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Joseph O’Connor issues invitation to students to apply for MA in creative writing

Gilen Foden and Donal Ryan also part of University of Limerick course

Joseph O’Connor, the Frank McCourt chair of creative writing at the University of Limerick. Photograph: Eric Luke

Wed Dec 10 2014 - 10:07

Author Joseph O’Connor, the Frank McCourt chair of creative writing at the University of Limerick, has set up an MA in Creative Writing and is hoping to get the word out to potential students or others who might be interested.

It's a one year full-time course taught by O'Connor himself (Ghost Light, Redemption Falls, Star of the Sea) and Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland, with Donal Ryan (The Thing About December, The Spinning Heart) as the Arts Council Writer in Residence.

They are currently accepting applications for the academic year starting in September 2015. Applicants are asked to send 3,000 words of their fiction and a one-page letter outlining why they would like to work with the above writers at UL. Material can be sent to joseph.oconnor@ul.ie