Date: 05 Mar 2025
Frances Browne Storytellers – Seeing Beyond Sight: A Celebration of Vision Impaired Storytelling
Donegal County Library Service and the Frances Browne Literary Festival are inviting blind and vision-impaired storytellers, resident in Ireland, to get involved and submit pieces for inclusion in a digital anthology to be launched in the autumn, funded through Creative Ireland. We’re hoping to create an eclectic collection of work that’ll include all genres of writing: from simple stories to song lyrics, from spoken word poetry to slice-of-life non-fiction.
Submissions can:
- be inspired by the life and works of Frances Browne
- reflect the lived experiences of the storytellers
- be drawn from the storytellers’ imaginations
- Submissions can even be an original mix of all three!
Online info sessions will be scheduled to introduce blind and vision-impaired writers to Frances Browne's life-story and body of work, provide an overview of different creative writing styles and offer tips on establishing a writing practice. The project facilitator will also be available via email, during the submissions window, to respond to queries.
Key Dates
Dates for online info sessions:
- Monday 10th March 7pm
- Monday 24th March 7pm
- Monday 31st March 7pm
Interested individuals only need attend one information session from the available dates.
Submissions window:
Opens Monday 3rd March
Closes Sunday 31st August
Anthology launch:
Writers whose work is included in the anthology will be invited to its launch during October’s Frances Browne Literary Festival in Stranorlar Co. Donegal.
Accessibility will be a key consideration in the making of the digital anthology
The production of a printed version of the anthology will also be explored
Multiple submissions from individual writers are welcome. We’ll endeavour to include at least one piece of work from each storyteller but editorial control will remain with the project organisers.
For more information on the project and to register for an information session, please email Francesbrownestorytellers@outlook.com
