Library News
Cork Lifelong Learning Festival 2010
Cork Lifelong Learning Festival begins on March 22. Brochures are available in all city libraries. For a full list of events, please visit the Cork City Council website. 
Book launches at the Central Library
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Louis de Paor Tom McCarthy will launch the new bilingual collection of poetry and CD Agus Rud Eile De / And Another Thing by Louis de Paor in The Central Library, Grand Parade. The launch takes place on Thursday 11 March at 7.00 p.m. Louis de Paor will sign copies of the new book and read excerpts at the event. All are welcome and admission is free. |
Aloys Fleischmann
Cork City Libraries celebrate the life of Aloys Fleischmann Jnr. at the Central Library, Grand Parade, Cork
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 at 7.00 pm
• Opening of exhibition “Fleischmann, Family, & Friends”
• Launch of book The Fleischmanns: A Remarkable Cork Family – A Companion to the Fleischmann Centenary Celebration published by Cork City Libraries 2010
• Launch of The Fleischmann Centenary Programme Brochure : published by Cork City Council Fleischmann Working Group.
Keynote address by Emeritus Professor John A. Murphy.
The 52-page book includes well illustrated biographies on Tilly, Aloys Snr and Professor Aloys Fleischmann with many rare photographs. Text by Séamas de Barra, Ruth Fleischmann, and Patrick Zuk. The book will be available for sale on the night at a special price of €8 (normal price €10).
The exhibition tells the story of Prof Aloys Fleischmann - his childhood, his parents Tilly & Aloys, his career in UCC and in the city and is illustrated with photographs and other images. Digital selections of his letters, diaries, photographs, Dachau paintings, recordings and manuscript scores will be available for viewing.
The exhibition will remain in the Central Library until April 2010 and then tour other libraries and venues in Cork and around the country.
The Fleischmann Centenary Programme Brochure
Aloys Fleischmann is without doubt one of the most important figures in music in Ireland in the last century and to mark his centenary celebration a host of concerts, recitals, exhibitions, dance performances, public lectures, conferences and special tributes are taking place in Ireland, Germany, England, America and China throughout 2010..
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Cork City Libraries present The Year of the Constant Reader
With the enthusiastic support of Frinailla Developments Ltd. and International Educational Services Ltd., as well as our media partners The Evening Echo and 96FM, we will transform 2009 into The Year of The Constant Reader. www.constantreader.ie
Throughout 2009 we'll gather at Cork City Libraries to feast upon the printed word; to exchange lists, to meet with writers, to share a vibrant year of reading.....
The Year of the Constant Reader is a year-long celebration with a focus on reading in all its variety. We aim to encourage the people of Cork to enjoy the benefits and pleasures of reading. 2009 is the year when Cork City Libraries say a big 'Thank You' to our constant readers -- those who have used the libraries for many years and those who are newcomers in the magical territory of the written word.
For more information contact constantreader@corkcity.ie.
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Lord Mayor Cllr Brian Bermingham, writers Alannah Hopkin and Theo Dorgan, City Librarian Liam Ronayne, Joy Hennebry and Gina Reidy of 96 FM, Michael Conway Snr, Frinailla Development Ltd., Ray Lougheed, Evening Echo, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald, Chair of the Strategic Policy Committee for Culture in Cork City Council and Cork city book club members pictured at the launch of the Year of the Constant Reader Stories project in the English Market
Festivals Cork - Autumn / Winter 2009
Welcome to the first Festivals Cork guide - your at-a-glance look at what’s on for the Autumn/Winter period 2009! We hope you’ll find this useful - as a reference and a guide - for all things festivaly in Cork. Festivals '09 - Autumn and Winter Programme
Increase in Library Charges
| At its budget meeting on 15 December 2008, Cork City Council revised charges for library use as follows: Children, state pensioners, persons on disability pension & dependent spouses, students up to 18 in full-time education, persons in receipt of carer’s allowance Unemployed persons & dependent spouses, lone parents, asylum seekers, students over 18 Adult members of Rory Gallagher Music Library These revised charges & fines take effect from 1 January 2009 |