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ONE places left in Ecopoetry Workshop, Manorhamilton, July 22/23

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Be inspired to write poems that celebrate, challenge and lament humanity’s relationship with the natural world; and, over the course of the weekend, develop your poems from inspiration to revision toward completion.

  • When? Sat July 22, 10:30 – 5; Sun July 23, 10 – 4
  • Where? The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim
  • How much? €75 (with thanks to the Glens Centre for their generous support)
  • Early-bird? €60, if booked and paid for before July 15.
  • €60 PayPal – use this link to pay with a debit or credit card – no need for a PayPal account. If you’re having trouble with PayPal, email me at monicacorishwriting@gmail.com.
  • Travelling a distance? The Organic Centre has a list of places to stay in North Leitim

What is Ecopoetry? Why write it?

Creativity is a powerful antidote to burnout – Angela Davis

Ecopoetry is nature poetry that has designs on us, that imagines changing the ways we think, feel about, and live and act in the world. Why Ecopoetry? John Shoptaw

Even when [the nature poem] got the birds and the plants and the animals right it tended to show the beautiful bird but not so often the bulldozer off to the side that was destroying the bird’s habitat. ‘Well Then There Now’, Juliana Spahr

Write about your everyday experience of what is changing in the world around you and the environmental issues you feel passionate about. Because while facts feel slippery and inaccessible and make us feel helpless, experiences can help us understand the world from our own perspective, and artists of all kinds can create experiences better than anyone else. What is Ecopoetry and why write it? Open University, Suzannah Evans

[Readers] feel they ‘know this information already, so why do they need it in a poem’. That is precisely the point. They ‘know’ it. They are not ‘feeling it’. That is what activists in the environmental movement are asking of us: help it be felt, help it be imagined. Jorie Graham, in conversation with Sharon Blackie

[Writing] is a model for how indirect effect can be, how delayed, how invisible; no one is more hopeful than a writer, no one is a bigger gambler. Rebecca Solnit

The future belongs to those who tell the best stories. Jorge Luis Borges

Two writing workshops led by two award-winning authors

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Monica Corish’s Craft and Critique Workshops are for writers who are working toward publication. They are an opportunity to develop writing skills through constructive critique, insightful feedback and tailored craft exercises. Monica is an Amherst-certified writing workshop leader and award-winning writer of poetry, short fiction and memoir.

If interested, contact her at monicacorishwriting@gmail.com or 087 6414185

  • Kinlough Community Centre, Kinlough, Co Leitrim.
  • Fortnightly on Tuesdays, 7 – 9:15 pm (tea and chat afterwards, for those who want).
  • 10 sessions: January 17 & 31; February 14 & 28; March 14 & 28; April 4 & 18; May 2 & 16.
  • Cost €235; early-bird €200 before midday, Jan 13 (PayPal or cheque).

Shane Leavy’s Creative Writing Workshops are open to anyone with an interest in writing. Shane is an Amherst-affiliated writing workshop facilitator and an award-winning author and poet: instagram.com/shane_leavy_writing. If interested, contact Shane directly at sligoleitrimwriters@gmail.com or 086 3525988.

  • GlenCar TeaSHED, Glencar, Co Leitrim.
  • Weekly on Wednesdays , 7– 9:30 PM
  • 8 sessions: Feb 22 – Apr 12.
  • Cost €180 / early-bird €160 before Feb 1

Just Write – Online Writing Workshop

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cat writingIf you want to build confidence in your writing voice or if you simply enjoy writing with others in a group, this is the workshop for you. These encouraging and inspiring workshops are based on the Amherst Method.  You don’t need previous experience of zoom to take part, but you will need an adequate Wi-Fi connection. Learn more about online workshops in my blog, Writing Together in the Zoom Room.

When: Tuesdays, 7 pm – 9 pm: September 21, October 5 & 19, November 9 & 23, December 7.

