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40 years
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40 years - Events September/October - Cork City Libraries
8.00 Garth Cartwright; music journalist and author
                                                                                Garth Cartwright’s book Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy
                                                                                Musicians has been described as the greatest work exploring the intricacies
                                                                                of Gypsy music. His most recent book Going for a song; A chronicle of the UK
                                                                                record shop uncovers a wealth of information on vinyl records and stores.
                                                                                Garth will be in conversation with Sheena Crowley, Crowley’s Musician Centre
                                                                                and will read from his new book, with a special focus on Rory Gallagher’s
                                                                                vinyl.
                                                                                9.00 Book Launches: James Harpur and John F. Deane
                                                                                Join us for the launch of The White Silhoutte by James Harpur and Dear
                                                                                Pilgrims by John F. Deane both published by Carcanet . Music by violinist
                                                                                Willow Liao.
                                                                                James Harpur has won a number of prizes for his poetry, including the 1995
               Friday 21 September                                              British National Poetry Competition. He has received various awards and
                                                                                bursaries and has held poetry residencies at the Munster Literature Centre in

                   Culture Night                                                Cork and at Exeter Cathedral in the UK.
                                                                                John F. Deane founded Poetry Ireland – the National Poetry Society – and The
                       Culture Night                                            Poetry Ireland Review in 1979. He won the O’Shaughnessy Award for Irish
The City Library                                                                Poetry, the Marten Toonder Award for Literature and poetry prizes from Italy
Cork in 1918                                                                    and Romania. In 2008 he became the President of the European Academy of
An exhibition by the Local Studies Department, Cork City Libraries.             Poetry.

5.00 pm Alternative techniques for advancing your music literacy;               Bishopstown Library
Workshop: Do you have difficulties reading sheet music, but would like to
advance your musical skills to the next level? This interactive workshop will   6.00 pm – 8.00 pm: Teen Music Showcase Extravaganza!
help you discover new ways to approach your musical studies. Tom Mulcahy        Culture Night at Bishopstown Library will see Cork’s finest young
( jazz guitarist) will share the strategies he has developed, and you will      musicians showcasing their talents in a night of music and song.
also have the opportunity to explore assistive music technology. This free      Refreshments provided. All welcome.
workshop is open to all, and may be of particular interest to musicians with
dyslexia. Presented by Music Generation, Cork City, in partnership with Cork
Academy of Music.                                                               Hollyhill Library
6.30 Frankenstein: A dramatic excerpt performed by Ocean of Notions             5.45 pm – 6.30 pm: Gamelan Workshop for adults and teens aged 16+ no
Theatre to celebrate the 200 anniversary of Mary Shelley’s book.                previous experience necessary, booking essential, Tel 021 4924928 for
                                                                                details
7.00 pm A reading from Patrick Galvin by Mary Fitz-Gerald                       Come and enjoy a session of relaxed, inclusive music-making with the Cork
7.15 pm Music session with Ger O’Sullivan                                       Community Gamelan– a collection of Javanese metallophones and gongs,
Cork singer/songwriter Ger O’Sullivan has released 3 albums in the last four    at Hollyhill Library. Presented by Music Generation Cork City, UCC and Cork
years. His fourth Love Is Out There will be released in September.              City Libraries. No musical experience necessary. Booking recommended:
                                                                                musicgencc.eventbrite.com
        7.45 Cearta scríbhneoireachta do mhná: an troid, 1918 go 2018
          Taispeántas trí mheán na Gaeilge a thugann chun suntais               6.30 pm - 8.00 pm Live at the Library with members of the Cork
           saothair bhanscríbhneoirí ón gcéad seo caite gur deineadh            Songwriter Club
            cinsireacht orthu, mar shampla, Maura Laverty, Norah Holt, Kate     Come along to hear members of the Cork Songwriter Club perform a
            O’Brien agus Edna O’Brien. Beidh sliochta ó bhanscríbhneoirí na     selection of their material.
           linne seo á léamh agus á chéiliúradh le Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh        Booking not essential.
          agus grúpa Peann agus Pár.
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Cork City Libraries Presents                                            Contents
                                                                        The City Library...............................................3

Children’s Book Festival
                                                                        Music Library...................................................5
                                                                        Exhibitions.........................................................6
                                                                        Children’s Book Festival...............................8

October 2018
                                                                        Online Week.................................................. 10
                                                                        Bishopstown.................................................. 11
                                                                        Blackpool........................................................ 11
                                                                        Douglas........................................................... 12
                                                                        Holyhill............................................................ 13
                                                                        Mayfield.......................................................... 14
                                                                        Tory Top.......................................................... 15
 A celebration of books and stories
 for children and teenagers
 with
 engaging Storytellers                 The City Library                                                                         Grand Parade

                                      September | Wednesday 5 | 7.00 pm | A writer’s travels in Italy
 inspiring Authors                    A special night with Irish novelist, poet, short story writer and Italophile William Wall who will
                                      share the experience of his travels around Italy and the writers and music that inspire him,
                                      Italian and non-Italian. In association with Irlanda Italiana.

 entertaining Puppet Shows            September | Monday 10 | 10.00 am | Conversation Café
                                      A new social space in The City Library where people from all communities can come to chat

 informative Workshops
                                      on an agreed theme each month. This month’s conversation is: Be mindful of your mental
                                      health and is hosted by occupational psychologist Hugh O’Donovan.

