Irish PEN presents: A Fact-Finding Mission:  Insights into the World of Non-Fiction publishing. Was Dickens’s Thomas Gradgrind secretly the first non-fiction commissioning editor, when he exclaimed: ‘Now, what I want is, Facts…. stick to Facts, Sir!’? Or did he just have a healthy respect for the breadth and wondrous world of communicating factual information, recording lives [...]

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  Newsletter, Spring 2010           www.irishpen.com.  Tel:  087-966 0770 email: info@irishpen.com   Irish PEN acknowledges the ongoing support of The Arts Council and Dublin City Council’s Arts Office.   OUT AND ABOUT IN 2010   When we emerged out of hibernation from the early January snow, it was great to have such a range of [...]

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  Shane and Vanessa O’Loughlin Senator David Norris acclaiming Brendan Kennelly, before Anne Hartigan and Brendan Kennelly Brendan Kennelly Anne Hartigan, Brendan Kennelly and Senator David Norris Blessed is Brendan among women, at the Irish PEN dinner and award, January 2010

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Irish PEN presents: ‘Finding a Home for your Writing’: opportunities in the print media.’ This is our annual meeting dedicated to Associate Members, who like nothing more than to write, write, write, but who occasionally would like to see their words on the printed page. The format will consist of short presentations from a Panel of [...]

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Words by Joe Armstrong, Photo by Caroline Brady Brendan Kennelly is probably the best-loved figure in Irish public life, said Senator David Norris, speaking at the Irish PEN award ceremony on Friday 29th January 2010.  He described Kennelly as one of the world’s greatest teachers. In a funny and entertaining speech that had the captive audience [...]

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