[acornlive] Att Jess- Re: trinity's creative writing m.phil
Tanya Farrelly (acornlive@dublinwriters.org)
Sun, 05 Nov 2000 21:35:41 GMT
Hi Jess,
Ah it is nice to see one who admires such a wonderfully cosy and old-
world shop as the winding stair at the halfpenny bridge. I myself love
the place. It provides a fabulous selection of books.
I am interested in corresponding as you are obviously serious about
your writing if you have as you say 'your heart set' on doing the M.
Phil at Trinity. Unfortunately I don't know an awful lot about it. I do
know that Claire Keegan, one of the contemporary Irish writers who I
greatly admire did this very course, and if her collection 'Antarctica'
is anything to go by, it was well worth while! I am at present
investigating details regarding a home study course, in which you can
get anything u to an honours diploma in creative writing. The web
address is as follows :www.home-study.com It is run by the London
School of journalism. Anyway, you can look it up, it might be of
interest.
Please feel free to e me @ Tanyaf@dol.ie, or at the acorn live address.
Tanya.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nessa O'Mahony" <nessa@indigo.ie>
Date: Thursday, November 2, 2000 6:41 am
Subject: [acornlive] Re: trinity's creative writing m.phil
> Hi Jessica
>
> I've heard great things about the course, having known quite a few
> people who've done it over the past few years. It's run by two
> excellent poets, Gerald Dawe and Brendan Kenneally, and they
> always have access to excellent prose writers to teach - for
> example, Anne Enright taught last year, and Ian Kilroy and Marina
> Carr have also taught on the course.
>
> From what I can gather, the group of students always form
> amazing bonds - there is such an atmosphere of mutual support
> and constructive criticism throughout the year - and with an
> emphasis on producing a body of work by the end of the period, it
> certainly cuts through any blocks writers might have been having.
>
> The one caution - I gather there is always far more demand than
> places - something like 600 applications and 16 places, I've heard.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> best of luck with it
>
> Nessa O'Mahony
> Dublin Writers Workshop
>
> From: "Jessica Moore" <bettyjessm@hotmail.com>
> To: acornlive@dublinwriters.org
> Date sent: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 17:40:41 GMT
> Send reply to: acornlive@dublinwriters.org
>
> > hello all,
> >
> > i've been silently observing for a wee while now, and am finally
> going to
> > jump in with a question...
> >
> > i have my heart set on going to Trinity a year from now, and
> wondered if
> > anyone had an inside scoop on the master's program in creative
> writing
> > offered there. have you heard good things? daunting things?
> if any of you
> > have, please let me know.
> >
> > (as an aside, i wanted to express my excitement, as a canadian,
> at
> > recognizing - in fact, at situating precisely in my mind - the
> Winding Stair
> > bookshop. i was in dublin in june and have a black & white
> photograph with
> > a view of the shop from the bridge. it's a warm, possessive,
> worldly
> > feeling - like reading a book in which the 3ieme quartier in
> paris is
> > mentioned and being able to say hey! i've BEEN there - with a
> mixture of
> > familiarity and pride clearly intelligible in your voice)
> >
> > yours,
> > jess
> >
>
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