Ulla’s Nib

Our Business Development
programme is under way, creating
more mentoring places, putting
professional skills into writers’
groups and professionalising the
organisation with a dedicated
training programme. Our digital
press has enabled us to print the
magazine in-house, develop our
own publishing imprint – lava
Publications, and to offer printing
facilities outside the organisation,
from short run books and
magazines to leaflets, posters and
marketing material. Through this,
we are starting to generate our own
income, which is enhancing our
resources and programme delivery.
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Our current Development and
Outreach project is culminating in
two events. We have been working
with several community groups
on a storytelling project entitled
‘Stories my Granny Used to Tell
Me’, and are organising a family
storytelling event of this name as
part of the Young at Art Festival.
This takes place at 4pm on May 28th
at the Old Museum Arts Centre,
with local storytellers Fra Gunn
and Liz Gough, and mixes stories
from the workshops combined
with traditional tales. Tickets for
this event will be available through
the Young At Art Festival. We are
also creating an anthology from
this series, which will be launched
at the Linen Hall Library on April
28th at 10am,with a storytelling
performance by Fra Gunn and
project participants. This event will
be free and suitable for children.
Bookings can be made through the
Linen Hall Library at (028) 90 321
707.

We have been working hard to
bring out this first issue of our new
magazine, but we have many more
projects and events upcoming as
well. In partnership with the Linen
Hall Library, we are helping to
create the new Literary Miscellany
section in the Ulster Tatler. This
will be another new showcase for
local writing, including reviews and
articles, as well as short stories and
poetry. Interested writers should
get in touch with us regarding
submissions.