3 Rivers Storytelling Festival in East Galway Libraries

Like to try reading Finnegan’s Wake?!

A new Italian translation of Joyce’s Finnegans Wake was released in the last days and it returns to us an interesting point of view about the author.
Luigi Schenoni, President of “The James Joyce Italian Foundation”, says that Joyce is a genius: and his especial genius is linguistic; he plays with words like no one else.
The reader remains confused in front of all these strange words, phrases, unusual linguistic forms, abnormities and wonders.

Joyce, seen as an Irish revolutionary, loved the English language, but he was very aware that the languages spoken in the British and Celtic Islands were different (for example, Manx, Irish, Gaelic, Welsh…), and he knew that the language was an open system, in which you can mix all the languages with dialect, neologisms and dead locutions.

So, the language is life.

In the Finnegan’s Wake, we have to watch over not only Tim Finnegan, but the languages, for their internationalisation. Begin to read Joyce, for you will certainly be more intelligent, rich and alive.
In the Finnegan’s Wake, we have to watch over not only Tim Finnegan, but the languages, for their internationalisation. Begin to read Joyce, for you will certainly be more intelligent, rich and alive.

'Coffee and Craft' - Tuam library

Three ‘coffee and craft’ sessions took place in Tuam library over the month of May.

These mornings consisted of knitting, crochet and quilting demonstrations along with a display of work by Tuam Apostolic Work.
Large numbers enjoyed a ‘cuppa’ and a chat as they observed or joined in the crafts.

Guaranteed (money back!) "Boredom Busters “ book lists for Summer 2011 from Galway City Library

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Ballinasloe Library/Europe Direct Centre...Europe Day/Bealtaine and the European Year of Volunteering

Some of the events in Ballinasloe Library/Europe Direct Centre for the recent Europe Day/Bealtaine and the European Year of Volunteering....

The people involved were :

Kilconnell Art Group....who celebrated the evening with their teacher, Maura Warde. There was music, song and dancing also.

Wheelchair Association.....with members from Ballinasloe and Tuam who provided a fantastic display of beautiful pieces of stained glass, crochet, artwork, needlepoint ect.

Bisto Children’s Book of the Year 2011

Bisto Children’s Book of the Year & Éilis Dillon Award:
A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton

Judges’ Special Award:
The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers

Bisto Honour Award for Illustration:
Mac Rí Éireann by Caitríona Hastins, Andrew Whitson

Bisto Honour Award for Fiction & Children’s Choice Award:
Taking Flight by Sheena Wilkinson

Shortlisted:
Dancing in the Dark by PR Prendergast
The Lunatics Curse by FE Higgins
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear, Angela McAllister,
Kevin Waldron
Prim Improper by Deirdre Sullivan
Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen
Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers

Journeys CreativeWriting Programme in Galway City Library

The Bealtaine Festival continues throughout May and Galway City Library will be the venue for the Journeys Creative Writing Programme. This Group meets through the weeks of May-June to celebrate Bealtaine and write spontaneously during the sessions in response to a variety of stimuli, covering a dizzy range of subjects .

9th May11-12.30pm

16th May 11-12.30pm

23rd May 11-12.30pm .

30th May 11-12.30pm

Anna-Marie Byrne of AgeActionWest, ph. 091 527831 will facillitate.

Moya Roddy reads in Inishbofin Library

Moya Roddy will read in Inishbofin Library on Saturday 7th May at 5:00pm. This is one of the events in the eleventh annual Inishbofin Community Arts Festival.

Her stories have been published by Penguin, Serpent's Tail and Arlen House. Her latest collection Other People, has recently been published by Wordonthestreet.

She collaborated with Pete Mullineaux on Butterfly Wings which was broadcast on RTE Radio in 2010.

Photography Course for Bealtaine 2011 in Oranmore Library

As part of the Bealtaine Festival 2011 Oranmore Library will hold a digital photography course.

• Get tips on how to take the best photographs.
• Learn how to utilise all the features on your digital camera.
• Learn how upload your photos onto a computer and save onto a memory stick for printing.
  
  

There will be an opportunity to exhibit your photos in the library at the end of the course.

The course will run for four weeks, every Friday from 9.30am to 11.00am starting on the 6^th of May.

Course Requirements: The course is free but you must have your own point-and-shoot digital camera.

Places are limited. To book a place ring Oranmore Library at 091 792117