The work and literary achievements of the late John McGahern are to be marked by an international summer school hosted by Leitrim County Council and NUI Galway. This July will see the inauguration of the McGahern Seminar, which will run from 26 to 29 July 2007, and will be the springboard for the international summer school in 2008. The event will be co-ordinated by Dr John Kenny of NUI Galway and contributors will include Irish and international writers and critics. The keynote address - John McGahern: The Novel and the Story - will be delivered by Prof. Declan Kiberd, University College Dublin. Other speakers will include Dr. James White and Dr. Eamon Maher. John McGahern spent most of his life near Fenagh in Leitrim and had a close association with NUI Galway. For further information, please contact: Co Leitrim County Council Tel: 071-9621694 Email: ccorrigan@leitrimcoco.ie Or NUI Galway Tel: 091- 495442 Email: intloffice@nuigalway.ie