IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING...
Work your way to West Cork
West Cork Literary Festival is taking place online up to July 30 with a series of writing workshops with Paul McVeigh, Cynan Jones, Claire Nelson and Rachel Andrews. Teenage writers can sign up for the popular ‘Words Allowed’ workshop with Dave Lordan and ER Murray. This high-energy workshop approach includes talks and Q&A sessions and covers traditional forms such as poem, story and song as well as the essentials of YouTube and online video production. www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie
Greet Guinness
The Guinness gates are open again — and to say thank you to all those who kept our hospitals, supermarkets, utilities and transport working, Guinness Storehouse is offering free admission to all frontline workers from now to December 31. Also this month and next, the Soon is Now exhibition by Creatives Against Covid-19, featuring artwork from the worldwide campaign, will be on display in the Storehouse. To claim your free ticket as a frontline worker, go to www. guinness-storehouse.com/en/frontline
Talk about Tiny
Fishamble challenged people in Ireland and around the world to write 600-word Tiny Plays — and will now show a selection of submitted entries online from Friday at 7pm. Audiences can join Fishamble for the premiere, which is free to view, though donations are greatly appreciated. The shows will then be available to watch until Monday, August 3 on Fishamble’s YouTube channel. You can register for the premiere at eventbrite.ie at https://bit.ly/TinyPlays247
Vote For Epic
Help Epic, the Irish Emigration Museum in the CHQ on Custom House Quay in Dublin, keep the title of Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction. Epic is delighted to be nominated for the same award again this year and it needs your help to make it two in a row. Vote at the World Travel Awards — and to say thank you, Epic would like to treat you to 25pc off your next visit: just use the code EPICtoWIN when booking. Voting closes on August 17. To register to vote, visit worldtravelawards.com/vote