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Paul Casey

Paul Casey

Scriptwriting Lecturer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Poet. Director. Teacher. Editor.

  • Education

    • Rand International School of Languages

      1995 - 1995
      TEFL dip English

      Activities and Societies: Teaching English to the Japanese Peace Corps TEFL

    • Wits University

      1993 - 1994
      Bachelor's degree Arts (incomplete)

      Activities and Societies: Teaching English to school children in Soweto. 2 yrs of B.A., incl. African Literature, Zulu, Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology.

    • Nelson Mandela University

      2004 - 2005
      PHGCE (eds) in advanced lecturing Scriptwriting

      Activities and Societies: Convened the Greater Port Elizabeth Poetry Competition for the Mandela Municipality, in three languages and four age groups. Founded and directed a monthly multilingual poetry event. PGCE Level 7 in higher learning (Honours module) for Advanced Lecturing

    • Waterford Institute of Technology

      2008 - 2009
      MA Poetry (1 semester only) Poetry Incomplete. Course was discontinued by WIT.

      Course was being led by Janice FitzPatrick Simmons (ex Poet's House, Donegal), in alignment with the MA Creative Writing degree at Lancaster University.

  • Experience

    • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

      Apr 2004 - Mar 2005
      Scriptwriting Lecturer

      2nd-year lecturer. Supervisor to M.A./Creative Writing students applying advanced scriptwriting techiques within their dissertations.

    • Ó Bhéal

      Apr 2007 - now

      Poet: publications and readings as per writing biography.Workshops/Tutoring: Creative Writing in Schools (WIS) and for Adults (Cork Coll of Commerce 2013-2018) and at festivals and libraries. Multimedia and Poetry-Film workshops for Adults. Poetry sessions for the Elderly during Bealtaine. Scriptwriting Lecturer for undergrad students and mentor for M.A. students (scriptwriting).Events programming, hosting, employee direction, company direction, chair of company board, funding acquisition (multiple sources), festival director, publisher, CRO accounts, calendar year accounts, budgeting, banking. Convening competitions (poetry and poetry-film).Multimedia, Film and Design: Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Fireworks, Audacity. HTML, Websites & Blogs, Social Media, Excel & Word, Graphic Design. Film & Sound editing.Publishing: Book design, Quark Xpress, editing, proofreading, typesetting.Work at Ó BhéalScheduling minimum of 50 poetry events featuring 80+ guests p.a. Managing office (Civic trust House) and part-time employees.Funding from: Cork City Council, Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry IrelandAnd from local business community for the Winter Warmer Festival.Annual Returns for Revenue Commissioners and CROCalendar-year Income and Expenditure Statement for Cork City CouncilArranging B&Bs, hotels, transportation and guest poets.Co-ordinating, Editing and Publishing the annual Unfinished Book of Poetry for schools and the annual Five Words Anthology.Integrating with Jazz festival and IndieCork Film festivalCurating the Poetry Film Competition, Five Words Poetry competition and Winter Warmer Poetry Festival.Arrange and chair 4-5 board meetings per year.80-100 videos of individual poems each yearPromotion via social media and mainstream mediaWebsite update and database emails, Culturefox, creating weekly posters.Online programming of current guest line-up (Compiling/editing biographies and photos)Curating all archived material since inception Show less

      • Poet and Filmmaker. Arts Facilitator. Tutor. Director

        Apr 2007 - now

      • Director

        Apr 2007 - now

    • Tigh Filí

      Jun 2007 - May 2008
      Literature Officer

      Book launches and publication assistance. Poetry collection editor for the winner of the Cork Literary Manuscript competition. Event promotion.

    • Cork College of FET - Morrison's Island Campus

      Mar 2013 - Apr 2018
      Tutor

      Taught two evening courses for adults during the Spring and Autumn, over five years:Introduction to Creative Writing & Introduction to Multimedia.

    • University College Cork

      Mar 2018 - now
      Creative Writing Tutor

      I teach two x 10-week evening courses in the Spring and Autumn. Introduction to Creative Writing as well as Intermediate Level Creative Writing.https://www.ucc.ie/en/ace/courses/shortcourses/sc0190/

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • T.E.F.L.

      Rand International Language School

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Director / Creative Director / Arts Events Facilitator

      Issued by Ó Bhéal on Apr 2007
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