Book event to take place at Elizabeth Fort this April

Sun, 18 Feb, 2024 - 09:15

Rachel Lysaght

EXPLORE the historic Elizabeth Fort this April 28 for Cork World Book Festival.

This event will be part of the book festival’s collaboration with Cork City Library and Cork City Council Arts Office.

The event will showcase Cork’s up-and-coming and established writers, poets, and spoken-word performers through readings, live music, and poetry performances, and drop-in style workshops.

This will be a part of a series of five interactive arts events due to take place from February to May aimed at promoting collaboration and helping artists, planners, local festivals, and community organisers to bring outdoor performances to cities and towns across Ireland.

The Planning for Outdoor Performance (POP) partnership and events series is delivered by five local-authority arts offices, including Roscommon as the lead partner, Cork City, Kerry, Laois, and Tipperary, in partnership with the National Resource Organisations ISACS, Poetry Ireland, Music Network, and Theatre Forum.

The POP series further promotes the initiative and shows what can be achieved when groups work together locally. The outdoor events are all arts-based and free for the public to attend.

Speaking at the launch of the POP series, Rhona McGrath, arts officer at Roscommon County Council, said: “POP was developed to help cultural and voluntary groups feel more confident about running outdoor performance events and what that entails, from road closures to artistic inspiration.

“The goal driving this overall project is all about capacity building, by providing the necessary information and tools to community groups, arts and festival organisers.

“This will serve to enrich both community enjoyment of the arts and upskill stakeholders to make them more confident in hosting such events.”