Rinehart, David
(2021)
The Maynooth University Library
Ken Saro-Wiwa Poetry Competition:
Engaging Community and Collections.
An Leabharlann. The Irish Library, 30 (2).
ISSN 0023-9542
Abstract
This article details the history and process of establishing the Ken Saro-Wiwa poetry
competition and its success in engaging an international and diverse community. This
competition is an important aspect of the collection itself as it has helped bring the
contents of the collection into the community. The competition has also given people
from diverse backgrounds – non-academic, academic, from different ethnicities, races,
ages, and nationalities – the opportunity to engage and become part of the collection
through poetry. This piece will describe the administration of the competition, the
diverse cast of poets, the subsequent podcast featuring the poets from the school
category, and, finally, the publication of I am a Man of Peace: Writings Inspired by the
Maynooth University Ken Saro-Wiwa Collection in which over 40 poems from the
competition dating back to 2018 were published.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Community Engagement; Poetry; Ken Saro-Wiwa; |
| Academic Unit: |
University Library |
| Item ID: |
14976 |
| Depositing User: |
IR Editor
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| Date Deposited: |
03 Nov 2021 10:50 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
An Leabharlann. The Irish Library |
| Publisher: |
Library Association of Ireland |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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