Recently I have had the pleasure of
working alongside authors Mary Bradford and Marie O'Halloran in compiling a new
anthology for our writers group. This anthology is a collection of stories and
poetry from the Charleville Writers Group. Based in County Cork, the group has
been formed for a number of years.
Members have enjoyed publishing
success with their work so it was decided to put a collection together to bring
awareness of the group to the local community.
In doing so we decided that a
percentage of the sales of this book should benefit a local charity. Because of
the important work they do in the Charleville area we felt it was important to
support the local Suicide Awareness Project.
Formed
in 2008, the aim of the Charleville Suicide Awareness Project is to develop and
implement a community development approach to address the issue of suicide in
the Charleville community.
The project acts as a resource to
raise awareness within the community and promote the development of initiatives
to support suicide prevention, intervention and postvention.
The project will work in
partnership and with the support of the local community and support agencies.
The project works under its own
mission statement:
To educate, inform and support the
Charleville community
on the issue of suicide.
Our anthology is titled
Windows of Words and will be officially
launched at the Culture Night in association with Cork County Council Arts
Office on the 21
st September 2012 at our local library.
The Charleville
Writers Group wish to thank the artist, Tara Boelens for the use of her
painting on the cover of this book. We would also like to acknowledge the staff
of our local library, Barbara, Josephine, Michéal and Dominic, for all their
support in accommodating our meetings and the many cups of tea and coffee.
Finally thank you to the
contributors and to the sponsors of our refreshments we received on the night
of the launch of this anthology.
