The Irish PEN Award for Contribution to Irish Literature 2009 It is with great pleasure that we announce that the winner of the 2009 Irish PEN Award for Contribution to Irish Literature is Brendan Kennelly. The Award will be presented at The Irish Pen Annual Dinner on Friday 29th January 2010 at The Royal St [...]

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Press Release 14 May 2009

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The Google Copyright Settlement:Writers must act before May 5th or cede rights to Google Where: United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 When: 8 p.m. Thursday 16 April Cost: Euro 3 members & Euro 5 non-members The recent Google copyright settlement has extraordinary implications for writers and authors. The printed word and intellectual [...]

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Mark O’Halloran wrote the brilliant film Garage, a touching and sensitive study into a simple man, Josie, played by Pat Shortt, which won the Best Script for Film at the 2008 Irish Film and Television Awards. The film was acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival. He wrote and starred in the film Adam and Paul, [...]

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Irish PEN presents:Ah Go On, Go On, Go On, Go On, GO ON! An Evening with Pauline McLynnWhere: United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2When: 8 p.m. Thursday 11 December Pauline McLynn was born in Sligo, raised in Galway and now divides her life between Dublin and London. She’s a graduate of Trinity [...]

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