14/06/2005

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Reading  at the Library Week June 20^th-June 24^th.

 What do ten women authors, a schools rugby legend, award-winning children’s writers and five thousand new books 

  have in common?

 Celebrating 150 years of Irish Public Libraries that’s what!

For on week starting June 20^th 2005 South Dublin Libraries will join with public libraries throughout Ireland in a celebration to mark the first 150years of Irish public libraries . What’s happening in South Dublin Libraries?

 On Wednesday 22^nd June at 7.30 a Midsummer Feast of Writers takes place in Ballyroan Library, Rathfarnham.

 Following on from their success at the James Joyce Summer School in Trieste, ten writers will gather in Ballyroan

 Library to read short extracts from their work. Mingle with the authors over a glass of wine and celebrate the longest

 day of the year. Ivy Bannister, Sheila Barrett, Mary Rose Callaghan, Colette Connor, Celia De Freine, Catherine

 Dunne, Mariyln McLaughlin, Lia mills, Clairr O’Conor and Mairide Woods will be there and all are welcome.

  Which schools rugby legend did you say?

 The Miseducation Years, The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years and The Teenage Dirtbag Years, are all part of

 the autobiographical series of the infamous Ross O’Carroll Kelly and have been a huge success in Irish publishing

 recently. Paul Howard, the author of these books, is chief sports writer with the Sunday Tribune and a former Sports

 journalist of the Year. He will read from his hilarious account of the life and times of Ross – a schools rugby legend in

 Clondalkin Library on Wednesday 22^nd at 7.30pm and all are very welcome.

 Anything happening for children?

 Oisin McGann fresh from the Bisto Awards and Gillian Perdue, winner of the Eilis Dillion Memorial Award will meet

 children for Lucan and Tallaght during the weeklong celebrations. These visits are being organised in association with

 local schools.

 Have we forgotten the books?

 Absolutely not! Eight new collections of books for adults and children will be available from the 20^th June in branches

 of South Dublin Libraries. Against all Odds, Laugh out Loud, Txt, One For The Lads, Poetry Rocks …….. check them

  out – over 5000 new books are waiting for you. 

Further information available from Ballyroan Library, 4941900, Clondalkin Library, 4593315 or Library HQ 4597959 or on http://www.southdublinlibraries.ie/