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The Society of Irish Medical Writers Annual Meeting 2008 in association with Helix Health will be held on Friday, Feb 29th (6pm - 10 pm) and Saturday, March 1st (9 am - 6pm) at the Radisson SAS Farnham Estate Hotel, County Cavan.
Doctors and health journalists are invited to attend.
Details are enclosed below:
Friday, February 29th
6pm – 9pm
Storytelling workshop hosted by Mick Quinn, the "father figure of the Northern Irish song tradition".
Saturday, March 1st
Guest speaker Lia Mills, author of In Your Face – "One Women’s Encounter with Cancer, Doctors, Nurses, Machines, Family, Friends And A Few Enemies".
"Lia Mill’s In Your Face was a life-changing book for me" – Anne Enright, winner of the Man Booker Prize, writing in The Irish Times, 1/12/07.
Workshops include:
Creative Writing – Lia Mills.
How To Get Published – Aine McCarthy (aka Orna Ross), Font International, novelist and writing coach.
Writing for the medical and general media – (speaker to be confirmed).
Weblogs, Podcasts and New Media – Colin Kerr, editor EuroTimes and former editor Irish Medical Times.
Course Fee (including attendance at all lectures/workshops and complimentary buffet lunch):
E150 payable by cheque to the Society of Irish Medical Writers,
27 Belgrove Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3.
Closing date: Monday, December 31st.
For special rate for accommodation at Radisson SAS Farnham Estate Hotel, contact Patsy Mooney, Farnham Estate, Cavan. Tel: 0494 377700, no later than Tuesday, 18th January. Early booking is recommended.
Accommodation bookings cannot be made through the Society, but a list of bed and breakfasts will be supplied on request.
For further information contact Colin Kerr. Mobile 087-7843422
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