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The City Chapter, the partnership of libraries in Armagh, hosted an evening event to promote the spoken and written word, and celebrate World Book Day, on Thursday 2 March 2017 at 7.30pm in the Irish and Local Studies Library.<\/p>\nThe City Chapter, the partnership of libraries in Armagh, hosted an evening event to promote the spoken and written word, and celebrate World Book Day, on Thursday 2 March 2017 at 7.30pm in the Irish and Local Studies Library.<\/p>\n
This year, storyteller Liz Weir was invited to help the City Chapter to celebrate World Book Day in Armagh. Liz Weir has told her stories to people of all ages on five continents. She has performed in pubs and prisons and hospital rooms. \u00a0She has worked on stages in the mighty Vanderbilt Hall of New York\u2019s Grand Central Station and in the Royal Albert Hall.<\/p>\n
Liz has worked for people with very different cultural backgrounds \u2013 for children from Israel and Palestine, at universities in Germany and Wales, on television between South Africa and Canada. She has appeared at major events, such as the National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee and the Australian National Storytelling Festival.<\/p>\n
Liz\u2019s voice can be heard on CDs like \u2018The Wailing Of The Wind\u2019, together with the Mavron String Quartet. She has also written more than twenty books, for example, \u2018When Dad Was Away\u2019, which is a picture-book about a child whose father is in jail, and \u2018Tales of the Road\u2019, a children\u2019s book about Irish Traveller life.<\/p>\n
In 2014 after a commission from the Festival at the Edge Liz wrote \u2018All for the Dead Man\u2019s Penny\u2019. Violin player Ciaran Mulholland\u00a0composed the music for that story of World War One and both performed this work at last year\u2019s John Hewitt International Summer School in the Marketplace Theatre in Armagh.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the City Chapter said, \u201cWe invite people to celebrate World Book Day with us by listening to Liz\u2019s storytelling in one of Armagh\u2019s libraries. \u00a0What better way to promote the spoken and written word! \u00a0We are also delighted that, the following morning, Liz has agreed to work with the City Chapter to hold two storytelling sessions for primary schools in the Marketplace Theatre at the start of this year\u2019s St Patrick\u2019s Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n
As with all City Chapter events, admission is free, with donations welcome. For further information, please go to the City Chapter\u2019s website<\/a>, , or telephone 028 82253686.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"