Special guest writer at this year’s summer school is JULIA O'FAOLAIN. Other writers appearing will be announced in due course.
First established by the Irish Studies Centre in 1996, the summer school runs for two nights per week for six weeks and aims to provide an informal but informative setting for students wishing to study Irish literature over the summer. The course consists of a mixture of lectures, seminars, readings and cultural activities.
Each week an established Irish writer comes to read and speak about their work to the students. Two evenings prior to this, students read, discuss and analyse extracts of the writer's work with the course tutor. Writers' motivations and experience of emigration to and/or life in London are also discussed in the context of their work. The writers talk about their background, experiences of getting their work published and performed and provide advice to those students interested in such a course. The students read and learn about a broad spectrum of Irish writing including fiction, autobiography, drama, travel writing and poetry and gain valuable insights into the different approaches such types of writing involve.
N.B. Whilst this is not a creative writing course, it will complement such a course of study at London Metropolitan University or elsewhere. No prior qualifications are required to attend.
For further course information contact Tony Murray at t.murray@londonmet.ac.uk
