2008 marked 21 years of A&D
Here are some of the things we did to celebrate...
1008 LITERARY TABLE QUIZ - GALWAY SIMON / RAPE CRISIS CENTRE
We're very happy to be supporting the 6th Literary Table Quiz, supporting Des Kenny's participation in the Dublin City Marathon in aid of Galway Simon Community and Galway Rape Crisis Centre. Organised by Vinny Browne of Charlie Byrne's bookshop, the Literary Table Quiz has supported a number of local charities since it's inception.
galwaysimon.ie
galwayrcc.org
0508 SOLSTICE ROUND ARAN YACHT RACE FOR GALWAY HOSPICE
A&D are pleased to support Galway Bay Sailing Club's Round Aran yacht race again this year, raising money for Galway Hospice Foundation. Solstice events have raised over €20,000 for charity since we began in 2000. The Round Aran is the most challenging race in the GBSC calendar. Yachts start from Galway docks at 9pm, racing through the night around the back of the Aran Islands, finishing in Kilronan after dawn. The race will be held on Friday 13th June.
galwayhospice.ie
gbsc.ie
0408 A&D TO SPONSOR CÚIRT AGAIN IN 2008
The 23rd Cúirt International Festival of Literature will take place 22-27 April 2008. We're sponsoring Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power's reading in the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday 23rd at 3.30pm. The festival will once again feature the eclectic and exciting range of Irish and international writers for which Cúirt is renowned. Previous guests include J.M. Coetzee, Derek Walcott, Nadine Gordimer, Seamus Heaney, Allen Ginsburg, Ivan Klíma, Ian McEwan, Germaine Greer, Annie Proulx, Andrea Dworkin, Chris Abani, Rebecca Miller, Carlos Fuentes, Beryl Bainbridge, John McGahern, Bei Dao, Jack Mapanje, André Brink, Irvine Welsh, Chuck Palahniuk, James Kelman, Julian Barnes, Van Morrison, Edward Bunker, Margaret Atwood, Rita Ann Higgins, Ronan Bennett, Jim Crace, Lorrie Moore, Irina Ratushinskaya, Tom Paulin, Eavan Boland, Galway Kinnell, Ben Okri, Mike McCormack, John Healy, Jan Morris, Paul Muldoon, Erwin James, Ariel Dorfman, Damon Galgut, Nikki Giovanni, Michael Hartnett, and many other fascinating authors. Image by Jim Vaughan.
galwayartscentre.ie
0108 HELVETICA DOCUMENTARY
We organised a screening of Gary Hustwit's documentary film on the Helvetica typeface in Nun's Island Arts Centre. The feature-length film, which includes interviews with the world's leading type designers and commentators, has been an international success since its premiere in March 2007, and the Galway screening was no different - thanks to all the people that came along to the sold-out show.
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And here's what we got up to celebrate our 20th birthday...
WINTER SOLSTICE PARTY - GALWAY HOSPICE FOUNDATION
A&D sponsored another Winter Solstice party in 2007, to raise funds for Galway Hospice Foundation. On Saturday 22nd December we had a great night in Galway Rowing Club with DJ's Nat Peary and Will Softly, raising over €1,500 in the process. Thanks to everyone who came along and enjoyed themselves, and everyone who worked hard to make the night a success. We are also grateful to Screenway for sponsoring an Apple iPod nano for the raffle, and Michael Gates for use of his Saturnalia image, above.
SOLSTICE ROUND ARAN YACHT RACE - GALWAY HOSPICE
Galway Bay Sailing Club's annual Solstice Round Aran Yacht Race raised over €1,500 which will go directly to Galway Hospice Foundation. We've been supporting this event for some years and were pleased to sponsor the pre-race reception in The House Hotel. This years monies bring to almost €20,000 that our Solstice fundraising activities have brought in since we began way back in 2000.
galwayhospice.ie
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SPONSOR CÚIRT FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE
We were delighted to be a sponsor of the Cúirt International
Festival of Literature 2007. Organised by Galway Arts Centre,
Cúirt occupies a special place internationally and
continues to attract the best writers
from around the globe to Galway. We were particularly pleased that John Healy's long out of print "The Grass Arena" was reprinted to mark his attendance at Cúirt. John Healy read together with poet, playwright and novelist Dermot Healy in the Town Hall on Friday May 27th in an event sponsored by A&D.
galwayartscentre.ie
20TH ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE PUBLISHED
We’ve published a catalogue celebrating twenty years of A&D. The 32 page publication illustrates some of the projects we’ve been involved in since 1987, featuring photographs by Daniel Forster, Joe Geoghegan, Professor Michael Guiry, Martin Healy, Colm Hogan, Seán Varden Kenny and Aengus McMahon.
Contact us if you’d like to receive a copy of the limited
A3 edition in the post.
ST. BRIDE'S LIBRARY, LONDON
St. Bride's library is the largest library for printing, publishing and the graphic arts in the English-speaking world. Their collections cover printing and related subjects: paper and binding, graphic design and typography, typefaces and calligraphy, illustration and printmaking, publishing and book-selling and the social and economic aspects of the printing, book, newspaper and magazine trades. The Library is open to the public free of charge, without formality. We're delighted to support the Friend's of St. Bride's Library and we encourage you to visit their website.
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