                                      September | Wednesday 12
 and much more                        2.30 pm | Cork International Short Story Festival
                                      Armel Dagorn: Launch of The Proverb Zoo

                                      September | Wednesday 12
                                      4.00 pm | Cork International Short Story Festival | From the Well Showcase moderated by
                                      Billy O’Callaghan

                                      September | Wednesday 12 | 7.00 pm | Hidden in Plain Site: Nano
 ALL EVENTS ARE FREE                  Nagle’s 18th Century Convent | A lecture by Jessie Castle, Architectural Historian and
                                      Historic Building Consultant, JCA Architects, Cork. The lecture is in association with Cork
                                      Decorative and Fine Arts Society and is supported by Cork City Heritage Grant Scheme.
 Please contact your local library    September | Thursday 13 | 2.30 pm | Cork International Short Story
 to enquire about booking             Festival | Fiction at the Friary Showcase

 requirements for events              September | Thursday 13 | 4.00
                                      pm | Cork International Short Story Festival | The
                                      Stinging Fly: Twenty Years
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    September | Thursday 13 | 6.30 pm | Book Launch | Testament                                         October | Tuesday 16, 23 and 30 | 10.00 am – 12.15 pm
    Kathy D’Arcy will launch Anne Elizabeth Bevan’s debut poetry collection Testament                   Paris in the Autumn | 10 week UCC lecture series by Professor Emeritus Éamon Ó
    September | Friday 14                    | 2.30 pm
                                                                                                        Carragáin. Registration shortcourses@ucc.ie

    | Cork International Short Story Festival Banshee                                                   October | Saturday 20                    | 3.30 pm | LGBT+ Book Club | This month the
    Showcase                                                                                            book club discusses The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne. Facilitated by writer Kevin
                                                                                                        Doyle.
    September | Friday 14 | 4.00 pm
    | Cork International Short Story Festival | Seán Ó Faoláin Prize Reading                            October | Tuesday 23 | 6.30 pm | Doire Press Tour: A Crack in
                                                                                                        Everything with Susan Lindsay and Louis Mulcahy | In her third collection Milling the
    September | Saturday 15 | 2.30 pm | The First Prehistorical Serial                                  Air, Susan Lindsay details the fractures of self amid seismic digital shifts and the flux of
    Killer and Other Stories: Writing Noir with Teresa Solana followed by Q&A | Teresa                  social media, against a landscape of an earth in crisis. Reading from The Potter’s Book,
    Solana is one of Spain’s best known crime writers. Her novels are a blend of merciless              Louis Mulcahy illuminates creation in his craft, alongside the fallibility and miracle of
    satire and detective thriller. A Not So Perfect Crime won the 2007 Brigada 21 Prize for best        human nature. And in a poignant debut, Growing up in Colour, Maurice Devitt revisits
    noir in Catalan. In association with UCC, Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin               the childhood of a vanished Ireland, through the cracked lens of memory and the pain of
    American Studies, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.                                    transformation.

    September | Tuesday 18 | 7.00 pm | Cork’s Waterways and Canals:                                     October | Wednesday 24 | 6.30 pm | Telling the Truth? Documentary
    A chronology in maps | Illustrated talk by Anthony Beese. One of four lectures in the               poetry; a discussion with Dr. Robyn Rowland
    Mapping the Lee - stories from the river series.                                                    Documentary poetry uses evidence in history, past or present, to recall and bring to light
                                                                                                        stories that might otherwise remain hidden, voices and experiences that cannot be heard
    September | Friday 21                  | 5.00 pm to 10.00 pm | Culture Night |                      in other ways. These poems bring us into the moment of that story. Using poems from her
    Workshops, Irish language readings, drama, poetry, author readings, book launches and               latest book Mosaics from the Map, which includes work on Hadji Bey’s Turkish Delight,
    much more. See Culture Night section.                                                               the Titanic, Alcock and Brown and her own family who immigrated from Cork, Robyn will
    September | Saturday 22 | 3.00 pm | Cork Deaf Community Choir                                       weave poems into a discussion of history and poetry.
    A musical performance to celebrate International Sign Language Day.                                 October | Thursday 25 | 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm | Writing Workshop |
    September | Thursday 27 | 6.00 pm | Book Launch                                                     Slán abhaile, leaving home, finding home, exile and belonging | In this workshop poet
                                                                                                        Robyn Rowland considers the histories of emigration and immigration. It covers the loss
    The Fuse Within; A memoir of Seamus Kiely by Audrey O’Riordan                                       of language, issues involved in arriving in a new land are considered, and firmly relate to
    September | Saturday 29 | 10.30am | Quintessence Breastfeeding                                      the reasons for departure. It is useful to participants if they can bring an item relating to
                                                                                                        the topic, e.g. photos, a piece of lace, music, trinkets, which they can use in an experiential
    Challenge | As part of Breastfeeding Week, Friends of Breastfeeding will host the                   moment within the workshop.
    Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge. Mothers throughout Ireland will gather together
                                                                                                        Booking required.
    in venues across the country as part of this worldwide initiative that aims to highlight the
    importance of breastfeeding. Come along to celebrate National Breastfeeding week with
    other breastfeeding families.
    Also Breastfeeding Week Stand hosted by Cuidiu Cork 1 – 6 October.                                                    Music Library
    September | Saturday 29 | 3.30 pm | LGBT+ Book Club | This month
    the book club discusses Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid. Facilitated by writer Kevin
    Doyle.
                                                                                                   September | Friday 14                      | 11.00 - 12.00 pm. | Some Classic Country
                                                                                                   Country Gramophone recital presented by Peter Harrington.
    October | Wednesday 3 | 6.30 pm | Book Launch; Soldiers of Liberty                             September | Friday 28 | 11.00 – 12.00 pm | Autumn Tunes and more
    Published by Lilliput Press, Eva O Cathaoir’s new book Soldiers of Liberty is a study of       Grampohone recital presented by Denis O’Callaghen.
    Fenianism from 1858-1908. It is based on extensive archival research, which rescues from
    obscurity the lives of over a thousand Fenians. Launch by Ruan O’ Donnell.                     October | Friday 6 | 3.00 pm | Tribute to singer Delia Murphy with Carmen
    October | Wednesday 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 | 10.30 am                                            Cullen | Folk Festival event. Free

    - 12.30 pm | An Illustrated Guide to English Literature | 8 week UCC lecture series.           October | Friday 12 | 11.00 – 12.00 pm | Some Modern Country | Country
    Lecturer: Mr James Cronin. Registration shortcourses@ucc.ie                                    Gramophone recital presented by Denis McSweeney.

    October | Monday 8 | 10.00 am | Conversation Café | A new social space                         October | Wednesday 17                       | 7.00 pm | Trad session | With Johnny McCarthy
    in The City Library for people from all communities to come and chat each month on an          and Eoin O’ Riabhaigh. Part of the Rory Gallagher Music Library 40 year celebrations.
    agreed theme.
                                                                                                   October | Wednesday 24                         | Time TBC | Jazz Tunes | Jazz Performances
    October | Tuesday 9 | 6.30 pm | Book Launch                                                    including a lecture by Dr. Ian Darrington, OBE | As part of Cork Jazz Festival
    Connolly Books launch The Life and Times of James Connolly, 2nd edition by Desmond C.
    Greaves. Edited and launch by Prof. Anthony Coughlan, Trinity College, Dublin.                 October | Friday 26 | 11.00 – 12.00 pm | Mid-Term Musical Miscellany |
                                                                                                   Gramophone recital presented by Joan Kennelly.
    October | Tuesday 16 | 7.00 pm | The Significance of Cork City |
    Illustrated talk by John Hegarty. One of four one hourly lectures in the Mapping the Lee -     November | Friday 2 | 3.00 -4.00 pm | The RGML and IMRO present 50
    stories from the river series.                                                                 years of Loudest Whisper. | Performance and memories. Adm. Free.
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                                                                                                                   Mayfield library                              Hollyhill Library
Exhibitions                                                                                                        Cork Anti-Poverty Resource
                                                                                                                   Network
                                                                                                                                                                 Unfinished Business: A
                                                                                                                                                                 Century of Women and
September                                                                                                          Tuesday to Saturday | 10.00 am - 1.00
                                                                                                                   pm & 2.00 pm-5.30 pm
                                                                                                                                                                 Women’s Rights
                                                                                                                                                                 Tuesday to Saturday | 10.00
                                                                                                                   This exhibition traces 18 years of this       am -5.30 pm
The City Library                                                                                                   organisation which has encouraged and
                                                                                                                   empowered individuals to become involved
                                                                                                                                                                 This exhibition examines 100 years of women’s rights, from
                                                                                                                                                                 the suffragettes and the women’s vote through to the
                                                           Like Fighting with a Ghost: ‘Spanish Flu’                                                             seventies, when the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement
                                                                                                                   in shaping their own lives and communities.
A Rare “Ulysses” Exhibition                                of 1918-1919 | Monday to Saturday | 10.00               Through its domestic violence project Mna     was formed, and up to the present day. This exhibition also
Tuesday – Saturday, 10.00 am -5.00 pm                      am – 5.30 pm                                            Feasa and Write Together, an adult literacy   considers Irish female authors including Edna O’Brien and
A 1935 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses, on                This exhibition examines the pandemic that killed       scheme, it has made enormous progress in      Kate O’Brien, whose work was censored, and prominent
loan to Cork                                               millions of people at the end of the First World War.   tackling aspects of Cork society. See how     women in Irish politics such as Mary Robinson and Mary
City Libraries,                                                                                                    you can get involved!                         McAleese.”
is on display in

                                                                                                                   Exhibitions
the Reference
Department. It is
                                                           Bishopstown Library
one of only 250                                            ‘Lifelines’ Art Exhibition
                                                                                                                                                                 The City Library
                                                                                                                   October
worldwide, signed                                          Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am – 5.30 pm
by both James Joyce and Henri Matisse and                  Thursday until 8.00 pm
includes full page etchings, preparatory sketches                                                                                                                Rory Gallagher Music Library
                                                           Geraldine Mallon Exhibition of Figurative and                                                         1978 – 2018
and publisher’s slip-case.                                 Landscape Oil Paintings
                                                                                                                   Bishopstown Library                           Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am –
                                                                                                                                                                 5.30 pm
Visage: Masks from Around the World                                                                                Art Exhibition by Mary Sullivan               Music and memories; An exhibition
Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am – 5.30 pm                                                                            Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am –               celebrating 40 years of the Music
Over 25 masks from Cork to the Congo and many                                                                      5.30 pm | Thursday until 8.00 pm              Library which opened in 1978.
places in between from the personal collection                                 Blackpool Library                                                                 From October 1 – 20
of Declan Ryan, amassed over 30 years. These
ceremonial masks have influenced many artists                                  Pakey Mahony – the
from Picasso and Matisse up to the modern day.                                 boxer from Blackpool                Hollyhill Library                                                   Louis Marcus Art Exhibition|
The exhibition will showcase a selection of masks                             Tuesday - Saturday | 10.00                                                                               Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am –
tracing their histories and influences over the years.                        am - 1.00 pm & 2.00 pm-                                  Texaco Art
                                                                                                                                                                                       5.30 pm
From 3 September                                                              5.30 pm                                                  Exhibition                                      Louis Marcus, Irish documentary
                                                                              An exhibition by students from                           Tuesday to Saturday                             filmmaker whose twenty international
                                                                              St. Aidan’s Community College,                           | 10.00 am – 5.30                               awards include two Academy Award
                                                                             Dublin Hill, Cork                                         pm | An exhibition                              Nominations, presents an exhibition
                                                                             From September 18-29                                      of award winning                                of oil paintings on two themes; Art in
                           Cork in 1918                                                                                                artworks from the 62nd                          Action and Cork Cinemas.
                           Monday to Saturday |                                                                                        (2016) and 63rd (2017)                          From October 11 to November 12
                           10.00 am – 5.30 pm                                                                                          Texaco Children’s Art
                           An exhibition by              Douglas Library                                                               Competitions              Shandon Archives
                           The Local Studies
                           Department, Cork City         Beatha agus buanna                                                                                      Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am – 5.30 pm
                           Libraries                     Pháraic Uí Chonaire                                       Douglas Library                               Photographer Martin Duggan captures everyday Shandon
                                                                                                                                                                 life with a compelling collection of portraits and views of
                           From 17 September             Tuesday – Saturday | 10.00                                                                              his locality.
                                                         am -5.30 pm                                               Unfinished Business: A Century                From 24 October – 7 November
                                                         The life and literary legacy of                           of Women and Women’s Rights
                                                         Pádraic Ó Conaire; Pádraic Ó                              Tuesday – Saturday | 10.00 am -5.30
Texaco Art Exhibition
                                                         Conaire’s book, Seacht mbua                               pm Wednesday                                  Mayfield Library
                                                         an éirí amach was published                               until 8.00 pm
Tuesday to Saturday |                                    in 1918. A collection of seven                            This exhibition                               The Lady of the Lantern; Nano
10.00 am – 5.30 pm                                       short stories, each is linked                             examines 100                                  Nagle and her Legacy
An exhibition of award                                   to the 1916 Rising. This                                  years of women’s                              Tuesday – Saturday | 10.00 am -
winning artworks from                                    exhibition considers the historical                       rights including                              1.00 pm & 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm
the 62nd (2016) and 63rd                                 and literary importance of Ó Conaire’s Seacht mbua        the censorship of                             Celebrating Nano Nagle’s work, the
(2017) Texaco Children’s Art                             an éirí amach. It also discusses Ó Conaire’s life and     female writers.                               history of the Nagles and her continuing relevance 300
Competitions                                             other works.                                                                                            years on
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                 Children’s Book Festival                                                           October | Wednesday 3 | 12.30 | Dave Rudden author visit
                                                                                                    October | Thursday 4 | 12.30 | Patrick Ryan storyteller

                     October 2018
                                                                                                    October | Friday 5 | 9.30 am | Debbie Thomas author visit         Hollyhill
                                                                                                    October| Wednesday 10 | 11 am | Valerie Sheehan author visit
                                                                                                    October| Thursday 11 | 11 am | Cethan Leahy author visit
                                                                                                    October| Tuesday 16 | 12 noon | Arran Towers puppet show
                                                                                                    October| Wednesday 17 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust
                                                                                                    October| Thursday 18 | 11.30 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller
 Grand Parade                                                                                       October| Friday 19 | 10 am & 11.30 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Vicious Vikings and The
                                                                                                    Terrible Tudors
October | Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10 am | Deirdre Ryan Story, Rhythm and Rhyme                     October| Tuesday 23 | tbc am | Christine Hamill author visit
October | Monday 1 | tbc am | Dave Rudden x2 author visit                                           October | Thursday 25 | 10 am | Alan Early presents Thor Blimey! The Secrets of the Vikings and Their
October| Tuesday 2 | 11 am | Cethan Leahy author visit                                              Gods
October | Wednesday 3 | 9.30 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller
October | Friday 5 | 12.30 | Debbie Thomas author visit                                             October | Tuesday 2 | 11 am & 12.30 | Dave Rudden author visit
October | Saturday 6 | 11.30 am | Pete Coe storyteller | in conjunction with Cork Folk Festival     October | Wednesday 3 | 11 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller            Tory Top
October | Tuesday 9 | 10 am | Ré Ó Laighléis author visit                                           October | Thursday 4 | 9.30 am | Debbie Thomas author visit
October | Wednesday 10 | 10 am & 11.15 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Gorgeous Georgians   October | Wednesday 10 | 11.30 am | Ré Ó Laighléis author visit
October | Friday 12 | 11 am | Shane Hegarty author visit                                            October| Thursday 11 | 9.30 am | Cethan Leahy author visit
October | Tuesday 16 | 10 am | Nigel Quinlan author visit                                           October| Thursday 11 | 11.30 am | Judi Curtin author visit
October | Wednesday 17 | 11 am | Valerie Sheehan author visit                                       October | Friday 12 | 12.30 | Shane Hegarty author visit
October| Thursday 18 | 12 noon | Dogs Trust                                                         October| Wednesday 17 | 10 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller
October| Friday 19 | 11.30 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller                                           October| Thursday 18 | 10 am | Fiona Boniwell graphic novel workshop
October| Tuesday 23 | tbc am | Christine Hamill author visit                                        October| Friday 19 | 10.30 am | Ann Dalton audio drama workshop
October| Wednesday 24 | 9.30 am | Ann Dalton | audio drama workshop                                 October| Tuesday 23 | 12 noon | Arran Towers puppet show
October| Wednesday 24 | 11.30 am | Ann Dalton | Pakistan- a peep into the melting pot               October| Wednesday 23 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust
October | Thursday 25 | 12 noon | E.R. Murray presents West Cork Inspired!                          October | Thursday 25 | 10 am & 11.30 am | Alan Early presents Scribbles and Screens and Comic
                                                                                                    Concoctions
                                                                                                    October| Friday 26 | 10 am & 11.30 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Gorgeous Georgians and
 Blackpool                                                                                          The Vicious Vikings

October | Wednesday 3 | 11 am | Dave Rudden author visit
October | Thursday 4 | 11 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller                                             October | Tuesday 2 | 9.30 am | Dave Rudden author visit
October | Friday 5 | 11 am | Debbie Thomas author visit                                             October | Wednesday 3 | 12.30 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller      Douglas
October | Tuesday 9 | 11.30 am | Ré Ó Laighléis author visit                                        October | Thursday 4 | 11 am | Debbie Thomas author visit
October | Thursday 11| 10 am | Judi Curtin author visit                                             October | Wednesday 10 | 10 am | Ré Ó Laighléis author visit
October | Friday 12 | 10 am & 11.15 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Vicious Vikings         October | Friday 12 | 10 am| Judi Curtin author visit
October | Tuesday 16 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust                                                        October| Tuesday 16 | 9.30 am| Arran Towers puppet show
October| Friday 19 | 10 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller                                              October| Thursday 18 | 10 am| Iryshe Tudor Companye
October| Tuesday 23 | 9.30 am | Arran Towers puppet show                                            October| Tuesday 23 | tbc am| Christine Hamill author visit
October | Wednesday 24 | 11 am | Valerie Sheehan author visit                                       October | Thursday 25 | 10 am | E.R. Murray presents Ghosts and Gothic Fiction

