The Practice of Writing

Course Coordinator: Mr Gerald Dawe
Teaching Faculty: Various
Contact: 1 x 1 hour per week in Hilary Term

In this course of weekly talks through Hilary Term, members of the School of English, the Writer Fellow and writers from outside College working in Irish as well as English, speak about their own experience of the practice of writing. These talks are not limited to creative writing, but will range over issues such as book reviewing, literary journalism, and translation. This course is shared with the M.Phil.in Irish Writing.

The following is the list of guest speakers for the Practice of Writing in Hilary Term 2012

Philip Davison - School of English, TCD/Arts Council of Ireland Writer Fellow
Harry Clifton - The Ireland Chair of Poetry
Paula Meehan - Poet and Playwright
John McAuliffe - Poet and Director, The Writing Centre, University of Manchester
David Park - Novelist
Belinda McKeon - Novelist
Richard Ford - Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer
Mary Morrissy - Novelist
Denis Sampson - Critic and biographer
Gerald Dawe - Poet, Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre