Kaleidoscope

An EFACIS project.
Writers and approaches to writing of Ireland and its diaspora.

#IrishStudies #IrishLiterature

[Jaki McCarrick @jakimccarrick]

If you have questions about my play Belfast Girls, developed at the @NationalTheatre studio, shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, staged by 14 different companies around the world, or about my short fiction, please tweet them here & we will discuss at the Q&A tonight

[Kaleidoscope @KEfacis]

@billythescribe @JonathanCape @VintageRights @HarperPerennial @PenguinIEBooks @DaisyAWatt Fantastic. Congratulations!

[Royal Society of Literature @RSLiterature]

Encore Award 2020 – The Shortlist

David Keenan – For the Good Times

Patrick McGuinness – Throw Me to the Wolves

Billy O’Callaghan – My Coney Island Baby

Shiromi Pinto – Plastic Emotions

Luiza Sauma – Everything You Ever Wanted

[Culture_Ireland @culture_ireland]

Check out our final #IrelandPerforms live shows!

@LEHsounds @ArtlinkBuncrana David Donohue @COLUMBIAMILLS Irish Traditional Fiddle School, Noel Hill @lillavargen @ryanmcmusic @CWalshMusic @EleanorShanley @CarraigFinn @LaoiseKelharpo
@FMC_Ireland @Facebook @DeptAHG

[Knight Hall Agency @knighthallagent]

@jakimccarrick will be part of the Seren Stay-at-Home Series on Weds 20th at 6.30pm - get tickets here : https://t.co/wrjYKZgUyj

[Jaki McCarrick @jakimccarrick]

Delighted to talk about my plays and fiction this Wednesday evening as part of the @SerenBooks Stay-at-Home series. It’s a ticketed event so book👇I very much look forward to seeing you there!

https://t.co/iVRbefU0OX

[Lime Tree Theatre @LimeTreeTheatre]

THIS FRIDAY: We have take two of #OffStage at 1.15pm.

@LouiseDonlon talks to @MaryColl16 in an informal conversation about her fond memories of @BelltableLimk, as well as her life as a poet and playwright.

💬 We will share the link with you on social media in the coming days.

[Arts Council of Northern Ireland @ArtsCouncilNI]

We have announced details of the first 88 artists who will benefit from our Artists Emergency Programme and will each receive grants of up to £5,000 to develop their projects and professional practice https://t.co/G2Ue3PZEdJ

#ACNISupported #NationalLottery

[The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncil_ie]

Today on #LaureateInvites, @LaureateFiction has invited author Christine Dwyer Hickey to recommend a favourite Irish book. Published earlier this month, her pick is A Talented Man, by @hmckervey.

Watch to find out more about this lost sequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

[The Lilliput Press @LilliputPress]

More of our books are now available as ebooks!
Download and enjoy 'Over the Backyard Wall' by Thomas Kilroy, 'The Last Footman' by Gillies Macbain, and 'Introducing Moriarty', edited by Michael W Higgins.
#ebooks #IrishWriting

[Culture_Ireland @culture_ireland]

Check out more upcoming #IrelandPerforms LIVE shows !!!

Ingrid Nicola and Bogdan Sofei (@GalwayCityCo) Áine Mc Geeney and Colm Phelan (@GoitseMusic) @luanparle #lennonbrennandawson @Therese_03_ @CornerBoy2 @toucan @alexpetcucolan @Anderson_songs @LosPaddys
@littlejohnnee

[Dublin Literary Award @DublinLitAward]

The new director of the Arts Council of Ireland, Maureen Kennelly’s Isolation Diary: Skipping, spuds and managing an arts crisis https://t.co/yvI7Mi1OEB

[Laureate na nÓg @LaureatenanOg]

BREAKING NEWS! We are thrilled to announce that Ireland's sixth Laureate na nÓg is the Irish language children's writer and poet Áine Ní Ghlinn! @artscouncil_ie @KidsBooksIrel @ACNIWriting @poetryireland @DCYAPress

[Cónal Creedon @ConalCreedon]

https://t.co/YG8smGej95

[Arts Council of Northern Ireland @ArtsCouncilNI]

🔸New on the blog🔸

We are sharing some of the fantastic things to do and enjoy online this week, from visual arts to music, dance to theatre and literature to community arts 🎨🎶🕺🎭📖🤹‍♀️

Check it out 👉 https://t.co/7nnVHk4R4e

[Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland]

The 2020 Fingal Poetry Prize is now open for entries, with a closing date of 30 June. Full details 👇
https://t.co/Xng3sLAyae

[Seren Books @SerenBooks]

We're very excited to be opening the #StayAtHome Series tonight with Robert Minhinnick! Join us to hear him in conversation with @JonGower1 about his #RSLOndaatje longlisted novel 'Nia'. Tickets only £5, available at https://t.co/BiGwmscRAL

[British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @BAIrishStudies]

Congratulations to all our BAIS Prize Winners 2020. Please share, and congratulate these wonderful scholars:
https://t.co/tTFWsgakz2

[The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncil_ie]

New data from recently conducted surveys carried out by the Arts Council shows the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on artists and arts organisations across the country.

More info at: https://t.co/2atTk2zgOr