 Mayfield                                                                                           October | Monday 1 | tbc am | Dave Rudden author visit
                                                                                                    October | Thursday 4 | 12.30 | Debbie Thomas author visit           Bishopstown
October| Wednesday 3 | 9.30 am | Dave Rudden author visit                                           October| Friday 5 | 10 am & 11.45 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye
October| Thursday 4 | 9.30 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller                                            presents The Gorgeous Georgians and The Vicious Vikings
October| Friday 12 | 9.30 am | Shane Hegarty author visit                                           October| Tuesday 9 | 11 am | Valerie Sheehan author visit
October | Tuesday 16 | 11.30 am | Nigel Quinlan author visit                                        October | Friday 12 | 11.30 am | Judi Curtin author visit
October| Wednesday 17 | 10.30 am | Ann Dalton audio drama workshop                                  October| Wednesday 17 | 11.30 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller
October| Tuesday 23 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust                                                         October| Friday 19 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust
October| Wednesday 24 | 11.30 am | E.R. Murray presents West Cork Inspired!                         October | Wednesday 24 | 11.30 am | Alan Early presents Scribbles and Screens
October| Thursday 25 | 10 am & 11.15 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Gorgeous Georgians     October | Thursday 25 | 9.30 am | E.R. Murray presents Fact or Fiction? Writing Unreal Stories
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Online Week at Cork City Libraries.                                                                                             Bishopstown                                                             Wilton

 Your free membership allows access to our online
 services, including language learning, digital                                                                                September | Launch Thursday 6                                 | 6.00 pm – 7.45 pm |
                                                                                                                               ‘Lifelines’ Art Exhibition: Geraldine Mallon Exhibition of Figurative and Landscape Oil
 magazines and Britannica Online.                                                                                              Paintings | Exhibition runs for the month of September

                                                                                                                               September | Friday 21 | 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm | Culture Night:
                                                                                                                               Culture Night: Teen Music Showcase Extravaganza | All Welcome

                                                                                                                               October | Daily 4-26 | Art Exhibition: Mary Sullivan Painting
                                                                                                                               Exhibition Exhibition runs for the month of October

Mayfield Library
                                                                                                             Geraldine Mallon Exhibition (above)                   Mary Sullivan Exhibition (above)
September | Tuesday 4 | 10.00 am-11.00
am | Newspaper Archive Online
See how easy it is to access the Irish Newspaper
Archive. Delve into Irish history spanning 4
                                                                                                                                Blackpool                        Bowler House, Redforge Road, Blackpool
centuries. This free archive is available in any
branch of Cork City Libraries.                         Bishopstown Library                                                     September | Tuesday 18-29 | 10.00am - 1.00 & 2.00-5.30
PC skills required                                                                                                             p.m. | “Pakey Mahony – the boxer from Blackpool” | An exhibition by students
                                                       September | Friday 7 | 10.00 am-11.00 am |                              from St. Aidan’s Community College, Dublin Hill, Cork. All welcome.
Douglas Library                                        Free digital magazines
September | Tuesday 4 | 10.00 am-11.00am               Try rb digital. Choose from over 300 digital                            September | Tuesday 4 and 18 | 10.30am - 11.30 noon |
| Irish Times Digital Archive                          magazines. Free to use anywhere. Bring your                             Blackpool Adult Writing Circle | Creative writing workshops for budding writers
Explore editions of Irish Times from 1859 onwards.     current library card.                                                   and those who wish to commit their individual family memories to paper and
This free archive is available in any branch of Cork   PC skills required                                                      screen, coordinated by experienced adult education tutor, J.P.Cotter.
City Libraries.
PC skills required                                     Blackpool Library                                                       September | Tuesday 11 | 2.00pm - 3.00 p.m | Blackpool
                                                                                                                               Adult Book Club.
The City Library, Grand Parade                         September | Friday 7 | 10.00 am-11.00 am |                              All welcome.
                                                       Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
September | Wednesday 5 | 10.00 am-                    See how easy it is to access vast collections of                        September | Wednesday 12 | 11.00am – 12.00 noon |
11.00am| Mango Languages Online                        information with Britannica Online. Bring your                          Cúinne na Gaeilge | “Mo scéal féin agus cúrsaí staire”. Fáilte roimh cách. Saor
Learn a new language at home or on the go, at your     current library card.                                                   chead isteach.
own pace. Over 70 free courses to choose from.         PC skills required
Bring your current library card.                                                                                               October | Tuesday 2 and 16 | 10.30am - 11.30 noon |
PC skills required                                     Hollyhill Library                                                       Blackpool Adult Writing Circle | Creative writing workshops for budding writers
                                                                                                                               and those who wish to commit their individual family memories to paper and
Tory Top Library                                       September | Wednesday 5 | 2.30 pm-                                      screen, coordinated by experienced adult education tutor, J.P.Cotter.
                                                       4.30pm | Dictionary of Irish Biography
September | Saturday 8 | 10.00 am-11.00                Online                                                                  October | Tuesday 9 | 2.00 – 3.00 p.m. | Blackpool Adult Book
am| Universal Class                                    The Dictionary of Irish Biography is where you find                     Club. | Author Kevin Doyle will talk about his recently published book” To keep a
Choose from over 400 online courses, including         Nano Nagle, George Best, Jack Lynch and Sean                            bird singing”. Admission free. All welcome.
business, computers and personal development.
Learn at a pace that suits you. Free to use
                                                       Ó Riada, together in the one place. It is easy to
                                                       use and has over 9,000 entries. Free to use in any                      October | Wednesday 10 | 11.00am – 12.00 noon | Cúinne na
anywhere. Bring your current library card.             branch of Cork City Libraries.                                          Gaeilge | Seoladh an leabhar nua faoin Ath. Peadar. “Mise agus an mac sin”. “I am
PC skills required                                     PC skills required                                                      the son”, le Eilís Uí Bhriain and Pat O’Brienn. Fáilte roimh cách. Saor chead isteach.
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                                                                                                         Hollyhill                           Harbour View Road, Knocknaheeny

