Poet Jane Clarke will launch A Dying Language at the excellent  Winding Stair Bookshop on Tuesday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. Orla Keegan of the Hospice Foundation will also speak at the event. All are welcome to attend.

The Dublin launch coincides with the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Hospice Foundation, and with Carers Week 2016 – I will also read from the collection at the Launch of Carers Week on June 13, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

A Dying Language, inspired primarily by the experience of nursing my mother Teresa when she was dying of cancer, is published by the Hospice Foundation. To read more about the book, read this interview, or click here.

50% of profits from book saleswill go to the Irish Hospice Foundation. For details of launches in Sligo, Manorhamilton, Belfast and elsewhere, click here

My new poetry collection, A Dying Language, will be launched on Saturday, May 28 at 7:30 PM in Doon Community Centre, Toher Road, Doon, Co Limerick. All are welcome to attend.

The collection is published by the Irish Hospice Foundation. It was inspired by the experience of nursing my mother Teresa in the home where she and my father lived for 35 years. To read more about the book, read this interview, or click here.

Poet Gréagóir Ó Dúill will launch the collection, and Jim Rhatigan of Milford Care Centre’s Compassionate Communities Scheme will also speak. 50% of profits from book sales will go to Milford Hospice.

For details of launches in Dublin, Sligo, Belfast and elsewhere, click here

I’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”

“Forced to Flee: This is our exodus” is the theme of this year’s Trocaire /Poetry Ireland Competition http://goo.gl/zYTdjf, entries by March 16. Write about it at CreativeWriting@Comhlamh March 5 http://www.monicacorish.ie

When? 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.…”

At last! My new website is up and running – same address as before, www.monicacorish.ie. A big thank you to Mella O’Brolchain for advice, and to Creative Frame for support. Watch this space for news of writing and workshops in the North West and elsewhere…