Festival Programme

Please check below for date, venue and time of shows. You can find out more
about the contributors by clicking the links provided below.

Date	Time	Venue	Event
March 16 (Tuesday)	19.00	Greyfriars Municipal Gallery	Art Exhibition - W.I.T. Graphic Art Students respond to elements within Seán Dunne's Poetry. Admission: Free (Refreshments)
March 18 (Thursday)	19.00	The Large Room - City Hall	Official opening of Festival by Mayor of Waterford, Councillor John Halligan. Admission: Free (Refreshments)
	19.30	The Large Room - City Hall	Awards Night: Presentation of Seán Dunne Young Writer’s Awards. Keynote speech by John Boyne, award winning author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Admission: Free (Refreshments)
March 19 (Friday)	10.00	The Large Room - City Hall	John Boyne, award winning author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas will read from his latest work The House of Special Purpose. Admission: Free
	10.30 - 15.30	Central Library	John W. Sexton, poet, musician and writer of fiction for young adults will host a writing workshop for teenagers. Closed session.
	14.30	Tower Hotel	Claire Keegan, author of Antarctica (1999) and Walk the Blue Fields. Admission: Free (2007) will be reading from her work. Following on from her reading, Claire will be interviewed by author Ellen McCarthy.
	15.00	Central Library	*“As words transformed by poetry’s touch…”* an afternoon of poetry in Central Library. Poet Michael Coady will read from his latest work: Going By Water. John W. Sexton will read from two collections, Petit Mal and Vortex. The Central Library’s Poetry Circle will read poetry inspired by an exhibition of aerial photographs of Waterford City. Admission: Free
	18.15	Central Library	*TAKE 5!* The Scriptwriter Seminars in association with Push Pull Productions present five original scripts for an evening of love, revenge, secrecy and obsession… Join the host Alan Cliff for an evening of adventure into the creative, the imaginative and most of all, the original! Admission: Free
	19.30	Greyfriars' Municipal Gallery	Book Launch: Terror Haza (House of Terror) by poet Alan Garvey. Admission: Free (Refreshments)
	21.00	Dunmore Room, Tower Hotel.	Tramore Writers Group read from their work. Admission: Free
March 20 (Saturday)	10.00	Tower Hotel	Literary breakfast with Pauline McLynn and John W. Sexton. Admission: €12.50
	11.30	Tower Hotel	Celebrate: Readings from Seán Dunne’s work by poet Michael Coady, Dr Eibhear Walshe, family and friends. Admission Free
	14.00	Waterford Museum of Treasures	Dr Eibhear Walshe reads from his memoir Cissie’s Abattoir. Admission: Free
	14.30	Greyfriars' Municipal Gallery	Young Writers Read: Young writers from the Creative Writing course ran in conjunction with the Seán Dunne Writers' Festival, Poetry Ireland and W.Y.A.. Admission: Free
	15.00	Central Library	*“Lawns and poems and tales are art…”* An afternoon of reading in Central Library. Readers of different genres will be able to listen to five different authors reading from and discussing their work. Featuring: Christine Dwyer Hickey, is the award-winning author of a number of novels including Last Train from Liguria Arlene Hunt is the author of a popular crime series including False Intentions, Black Sheep, Missing Presumed Dead and Undertow. Roisin Meaney, author of children and adults novels is the writer of Half Seven on a Thursday and seven other titles. Pauline McLynn is the creator of the character of private eye Leo Street and has written four other titles. Mary O Donnell, award-winning poet, short story writer and novelist will read from her work, The Ark Builders. Admission Free
	19.00	Moved to Greyfriars Gallery	Wine Reception. Admission: Free
	19.30	Moved to Greyfriars Gallery	*Under the lens of the critical gaze; the role of the critic in the media.* A lively debate and question and answer session between Rosita Boland, Alan Garvey, Alannah Hopkin and Mary O Donnell chaired by WLRFM's Ian Noctor. Admission: Free

City Hall, The Mall, Waterford

How to get there...

Travelling from north of Waterford
Cross Rice Bridge – turning left. Travel down Quay past the Clock Tower, numerous carparks and a white-tented stage (the Millenium Plaza) on your left. Follow the road around The Tower Hotel staying in the right-hand lane. Find parking after the traffic lights. City Hall is on your right.

Travelling from south of Waterford
Stay on main road as if heading for the Quays. City Hall is just after the Theatre Royal on your left-hand-side.

Central Library, Lady Lane, Waterford

How to get there...

Travelling from north of Waterford
Cross Rice Bridge, turn left and park in one of the car parks along the Quay. Cross the street at the clock tower and continue straight up through John Roberts Square, straight up Broad Street (Dunnes is on the left) and turn left onto Lady Lane. The Library is approximately 20 meters on the left along Lady Lane.

Travelling from south of Waterford
Go straight through the Butlerstown Roundabout on the outskirts of the City. Continue straight, passing Waterford Crystal, continuing along Manor Street Parnell Street and The Mall until you reach the Quays. Continue along the Quay, there are a number of car parks on the right, park along here. Cross the street at the clock tower and continue straight up through John Roberts Square, straight up Broad Street (Dunnes is on the left) and turn left onto Lady Lane. The Library is approximately 20 meters on the left along Lady Lane.

From the Tower Hotel
Cross the street outside the hotel. Turn left, then right up Catherine Street and left onto Lady Lane. The library is on the right approximately 200 meters along the street.
http://www.waterfordcity.ie/library/centrallibrary.htm

Greyfriars' Municipal Gallery, Greyfriars St., Waterford

Greyfriars is one of the venues for the Seán Dunne Writers' Festival. It features an exhibition by W.I.T. Design students based on the poems of Seán Dunne.

The Gallery is open during the festival at the following times:
Tuesday evening 7pm – exhibition opening with refreshments (All Welcome)
Thursday 11am – 5pm.
Friday 11am - 9pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

How to get to Greyfriars Municipal Gallery

Travelling from north of Waterford
Cross over bridge – turning left. Travel down Quay past the Clock Tower and numerous carparks and a white-tented stage (the Millenium Plaza) on your left. Look to your right and you will see a “Conquer Cancer” shop on the corner of “Greyfriars St." The Gallery is in a church halfway up that street on your left.
For Parking, the Quay is the best.

Travelling from south of Waterford
Stay on main road and head for the Quay. You will turn left around Reginald’s Tower. You will pass a small lane on your left (Bailey’s New Street) and it is the next turn on your left. “Greyfriars St." The Gallery is in a church halfway up that street on your left.

Waterford Museum of Treasures at the Granary

How to get to there...

Waterford Museum of Treasures at the Granary is located on Merchants Quay at the corner of Hanover Street, close to Rice Bridge http://www.waterfordtreasures.com/