                                                                                          September | Ongoing | Sensory Friendly visits
                                                                                          Hollyhill library offers families with children with autism or sensory issues a private library visit
                                                                                          with low lights and low noise. Please ring Hollyhill Library on 021 4924928 to book

                                                                                          September | All month | 10.00 am-5.30 pm | 100 years of women
                                                                                          A History is to Blame exhibition on 100 years of women’s progress, from Irish women’s first
                                                                                          vote up to the present day.

                                                                                          September | Tuesday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10.00 am-10.45 am | Storytime
                                                                                          for children | A morning of story, song and rhyme for children from birth to 4 years
                                                                                          accompanied by an adult.

                                                                                          September | Tuesday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10.00 am-11.30 am | Tuesdays
                                                                                          at Ten Guitar Club | Informal guitar jamming session for adults who want to learn new songs
                                                                                          and brush up on their skills. Guitar and a good knowledge of guitar chords needed. New
                                                                                          members welcome, free of charge

                                                                                          September | Thursday 6 | 12.00 noon | Gramophone Recital
                                                                                          Admission free, all welcome

                                                                                          September | Friday 21 | 5.45 pm-8.00 pm | Culture Night
                                                                                          Join us for two free events.
                                                                                          5.45 pm: Gamelan Workshop for adults and teens aged 16+ no previous experience necessary,
                                                                                          booking essential, Tel 021 4924928 for details
                                                                                          6.30 pm - 8.00 pm Concert featuring members of the Cork Songwriter Club

      Douglas                                           Douglas Village Shopping Centre   September | Saturday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | 10.00am-5.30 pm |
                                                                                          Family Day at the Library | A fun day packed with books, board games, colouring pages and
     September | Wednesday 5 | 12.30 pm | Douglas Writers Group                           a film.
     New members welcome                                                                  Film starts at 2pm

     September | Friday 7 | 11.00 am | Gramophone Recital                                 September | Tuesday 4                        | 10.30 am | Ciorcal Comhrá
     Guest presenter Rosemary Murphy. Admission free, all welcome.                        Conversational Irish. Have a chat as gaeilge agus tóg go bog é. New members welcome,
                                                                                          admission free.
     September | Tuesday 11 | 11.00 am | Hillside Book Club
     New members welcome                                                                  September | Tuesday 5 | Hollyhill Book Club
                                                                                          New members welcome, admission free
     September | Thursday 20 | 10.30 am | Tai Chi
     Tai Chi in the library for the Young at Heart. Admission free, all welcome           September | Tuesday 11, 18, 25                            | 11.30 am – 1.00 pm | Ukulele for
                                                                                          beginners | Beginners ukulele for retired people, as part of a programme to promote healthy
     September | Friday 28 | 11.00 am | Ciorcal Comhrá                                    ageing, a joint initiative between HSE Primary Care Clinical Psychology Services and Cork City
     Enjoy a chat as Gaeilge and stay for a cupán tae, all welcome                        Libraries. For more information and to book your free place contact 086-7871716.
     October | Tuesday 2 | 11.00 am | Social Sketchers                                    October | All month                    | 10.00 am-5.30 pm | Texaco Children’s Art Collection
     Bring your brush and paints and join a group of local artists for the morning        Exhibition | A selection of local and regional winning artworks from recent Texaco children’s
     October | Wednesday 10 | 11.00 am | Douglas Reading Circle                           art competitions on display in the Lightwell Gallery
     New members welcome                                                                  October | Tuesday 02, 09, 16                           | 11.30 am – 1.00 pm| Ukulele for
     October | Thursday 11 | 6.30 pm | Lennox Robinson Tribute                            beginners
                                                                                          Beginners ukulele for retired people, as part of a programme to promote healthy ageing, a
     Evening | An evening of poetry, song and stories                                     joint initiative between HSE Primary Care Clinical Psychology Services and Cork City Libraries.
     October | Thursday 18                     | 6.00 pm | Creative Writing for fun       For more information and to book your free place contact 086-7871716.
     New members welcome
                                                                                          October | Tuesday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 | 10.00 am-10.45 | Storytime for
     October | Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 6.30 pm | Adult Chess Club                        Children | A morning of story, song and rhyme for children from birth to 4 years accompanied
                                                                                          by an adult.
     New members welcome
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     October | Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10.30 am- 12.30 pm | Ageing
     Well | Are you over 60 and interested in finding out more about physical and mental               Tory Top                                        Tory Top Road, Ballyphehane
     health, sleep patterns, everyday activities, ways to overcome loneliness, safety in the home
     and community? Ageing Well is an interactive 8 week programme run by Primary Care
     Occupational Therapy in Cork. Please contact 021 -4923194                                        September | Friday 14, 21, 28 and October 5,
     October | Tuesday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 | 10.00 am-11.30 | Tuesdays at                                12, 19 | 11.00 – 12.30 pm | Intercultural Studies Course | This six week
     Ten Guitar Club | Informal guitar jamming session for adults who want to learn new songs         course deals with what a country’s culture means to people. Come along and
     and brush up on their skills. Guitar and a good knowledge of guitar chords needed. New           participate in discovering your cultural identity.
     members welcome, admission free                                                                  Places Limited. Booking essential.

