North West Words Writing Weekend

This sounds great. Good to hear of initiatives in the North West. Most of the literature news tends to be Dublin Centric. Let me know of any other events outside the pale and I'd be happy to help spread the word.

Letterkenny July 19-21 2013

Workshops and readings to inspire your writing

North West Words
North West Words has been hosting monthly poetry and prose readings in Letterkenny since 2010. We publish a quarterly magazine of writing and arts news which we distribute across Donegal free of charge. We run an annual schools poetry competition and last year our first poetry competition for adults. In the summer we go on the road and present events at festivals in Donegal. Remarkably, we run on donations, support from the County Arts Office and from Donegal Local Development Company Ltd (DLDC) under the Local and Community Development Programme 2013.

Friday July 19 Launch at Café Blend 7.30pm
Reading by workshop facilitators, with music by Seoirse O’Dochartaigh

Saturday July 20 Gallagher’s Hotel
9.30am Registration

10.00-11.30am Workshop One
Collage Workshop or
Deepening Your Writing Practice

12.00-1.30pm Workshop Two
Turning Memories into Writing or
Writing for Younger Readers

2.30-4.00pm Publishing Panel Chaired Discussion with Declan Meade of Stinging Fly Press, John Walsh and Lisa Frank of Doire Press and wordlegs editor Elizabeth Reapy

4.00-5.00pm Café Blend
Reading by Freya mc Clements, Deirdre Hines, with music by Shay Halligan, and Open Mic

8.00pm Gallagher’s Hotel
Reading by workshop facilitators, with music by Simon Mc Cafferty, and Open Mic

Sunday July 21 Gallagher’s Hotel
9.30am Registration

10-12.30pm Poetry Workshop

1.30-4.00pm Techniques in Editing Fiction or
Poetry Clinic with John Walsh

Book Table open all weekend for facilitators to sell their work.

Details of the workshops or are available on the North West Words on Facebook page 
 
Enquiries to maureenwcurran@yahoo.ie