Last night at Tallaght Library we had an all prose reading event chaired by award winning author, Eileen Casey. There was a pretty good crowd who listened attentively to Colm Keegan, Louise Phillips and myself reading.
Colm read his Hennesy Award nominated story Drown Town; Louise read two pieces, a short piece called Monkey and the Brain Eater which dealt with the shocking effects of Alzheimers and an extract from a play she is currently working on. I read a brand new story called To the sea. We ran a little over time so there was not much time to receive comments or review matters after the readings, but all readers were very well received.
In a short discussion before the readings Eileen broached the subject of blogging and how a writer might make the most of the internet. All three writers currently blog, although Colm has not done so regularly for some time. We talked about the motivation to blog, some seeing it as an opportunity to hone writing skills in a new and somewhat anonymous environment, while others saw it mainly as a networking or promotional tool. My brother in law, Eddie, who attended the reading ( and was full of praise for all three readers!) sent me on this link here on the subject from Seth Godin’s blog.
It chimes with some of what was discussed last night. It’s food for thought.
Thanks again to Eileen Casey for arranging this series of readings. Looking forward to the next one on 17th October already.
like the Woolfian title, Brian. Couldn’t be there last night, but looking forward to reading that sometime
No worries Valerie – hope we can meet up soon. Think the story went down well anyway…