Summer School 2010
26th Jul - 30th Jul 2010
School Location:
The Market Place Theatre,
Armagh

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Programme

 A Five-Day Festival of Culture and Creativity

Monday 26 July - Friday 30 July

 

'Back to Uncertainty:Considering Other Possibilities'

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FULL DETAILS ON ALL VISITING WRITERS, SPEAKERS, PERFORMERS & ARTISTS ARE ON THE 'CONTRIBUTORS' PAGE 

WEEK TO VIEW

 

MONDAY

26 JULY

TUESDAY

27 JULY

WEDNESDAY

28 JULY

THURSDAY

29 JULY

FRIDAY

30 JULY

9.45am

 

10.45am

OFFICIAL OPENING

TALK

Prof Terry Eagleton

 ‘In Defence of Certainty’

TALK

Conall McDevitt Platform for Change

 'New Politics for a New Northern Ireland’

 

TALK

Prof John D Brewer

 'Compromise After Conflict'

TALK

Conor Brady

‘Northern Ireland: out of the media’s sight, out of the public mind?’ 

11.15am

TALK

Tony Kennedy OBE

‘Dealing with Uncertainty’

INTERVIEW 

Sharon Olds

 with 

Anne-Marie Fyfe 

 

POETRY READING

  Eoghan Walls

Chris Agee

POETRY READING

Paul Perry

Dennis O’Driscoll

INTERVIEW 

Michael Longley

with

Glenn Patterson 

1.05pm

LUNCHTIME READING 

David Park 

LUNCHTIME READING 

Blake Morrison

LUNCHTIME READING 

 Joseph O'Connor

 

 

LUNCHTIME  READING 

Louise Welsh

LUNCHTIME READING 

Jo Baker

2.15pm

CREATIVE WRITING

Workshop Options Poetry, Prose, Drama & Memoir Writing

CREATIVE WRITING

Workshop Options Poetry, Prose, Drama & Memoir Writing

ILLUSTRATED TALK

Mike Catto

‘National Identity: Certainty or Uncertainty?’

 

CREATIVE WRITING

Workshop Options Poetry, Prose, Drama & Memoir Writing

READING

Creative Writing Groups

4.15pm

TALK 

Eavan Boland

'Possession & Dispossession: A View of the Poet'

               

PANEL DISCUSSION

‘In the Name of the Father?’

Eamon Delaney (Chair)

Malachi O’Doherty

Tim Brannigan

Blake Morrison

PANEL DISCUSSION

'The Uncertainty of Climate Change: How will it affect you?'

Michael Doran (Chair)

Prof John Sweeney 

Dr John Gilliland

 

GUIDED TOUR OF THE ‘EARTH FROM THE AIR’ EXHIBITION

PANEL DISCUSSION

‘Changed Certainties?’

Malachi O’Doherty(Chair) 

Billy Leonard

 Rev Chris Hudson

5.30pm

NSMC RECEPTION

with

OASES For Peace Showcase

               

 

LAUNCH

‘Landing Places’

 Chris Agee, Chris Nikkel, Ann Zell, Sabine Wichert, Alex Wylie & Matt Kirkham

 

TALK

Jamie Blake Knox

‘The Whole Mosaic – John Hewitt and the Ulster Unit’

FEEDBACK & MAYOR’S RECEPTION (6pm)

8.00pm

POETRY READING

Sharon Olds & Eavan Boland

WORDS & MUSIC

Louis de Berničres & Ilone Antonius Jones

 

DRAMA

Bosco Hogan

 ‘I Am Of Ireland’

MUSIC

The Heartstring Sessions

 

9.30/

10.00pm

MUSIC

The Stage Bar

MUSIC

The Stage Bar

MUSIC

The Stage Bar

MUSIC

The Stage Bar

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 
   
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