Listowel Writers' Week

This year's Listowel Writers's Week is taking place from 2nd-6th June. Since it's inception in 1970 the event has been recognised as the primary event in Ireland's literary calendar. Writers' Week festival celebrates established writers and seeks to provide an opportunity for Irish writers in general to develop their talents and meet new audiences.

This year's festival programme will feature the usual range of workshops and competitions, with a €30, 000 prize fund for over sixteen competitions and workshop directors like Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Roddy Doyle, Sheila O'Flanagan, Paddy Breathnach, and Terry Prone.

More information is available from http://www.writersweek.ie/2010/index.html.