Musical Vegetables and Liars
This week's World of Writing newsletter features musical vegetables and talk of liars.
WordNerd: Cáipéis
The WordNerd has another good Irish (Gaelic) word for you. She came across the word cáipéis recently during some bureaucratic discussions and was told that there was an Irish word for paperwork, cáipéis.
A friend of the WordNerd’s told her that he knew people in West Waterford who used it in that sense, but the more exact definition is of a legal document. To her, the sound of the word cáipéis accurately reflects the annoyance of having to deal with paperwork.
What’s Going On: Family Carers Ireland Workshop
= I've been asked to deliver two creative writing workshops for Family Carers Ireland in Waterford as part of National Carers' Week in June. They're both happening in libraries, which I'm excited about because I haven't done a library workshop since 2019.
They'll give family carers a free 90-minute holiday from the responsibilities in their lives. Here are the details for the Ardkeen Library workshop and here are the details for the Tramore Library workshop.
Grammar Grouch: Musical Vegetables
It's brilliant that we can all get out into the world again for gigs, but the Grammar Grouch is puzzled by some of the acts who are displaying their musical wares. He came across an ad for a gig leek.
Was he expected to witness a performance from a musical vegetable? On closer inspection he discovered that it was merely advance notice of a gig coming up, which should have read gig leak.
You’ll see some leeks on the right-hand side of this pciture, big and green, and some beetroots on the left-hand side.
Submission Opportunity: The Four-Faced Liar
It's always exciting to hear about a new literary journal, and The Four-Faced Liar is a new Cork-based journal set to launch in Autumn 2022. Submissions are open for issue one.
They plan to pay people accepted to the journal and won't charge for submissions. They're looking for fiction of up to 4,000 words, flash fiction of up to 1,000 words and poetry of up to three pages. Submissions are open until 15 June. Check it out.
Writing Resource: Museum of Literature Ireland
We're leading into tourist season, and if you're visiting Dublin or you're visiting from abroad, you might like to check out the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI). It contains exhibitions (the current one is about Joyce) and treasures from the National Libraries of Ireland.
There's also a library, a cafe, and tranquil gardens right in the city centre. I must add it to my own list next time I'm in Dublin. Have a look at their website.
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