20th Edition of From the Well Short Story Anthology Launched at Bantry Library

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service annual short story anthology “From the Well” brings the reader on a journey around Ireland; from rural farms and seaside villages to city streets. The numerous tales, voices, and characters each capture a moment in time from the past to present day.

This year’s edition titled “Losing David” was recently launched at Bantry Library and marks the twentieth year of the anthology.

Writer and Programmer, Sasha de Buyl selected nineteen stories to feature this year. The winner of the competition, Kate Lawlor, whose story gave the anthology its title, and two of the shortlisted writers, Lauren O'Donovan and Siobhan Dempsey, read their stories at the launch event. 

Other writers selected include Philip Arneill, Sylvia Caldwell, Ciara Cassoni, Emma Flynn, Janet Heeran, Jason Kennealy, Thomas Kiernan, Kathleen Macadam, Aoibheann McCann, Jess Mc Kinney, Trisha McKinney, M Jaye Sheehan, Beth Storey, Peter Tobin, Aisling Walsh, and Mary Walsh Foley.

Over the past twenty years hundreds of writers from County Cork and beyond have had the opportunity to have their work published by the Council’s Library and Arts Service and read by many. There was considerable interest in the anthology by writers this year, demonstrating the positive impact this anthology has made over the past two decades.

The book can be borrowed from all Cork County Library branches or purchased from Bantry Bookshop.