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CLARE will be taking part in an immense celebration of books and reading, World Book Day on Thurs- day March 5.
Clare County Library is inviting children from primary and post pri- mary schools across the county to enter a poetry competition in recog- nition of this event.
Entries will be judged by poet and dramatist Terry McDonagh who has published several collections of po- etry, a book of letters and a novel for young people. He has written in Australia, Asia, several European countries and in Ireland where he was resident writer in Coole Park in 2006.
Now living in Mayo, Terry has toured Clare libraries during last year’s Children’s Book Festival and has presented creative writing work- shops, courses for teachers and po- etry readings for children and adults throughout Ireland.
Competitors can write a poem of any length on any subject and send it to: WBD Poetry Competition, Library Headquarters, Mill Road, Ennis. Entries must be received by Monday, February 16 and must show the name, age, school and class, home address and home telephone number of the poet.
There will be four categories for the poems to be judged under: primary fourth class and under, primary fifth to sixth, post-primary Junior Certifi- cate and under, post-primary Leav- ing Certificate and under. Twenty finalists will be selected from each category.
A reception will be held for final- ists at DeValera Library Ennis on World Book Day at 8pm when each finalist will have the opportunity to share their winning poem with an audience. All forty poems will be published in a book to mark World Book Day 2009 by Clare County L1i- brary. Copies will be stocked in all branches of the library.