St Patrick's College & DCU Writers' Workshops

St Patrick's College and DCU, in association with Poetry Ireland, have jointly sponsored a series of WRITERS’ WORKSHOPS. This is one of the initiatives that will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of Dublin City University.

There will be four workshops, two of which will be held at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, and two at DCU. Students from both campuses will be invited to register for whichever
workshops they choose, regardless of venue. An equal number of places will be reserved for students from both institutions at each workshop.

The writers who will direct the workshop have written poetry, fiction, film scripts and autobiography. All are prestigious writers who have achieved international acclaim. Among them is the youngest writer to be included in Selina
Guinness’s The Young Irish Poets. The workshops will take place on dates and venues as below:

Wednesday, 15 February 2006 RODDY DOYLE (St Patrick's College) at 1.30p.m.

Wednesday 22 February 2006 LEANNE O’SULLIVAN (St Patrick's College) at 1.30p.m.

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, MARY O’DONNELL (DCU) at 1.30p.m.

Wednesday 8 March HUGO HAMILTON (DCU) at 1.30p.m.

Click here to see short profile of the writers directing the workshops: Writers bio notes

St Patrick's College students who require places must book in person on Thursday 26 January at 1.00p.m. in Office C112. There is a limited number of places at both venues, to be allocated on a first come, first served basis. A small number is reserved for staff members. You may register for as many workshops as you please.

Further information available by contacting :

Sharon King, St Patrick's College tel: 01-8842149 email Sharon.king@spd.dcu.ie

Carol O’Halloran DCU tel: 01-7007191 email: Carol.Ohalloran@dcu.ie