One City, One Book

Starting in February 2012, University College, Dublin, Adult Education Centre is running a course titled 'Dublin: One City, One Book'! 

This course is designed to tie in with events in the Dublin: One City, One Book festival 2012 culminating in an extended engagement with the 2012 selected title. Students will also read the books previously chosen for the Dublin: One City, One Book festival... The focus of the course will be to situate these books as Dublin books, showing different aspects and histories of the city. The course will consider the changing place of Dublin in literature and examine different ways the city has been represented by writers. The course will build up to a sustained consideration of the Dublin: One City, One Book choice for 2012 making full use of events staged by Dublin City Libraries. (extract)

Details of the UCD course titled 'Dublin: One City, One Book.

The winner of the short story competition is 'Coole' by Jimi McDonnell. The winning entry was chosen by Joseph O'Connor and will receive a €100 book token.

'Coole' by Jimi McDonnell

There was the sound the ground made underfoot when you were at Coole Park. He had tried to explain it her, had asked her to listen but she would just laugh at him and tell him he was a spacer. That was during the time when the slightest brushing of their hands had them tingling. They were mad and ravenous for each other.