Kinlough Mixed Writing Workshop (open to men and women).
An opportunity to develop your writing skills through writing prompts and craft exercises; and through constructive critique and insightful feedback on poetry, fiction and memoir. Fortnightly on Tues, 7–9:30 pm. 7 sessions: Sep 13 & 27, Oct 11 & 25, Nov 8 & 22, Dec 6.
Cost €110. Payment by cheque, PO or PayPal (no need to have a PayPal account, you just need a credit or debit card) 
Writers in the Woods presents “The Path Through the Wood: Finding your Way through Story” with Brian Leyden at Longford Demesne Wood, Beltra, Co. Sligo on Saturday, September 17th from 12-4 pm. Cost of the event: €30, including coffee or tea and light refreshments.
Contact Yvonne at 087 9171040 or longforddemesnewoood@gmail.com for further info and booking. Places are limited so please be advised to book well in advance.
Mixed Writing Workshop – Places still available
skills through writing prompts and craft exercises; and through constructive critique and insightful feedback on poetry, fiction and memoir. Cost for either series: €110. Payment by cheque, PO or PayPal
workshop to set the ink and the imagination flowing. If you are afraid of the blank page, your fear will dissolve; if you’re an experienced writer but your words feel stale, you will come away from these workshops refreshed.Looking forward to reading at the Five Glens Arts Festival in Manorhamilton August 26 – 28, and to Crime Writing Workshop with Tom
At the Five Glens Arts Festival on Saturday, 27 August,
Manorhamilton artist Rachel Webb (see Facebook page Rachel Webb + Camera) will lead the regional launch of A Dying Language, Monica Corish’s poetry collection published by the Irish Hospice Association. Monica will read from that collection and from Gleanings: Poetry Inspired by the Leitrim Observer at 8:30 pm. An open-mic session will follow the launch. For additional information see www.monicacorish.ie.
My Crime Writing Workshop at the Five Glens Arts Festival will run from noon to 2 pm on Saturday in the Glens Centre. The workshop will focus on dialogue and character, highlighted with advice and examples from masters of the genre. Workshop guidelines and a pre-workshop questionnaire are found on-line at www.tomsigafoos.com.
I want to go – great writing Trish
When Stephen Gordon calls to say that you are one of the ‘chosen few’, it’s ok to go mental like you have won the ‘Literary Lottery’. You get the feeling he’s heard it all before. You know this place will allowyou tobe free of responsibility for a while, to explorewhat’s at your core — the writer. You only realise how lucky you are when the course is over and you’re putting another load into the washing machine from the mountain of washing left by your family, awaiting your return.
The Royal Grammar School, Armagh The John Hewitt is not any old Summer School. Don’t expect a spa break with 5* accommodation. The basics are covered. It’s clean. If you’re from the North, you will stay in the Royal Grammar School. You will have a bed with clean sheets, pillow and quilt, wardrobe and desk. There’s a shower and toilet down…
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Highly recommended…
I am leading a Crime Writing Workshop at the Five Glens Arts Festival in Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, on Saturday, 27 August 2016. Hardboiled or ratiocinative, contemporary or historical – if you’re interested in polishing your dialogue or sharpening your plots, join the Crime Writing Workshop for two hours of pragmatic discussion on this enduring genre.
You are warmly invited to the launch of A Dying Language at the Yeats International Summer School in Sligo on Thursday, 28 July at 8:00 pm. Broadcaster and poet Vincent Woods will launch the collection in The Methodist Hall, Wine Street. Fifty percent of profits from book sales will be donated to the North West Hospice.
Monica and I revisited the Winding Stair Bookshop on Lower Ormond Quay, where she launched A Dying Languageon Tuesday, June 14.