     October | Wednesday 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 | 10.30 am | Knitting                                      September | Tuesday 25 | 11.00 | Gramophone Recital
                                                                                                      Tory Top Library Gramophone Recital. Admission Free. All welcome.
     and Crochet Group | New members welcome, admission free
     October | Thursday 4 | 12.30 pm | Gramophone Recital                                             October | Tuesday 30 | 11.00 | Gramophone Recital.
                                                                                                      Tory Top Library Gramophone Recital. Admission Free. All welcome.
     Free of charge, all welcome

     October | Saturday 6, 13, 20, 27 | 10.30 am-5.30 pm | Family day
     at the library | Join us for a fun day packed with books, board games, colouring pages
     and a Tale at Two. To celebrate Childrens Book Fest, Hollyhill library present a Tale at Two :
     a reading of Roald Dahl classics every Saturday in October at 2 pm . Admission free

     October | Saturday 6 | 11.00 am - 2.00 pm | Cork Songwriter Club                                 October |
     The Cork Songwriter Club are a group of local songwriters who share ideas, collaborate on
     songs, listen to original music of members and have fun. All songwriters, from beginners to
                                                                                                      Saturday 6 |
                                                                                                      10.00 | Signed Storytime
     more experienced in whatever genre are welcome to attend. Admission free                         Storytelling with Barbara for Ages 0-5 years with an emphasis on sensory
                                                                                                      experiences. Come join us and awaken the senses. Limited Spaces. Booking

              Mayfield                                           Old Youghal Rd, Montenotte
                                                                                                      Essential. Phone 021-4924934. This story time will be signed by sign language
                                                                                                      interpreter Ray Greene.

                                                                                                      September | Saturday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and
           September | Wednesday 12 | 11.00 am | Book Club
           New members welcome                                                                        October 6, 13, 20 | 2.30 – 3.00 pm| Colouring Competition
                                                                                                      All welcome.
           October | Wednesday 10 | 11.00 am | Book Club
           New members welcome                                                                        September | Saturday 29 and October 20 | 9.30
                                                                                                      am | Sensory Story time | Storytelling with Deirdre Ryan with an emphasis on
           October | Children’s Colouring | Competition throughout                                    sensorial experiences. Come join us and awaken the senses. Fun and games in
           the month                                                                                  plenty supply. Limited Spaces. Booking essential.
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 Be a part of this city wide bookclub!
 One City, One Book

 Yiyun Li was Born in Beijing. Her first collection of short stories, A Thousand Years of Good
 Prayers, won the PEN/Hemingway and Frank O’Connor International Short Story awards. She
 was cited as a writing talent to watch on the New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” list — the stories
 in her masterful collection, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, often focus with great empathy on older
 generations who survived the chaos and personal disruptions of the Cultural Revolution. She
 is Professor of Creative Writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University.

 Yiyun Li will be in The City Library, Grand Parade on October 10 to launch One City One Book.
 A number of free copies of the book will be available on the night.
The City Library 57 – 61 Grand Parade,   Cork 021-4924900 - libraries@corkcity.ie
                          Lending Library: 021-4924908 interlibrary@corkcity.ie
                          Children’s Library: 021-4924903 childrens_library@corkcity.ie
                          Rory Gallagher Music Library: 021-4924919 music_library@corkcity.ie
                          Reference Library: 021-4924911 reference_library@corkcity.ie
                          Local Studies Library: 021-4924914 local_studies@corkcity.ie
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Bishopstown Library Wilton, Cork - 0214924950 - bishopstown_library@corkcity.ie
Blackpool Library Bowler House, Redforge Road, Blackpool, Cork - 021 4924933 - blackpool_library@corkcity.ie
Douglas Library Douglas Village Shopping Centre, Cork - 021 4924932
Frank O’Connor Library, Mayfield Old Youghal Road, Mayfield. Cork- 021 4924935 - mayfield_library@corkcity.ie
Hollyhill Library Harbour View Road, Knocknaheeny, Cork - 021 4924928 - hollyhill_library@corkcity.ie
Torytop Library Tory Top Road, Ballyphehane, Cork - 021 4924934 - torytop_library@corkcity.ie
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