Cost: €120. Early-bird: €100 before Sept 7, by PayPal or cheque /postal order. NOTE: You need a credit card to make a payment through PayPal, but you don’t need a PayPal account.

Places are limited. Contact me at monicacorishwriting@gmail.com to check availability and to receive a PayPal button or address for payment by post. 

Image credit: @ChrisBrecheensWritingAboutWriting 

Path to Publication workshop at 2021 Allingham Festival – plus competitions

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Lepus Print, a new Sligo-based publisher, will offer an on-line Path to Publication Workshop at the 2021 Allingham Festival.

The workshop will help writers clarify the nature and direction of their writing, improve their craft, and develop publication-worthy manuscripts. Writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children’s books are invited to apply.

Led by Lepus Print publishers and authors Brian Leyden and Mary Branley, the on-line
workshop invites applications from writers worldwide. Scheduled as a fully-interactive
webinar from 10 am to noon GMT on Thursday, 4 November, the workshop will be limited
to 12 participants.

Workshop applicants are asked to provide a 50-100 word summary of their experience in
writing and publishing, a 150 word description of their goals and their work-in-progress,
and copies of five poems or two chapters of prose (up to 7,000 words) by October 1.

Application documents and work samples should be attached to an email addressed to allinghamfest@gmail.com by October 1, including the words LEPUS PUBLICATION
WORKSHOP in the subject line.

Applicants who are selected for the Lepus Path to Publication Workshop will be asked to
confirm their attendance by purchasing a €15 ticket on-line. For additional information contact Tom Sigafoos, PRO, Allingham Festival, tomsigafoos@gmail.com.

The deadline for entries in the Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions is Sept 17. Entry forms for the competitions are found at www.allinghamfestival.com.

Online write-a-thon in aid of UNICEF’s ‘Give the World a Shot’ campaign.

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We aim to bring 100 people together online, all writing to raise funds for UNICEF’s “Give the World a Shot” campaign.

You can help by joining our online creative writing workshop on May 18 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm. This inspiring and encouraging Amherst-method workshop will be hosted by Monica Corish and Tom Sigafoos and co-facilitated by a group of experienced writers and workshop leaders. Everybody is welcome to participate, whether they are practiced writers or completely new to creative writing. 

We ask everyone to make a minimum donation of €10 when they register – but we encourage participants to donate as much as they can. And even if you can’t join us, you can still make a donation…

You’ll find details of how to donate and how to register for the workshop on UNICEF’s crowdfunding website www.vaccinaid.org/unicef-vaccine-write-a-thon

If more than 100 people register, we will run a second write-a-thon on June 29th.

UNICEF is ensuring no one is left behind in the race to vaccinate against COVID-19. People in India… South America… Africa… are still exposed to the virus, and the whole world is still at risk of new variants.

UNICEF’s goal is to ensure that the most vulnerable in every country – not just the wealthier ones – are protected, and that patients get the urgent medical supplies and oxygen they need.

This is the biggest health and logistics project in history. UNICEF need your help to deliver 2 billion vaccines, 5.6 million tests and 5.5 million treatments around the world this year.

The Border Between Us

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Tune in to the Glens Centre YouTube channel https://bit.ly/3cdFExe at 7pm on Tues 23rd Feb 2021 to view eleven micro-films on the theme of “the border between us”.

These micro-films / visual-poems / digital-stories were created during a twelve week online programme facilitated by Rachel Webb and Monica Corish, supported by Across the Lines and the International Fund for Ireland.

“the border between us”: a creativity up-skilling programme

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Excellent opportunity for anyone in the Leitrim / Fermanagh region who wants to learn the skills of visual storytelling, while exploring the political, personal, real, imagined and socially-distanced borders that impact on our lives.

This 12 week series of free, online workshops is hosted by the Glens Centre/Across the Lines, and facilitated by writer Monica Corish and visual artist Rachel Webb. Full details, including how to book, at http://www.facebook.com/events/414642819525558

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