- 'On The Nail' Literary Gathering - Literature ~ Poetry ~ Fiction ~ Short Story ~ Creative Writing

Introductory Course in Fiction Writing with Tara White in association with Limerick Writers' Centre Six weekly seminars covering all aspects of fiction writing, including: • Memory & Imagination • Characterisation • Narrative Voice & Point of View • Naming & Names • Opening Lines • Place • Plot & Story ... • Dialogue • Editing & Publication Time: 7 – 8.30pm, Wednesdays Duration: July 1st – August 5th inclusive Location: LWC, 12 Barrington St., Limerick Cost: €90 Contact: 087 9623604 | tarawhite.freelance@gmail. com ** Enrolling now until Friday June 26th ** No experience necessary Facilitator:Tara White's work has been featured in Irish and US literary journals since 2012. She received an MA and MFA in Creative Writing from UCD and went on to teach Creative Writing there in 2014. http:// www.pendulinepress.com/ contributors/tara-white/

The Limerick Writers' Centre Presents The June 2015 'On The Nail' Literary Gathering Tuesday 2nd June 2015 @ The Loft Venue @ The Locke Bar, Georges Quay, Limerick. Start 8.00pm sharp! This months guests are writers Mike Gallagher and John McGrath. Mike Gallagher , writer, poet and editor, was born on Achill Island and worked in London for forty years before retiring to Kerry. His prose, poetry, haiku and songs have been published in Ireland and throughout Europe, America, Australia, Nepal, India, Thailand, Japan and Canada. His writing has been translated into Croatian, Japanese, Dutch, German and Chinese. He won the 2009 Samhlaiocht Slam, the 2010 Michael Hartnett Viva Voce competition, he was shortlisted for the Hennessy Award in 2011 and won the Desmond O'Grady International Poetry Contest in 2012. His poetry collection Stick on Stone was published by Revival Press in 2013. John McGrath is a poet, writer and retired teacher who lives in Lisselton, Nort