Call for Sponsorship for Gort Literature Festival

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Tuesday January 05, 2010 11:48

by Fred Johnston - The Western Writers' Centre, Galway - IOnad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlin Maude

westernwriters at eircom dot net

Canavan House, Nuns Island, Galway

087.2178138

'The Forge at Gort' literary festival is set for the end of March

The third Forge at Gort literature festival at the town of Gort, Co. Galway, is due to take place at the end of March. The festival celebrates the presence of W.B.Yeats, the forge from which he drew materials to reconstruct Thoor Ballylee, and the significance of this town in the Irish Literary renaissance. It is no secret that arts' organisations throughout the country have suffered from Arts Council budget cuts.

Storyteller Eddie Lenihan reading at a previous festival

We are appealing to you to help us to keep this two-day festival going and to make it a prominent and consistent feature of the literary calendar. You can do this in a number of ways: (a) by sponsoring a single reading or literary event (b) by sponsoring advertising (posters) (c) by sponsoring a newspaper advertisement.

You can also become a Friend of the Western Writers' Centre at any time for €50 or for €100. In return for any element of the above you would receive (a) free admission to any paying events at the festival or during the year (b) published acknowledgement of your support on all press material, including posters, advertisements, on-line announcements and broadcast media announcements. We do hope you will support us.

You can contact us at any time for further details to Niamh at westernwriters@eircom.net or by phoning Fred Johnston at (087) 2178138 Please visit our website at www.twwc.ie and you can also find us on MySpace and FaceBook

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Arts Council Funding for Gort Literature Festival '10

by Fred Johnston - Western Writers' Centre, Galway

Tue Jan 05, 2010 17:56

The Arts Council have today informed the Centre that they are funding them for the 2010 Forge at Gort Literary festival. This, coupled with sponsorship from a private individual in Dublin, is welcome news and means that the festival can mature into its third year. More news will be broadcast as we get it. The Centre still welcomes every sort of donation and form of sponsorship, and don't forget our 'Friend of the Centre' scheme as mentioned above.

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