In this 90-minute session, YA writer and reviewer Claire Hennessy will explore the key things to consider when writing for teenagers today

Please be advised that Blue Flag Beaches in Fingal - Donabate, Rush South and Portmarnock - have a prohibition on dogs, with the exception of assistance dogs, in the blue flag area from 01st June -15th September between the hours of 11am to 7pm.

Have you got lots of ideas but can’t get them down on paper? Is your writing happening in fits and starts and going nowhere? Have you written in the past or would love to start to write now?

Is the choice of subject matter or ‘content’ crucial to the effectiveness of a poem? If so, how do we distil experience to find its poetic essence? And then, how do we develop what John Cage called the ‘field of possibilities’ that will make the poem happen in its most appropriate form?

Comedian Pierre Novellie will be in conversation with writer and performer Erin McGathy, to discuss his book Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?

The sod has been turned on the new €15m St Michael's School in Skerries, representing a significant investment in special education for the area

The Carnegie in Swords is delighted to participate in this initiative by the French Embassy, celebrating French culture and marking the close friendship between Ireland and France where we will screen 2 films