might win $500,000 to make a new one for the world to see. Your Film Festival is described by YouTube as a global search for the world's best storytellers. Submit a short, story-driven video. There's no entry fee to pay. more oOo Write to win a competition
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Tea
Chests and Dreams - A Night of First Nights 
Cúirt
International Festival of Literature is accepting submissions
for the Cúirt New Writing Prize 2012. Entries will
be accepted for both fiction and poetry categories. Prizes
are €500 to the winner of each category. Entry fee is
€10
Laureate
na nÓg 
Inter-Action
Fun Art Bus could tour your play 
YouTube
could make you famous
Sheldrake
Press is accepting entries to a travel writing competition. The
best entry will be published on the publisher's blog and win a
set of Wild Guides on Italy, Britain and Ireland, said the publisher.
Entrants to the competition must write a piece of no more than
1,000 words on a wild travel experience. Telling
Tales on the radio
The resources of askaboutwriting are used in the compilation of Telling
Tales the radio show broadcast on Saturday at 1.30pm.
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A fresh tale is broadcast each week on WDAR 96FM; or, you can listen to the archived shows online.
Programme 108 features writer Laurence O'Bryan on his book The Istanbul Prize. The Grimm's story of Thumbling is recalled by Brendan Nolan.
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