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First, mention how impressed we were with the prizewinners, Marta, Eva and Ainoa, who read their stories with such aplomb for the audience.

18th June

Spanish Irish Business Network organised a very nice picnic to celebrate Bloomsday in the Retiro Park and to raise money for Lorca on Saturday morning. The Patron of Lorca is St Patrick so the picnic was a good occasion to contribute to the Spanish Red Cross Earthquake Appeal.

Bloomsday is an annual commemoration held every 16th June to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive episodes of his novel Ulysses.

17th June

A wonderful celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses in words and music held in the Centro Gallego on the previous evening raised money for the charity Luces Rojas in India too.

Libro de cuentos

Ya está disponible para descargas el libro con los cuentos de este año, en formato pdf. Lo podeis descargar desde aquí, o en DESCARGAS Y ENLACES DE INTERÉS --> Story Writing Competition Book II (pdf)

Premios del concurso de cuentos

Ahí dejo unas fotos del acto de entrega de premios del concurso WRITE A STORY AND WIN A PRIZE (2nd EDITION), que se celebró el viernes pasado en la Biblioteca Central de San Sebastián de los Reyes.

El acto fué presidido por Brigid King, Ascensión Bartolomé (presidenta y secretaria de ASEDOW, respectivamente) y por la presidenta de nuestro jurado irlandés Dra. Frances King.

Una vez entregados los premios, se repartieron los libros con los cuentos de esta edición entre los asistentes y, los ganadores, nos leyeron sus relatos para todos.

Nuestro agradecimiento al personal de la Biblioteca Central por cedernos el espacio y darnos todo tipo de facilidades; a los participantes, porque sin ellos esto no sería posible; a todos los asistentes y a Melanie, por su traducción simultánea.

The prize- giving for the story competition

This is a happy occasion so remember to bring your smile !


The lucky winners receive gift vouchers from Fnac worth 25E and the group effort will receive cinema tickets. All the participants receive a booklet of their stories in print plus the original story of The Happy Prince, one of Oscar Wilde's most popular children's stories.

Thank you to all who collaborated... the library, the children and the associates.

Do you like literature?

In September there will be Literature classes on Tuesday evenings to study in depth Wilde's poetry and writings - only if we have enough people interested.

Contact us at asedow@gmail.com