Hey, listen to this!
by mflynn on 10 December, 2009
Hey, Listen To This is a collection of new audio stories by teenagers from Cork There are five stories on this CD and they were written at workshops held at the Tory Top Road Library in Cork earlier this year. Writer Kevin Doyle was there to assist the writers with the stories they chose to write. We hope you like the end results.
Why a CD of stories and why the audio format? Well, firstly, the audio format in gaining in popularity all the time. In recent years there has been a big rise in the number of books that are also available in audio book format. This is in response to an ongoing shift in how people access new writing – in part to do with our ‘busier lives’ but also in part to do with the increasing popularity of personal media devices, in particular ‘the MP3 player’. So in that context it is a good idea to produce new work and put it forward in the digital format.
However there was a second reason for why we opted for the digital format. At Cork City Library, Breda Hassett and Patricia Looney of the Children and Young People’s department have been working on an ongoing basis to increase the reach and appeal of the library service. They envisage this particular project as having the potential to draw other groups towards the library and its resources, for example, in this case, those who are visually impaired. Initially we worked with the National Council for the Blind in Ireland to develop the project idea and during the workshop state a number of visually impaired writers attended and participated. It is hoped that this venture will draw more attention to the potential of audio books and the MP3 format to this important section of library users.
There are five stories in all. Written by teenagers, they reflect their interests and imagination. Kerri Mullins contributed a magical story set in TV land entitled The Naomi Horror Show!; Claire Crowley wrote about an impulsive and independent-minded daughter in An Unexpected Dilemma; Orlagh O’Connell wrote the tough story, The Guilty Musketeer while Shauna Pumphrey contributed the very short but hard-hitting My Confession. The final story in the collection is Katelann O’Riordan’s Not So Ship Shape.Cover design by teen graphic artist
talented Killian Feehely.
These stories make up an engaging collecting. For the writers their publication marks an important achievement. Each writer can be justifiably proud of what they have achieved.
Hey, Listen To This is a collection of new audio stories by teenagers from Cork There are five stories on this CD and they were written at workshops held at the Tory Top Road Library in Cork earlier this year. Writer Kevin Doyle was there to assist the writers with the stories they chose to write. We hope you like the end results.
Why a CD of stories and why the audio format? Well, firstly, the audio format in gaining in popularity all the time. In recent years there has been a big rise in the number of books that are also available in audio book format. This is in response to an ongoing shift in how people access new writing – in part to do with our ‘busier lives’ but also in part to do with the increasing popularity of personal media devices, in particular ‘the MP3 player’. So in that context it is a good idea to produce new work and put it forward in the digital format.
However there was a second reason for why we opted for the digital format. At Cork City Library, Breda Hassett and Patricia Looney of the Children and Young People’s department have been working on an ongoing basis to increase the reach and appeal of the library service. They envisage this particular project as having the potential to draw other groups towards the library and its resources, for example, in this case, those who are visually impaired. Initially we worked with the National Council for the Blind in Ireland to develop the project idea and during the workshop state a number of visually impaired writers attended and participated. It is hoped that this venture will draw more attention to the potential of audio books and the MP3 format to this important section of library users.
There are five stories in all. Written by teenagers, they reflect their interests and imagination. Kerri Mullins contributed a magical story set in TV land entitled The Naomi Horror Show!; Claire Crowley wrote about an impulsive and independent-minded daughter in An Unexpected Dilemma; Orlagh O’Connell wrote the tough story, The Guilty Musketeer while Shauna Pumphrey contributed the very short but hard-hitting My Confession. The final story in the collection is Katelann O’Riordan’s Not So Ship Shape.Cover design by teen graphic artist talented Killian Feehely.
These stories make up an engaging collecting. For the writers their publication marks an important achievement. Each writer can be justifiably proud of what they have achieved.
