Mindshift – The Irish Writers’ Centre’s
professional development series for published authors – continues on Saturday
17th May as part of the Dublin Writers' Festival. This day-long event (10am – 4pm) will deal
with the business of being a writer.
What type of funding and supports are there for
writers? Who is eligible for artist tax exemption? How can writers set
themselves up as a business? What are the ways to generate alternative sources
of income? Sarah Bannan (Arts Council), Jim Doyle (Dublin City Council), Jane
O’Hanlon (Poetry Ireland), Gaby Smyth (Gaby Smyth & Co accountants) and
others reveal and unpack the mysteries of funding and finances in literature. A
must for the enterprising writer.
€50/€60
9.30am: Centre opens and registration
10.00am–12.00pm: Valerie Bistany, Director of
the Irish Writers’ Centre, will facilitate presentations and discussions on the
multiple supports and bursaries available to writers, and how the writer can
best avail of them. Ray Yeates will give a presentation on Arts Office supports
available to artists, making note of those supports that are of particular
interest to writers as well as highlighting some successful projects to date.
Sarah Bannan will outline the Arts Council’s supports for individual writers
and illustrators, including who and what we fund, how to apply for awards and
how writers and illustrators can connect with the literary sector in order to
support their practice and get their work to the widest possible audience. Jane
O'Hanlon will look at some of the issues and opportunities involved in working with children and young people.
12.00pm–1.00pm: Break for lunch
1.00pm–2.00pm: The award-winning and
internationally published writer Mia Gallagher will use her experiences to talk
about the nuts and bolts of residencies from a writer’s point of view,
including: researching what’s available, understanding different types of
residency, their costs and benefits; applying for residencies (including
letter, interview & shortlisting process) & learning from unsuccessful
applications; and making the most out of a residency once you receive one.
2.00pm–4.00pm: Gaby Smyth is a professional
accountant with a wealth of experience working with individual artists and arts
organizations. He will go into the nitty gritty of managing all aspects of tax
and finances. With the professional writer in mind, he will cover in detail
areas including book-keeping; income tax and levies; the ins and outs of the
artist exemption scheme; tax rates and bands; and all elements of VAT relating
to the writer.
All seminars will leave plenty of time for
Q&A. More here.
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