24th November: READING
This is just a short post to let you know that I will be participating in this year’s Winter Warmer, a hybrid poetry festival in Cork. On Friday, 24th November, 7pm-9pm (Irish time) I will read with Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Jessica Traynor. Rónán and Jessica will be in Cork City and I’ll be joining virtually. So don’t worry if you won’t be in Cork, as neither will I. The reading is free and can be viewed live using this channel: https://www.obheal.ie/WinterWarmer/PoetryFestival2023.htm QR code also included below.
I will also be giving an online workshop. Very excited about this, details below. I believe there may be some spaces available. Email info@obheal.ie asap if you want to book a place.
Thursday, 23rd November: WORKSHOP, 7-9pm (Irish time)
Cost is €20. Online via Zoom (12 Places max). To book a place, please email info@obheal.ie
What can our perception of the natural world tell us about how we see ourselves? How can we use scientific vocabulary, folklore, etymology etc. as springboards for writing our own poems? In this workshop we will read and draw inspiration from poems that focus on a sense of (or lack of) human kinship with flora and fauna.
We will read and discuss work from poets such as Ada Limón, Michael Longley, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett and Jane Lovell with an eye to composing our own poems. All welcome. Hope to see you there.
My latest book, Let the Dead, is available from Banshee Press here.
