Interview with Crona Gallaher of the Five Glens Festival

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Poet Monica Corish discusses, among other things, her extraordinary new book ‘A Dying Language’, which will be published by the Irish Hospice Foundation Press. Poems from the collection have won the North West Words Poetry Prize and been shortlisted or commended for a number of awards, including the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine. They have been published widely in Ireland and the UK, including in Poetry Ireland Review.

Monica Corish

Tell us a little about yourself.

I started out studying science. After graduating from college I travelled in Africa. Later I trained as a nurse and worked in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Angola. In 2005, the same year that I moved from Dublin to Kinlough, I developed chronic cervical and lumbar disc injuries and had to give up nursing and working overseas. Now I am a full-time writer and writing workshop leader.

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Commended (twice!) for Hippocrates Prize

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hippocrates_prize_logo_medI’m glad to be commended for the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine http://goo.gl/zaK9AG for “A Dying Language” (the title poem of my next collection, due out in May from the Irish Hospice Foundation Press) and “Alzheimer Nursing Home Blues”

March 5: CreativeWriting@Comhlamh

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african_labyrinth_4When? Saturday, March 5, 2016, from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm. Where? Comhlamh Office, 12 Parliament Street, Dublin 2 https://goo.gl/0wD1wl. Cost? €75 / Early-bird special €65 before February 27. Pay by Cheque, PO or PayPal.

Have you lived and worked in the Global South? Do you have stories to tell? This workshop is an opportunity to mine the rich veins of your memory under the guidance of writer and AWA certified writing group leader Monica Corish. Monica has travelled and worked widely in Africa, and is a MA graduate of DSC Kimmage.

  • “Bringing together RDWs and creative writing makes such good sense!”

Whether your journey lasted three weeks or many years; whether you came home last week or 30 years ago; whether you worked in an emergency, in long-term development, or in human rights; whether you worked as a volunteer, a missionary, or a professional; whether you are an experienced writer or a novice: if you have a story to tell, this is the workshop for you.

  • “Good facilitation created a safe space to share very personal experiences.…”

Writing: The Craft

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Monica Corish – Writing, the Craft LogoMonica Corish and Tom Sigafoos are offering a series of “Writing: The Craft” workshops in Kinlough on 6 Feb, 5 March, and 2 & 30 April. The workshops will take place on Saturday afternoons from 1-4:30 pm. Places are limited and must be booked in advance.

At the workshops, Monica and Tom will offer feedback and constructive critique on participants’ work, guidance on publication, and exercises in the skills of creative writing. Feedback and critique will follow the guidelines detailed in “Writing Alone, Writing Together” by Judy Reeves.

For further detail, contact Tom at / tomsigafoos@gmail.com, or Monica at / monicacorish@gmail.com.

Kinlough Women’s Writing Group Spring 2016

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12552640_1517075198586900_4748255615836013050_nIf you are afraid of the blank page, your fear will dissolve. If you’re already writing but your words feel stale, you will come away from these workshops refreshed…

When? Fortnightly on Wednesday evenings: Feb 10 & 24, Mar 9 & 23, April 6 & 20, May 4 from 7 pm until 9:30 pm  

Where? 7 Clanchy Court, Kinlough, Co Leitrim   

How Much? €110 / early bird €95 if paid by February 3

Places limited. Early booking advised. For information or to book, contact:  monicacorish@gmail.com / 087 6414185