Creative Writing Course

This seems like a very interesting course - Jorg Andrees is one of the foremost exponents of the Michael Chekhov Method. Having initially trained in his native Germany as a film director he proceeded to train in the Michael Chekhov Method in New York. Subsequently he tutored and directed successfully worldwide employing the unique features of this most distinctive method. Joerg has taken the Chekhov Technique into many creative fields working with Singers, Musicians, Writers, Dancers and Performers as well as for other visual Artists. 

He will be teaching a week-long creative writing course in Croi Anu,  Moone, Co Kildare from Sunday 9^th –Sat 15^th Oct.  This master tutor in the Michael Chekhov technique, has adapted it for creative writing.  There are a maximum of 14 places on the course. 

To book and for further details email info@croianu.ie or call 0878381933.

Croi Anu

Belated Happy New Year! Hope your writing resolutions are going well, if you need a kickstart, here's a date for your creative diaries :)

On Sat 7th of February I'll be facilitating a workshop in Croi Anu, Moone, Co Kildare from 2 - 5pm. Its the only workshop I'll be teaching in the forseeable future (too much of my own writing to get through) so I'm really looking forward to it.

The session is suitable for all kinds of writers, from complete beginners to those already working on novels, or short stories. All you need to bring is a pen and notebook, and a snack to keep you going. Tea and coffee are provided. Places are limited. There are more details on Croi Anu's Website

For anyone with work ready to send out, here's a few links of interest...
A great post from poet Jo Bell's Blog on submitting to literary journals, ...
&
If your looking for ideas on where to submit - there's also Duotrope

Creative Writing Workshop in Moone

I'm facilitating a creative writing workshop in Croi Anu Creative Centre, Moone, Co Kildare on Saturday 8th November. From 2.30 - 6pm. ( 30 euro per person) The workshop is filling up quickly but there are still some places left. The theme for the workshop is renewal, so we'll be rustling up some inspiration to sustain your writing during the winter months. Suitable for anyone writing or interested in writing.You can book by phoning 0851376271 or emailing niamhmboyce(at)eircom(dot)net

Creative Writing Workshop

I'm teaching a Creative Writing Workshop this November 

in Croi Anu Creative Centre in Moone, Co Kildare. 

Expect an afternoon full of writing - I'll be focusing on the theme of renewal, renewal of our inspiration, our energy and our delight in writing. The workshop is open to beginners, middlers or old hands...all you need is a notebook and a pen. Croi Anu is a beautiful purpose built creative space so I'm really looking forward to working there. Click this link for directions. And here are the details!

Saturday 8th November : 2.30 - 6pm : Cost 30 Euro

Places Are Limited: To Book - 0851376271

ROPES 2014

ROPES is a literary journal published by students at NUI Galway, and they are open for submission! (Details Above.)  I met their PR Niamh Callaghan at the Over The Edge Reading last night in Galway, it was hugely enjoyable night with a great audience. Audrey Dinneen read the most heart breaking pancake making scene you'll ever hear, and the open mic afterwards was packed with exciting poems, sestinas on rugby bums, rifts on hips, coffee bean epiphanies... A lively (and really well run) open mic - it will be on again in December, so if you're near Galway check it out. (And a big thanks to Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars for inviting me.) And...

I'm reading in Croi Anu Creative Centre, Moone, Co Kildare tonight at 7.30pm

It's my last reading of the year, and it's been an exciting, and exhausting year, so I'm really looking forward to crawling back into my cave and getting to grips with some writing. I heard Donna Tartt on the radio this morning, she was asked for writing advice.  I waited with baited breathe for some mystical insight, but her tip was pretty practical.  The advice that is most often given to writers,  and most often ignored by writers - but probably the best - 'write every day - just show up at the page.'

I'm looking forward to doing just that.

Have a great weekend, and good luck if you submit to ROPES :)

Happy Days

Croi Anu Art Exhibition will be launched by Senator Mary Ann O Brien (creator of Lily O Brien’s chocolate and founder of the Jack and Jill Foundation) this Friday at seven thirty, in Moone, County Kildare - all are welcome for the lovely wine and lovely art... it runs from 27th May to - 3rd June and 17 Artists are exhibiting. I've two pieces in the show, the painting photographed above and its sister, who's shyer...


Above are the reasons I haven't been blogging much lately! Congratulations to my daughter Rosie on her 18th birthday and my son Joshua on his first communion! An end of an era as Rosie says!

Croi Anu

I've been lazy all January and I'm proud of it. The trauma of an Irish white christmas needs careful recovery or one could do ones self a great injury! I'm tipping my toe back into the water with a poetry workshop next sat at Croi Anu (who have just has started a blog here!) The centre hosts a diverse range of classes from art, yoga, drama and poetry to creative mentoring and is run by Mary Pat Moloney. I've mentioned this before but its one of the best places I've ever attended workshops so its worth another mention!

Poetry Workshop

Here's some information on a one day poetry workshop in Croi Anu, Moone, Co Kildare. I've attended workshops in this creative centre many times and would highly recommend it. So if you fancy something to look forward to in January...! Experience the power of sacred poetry to speak the heart and bring us home. Anne F O' Reilly. Ph. D - "brings to her work many years training with voice, poetry of the heart, sacred clowning, drama and meditation. She is the author of Sacred Play: Soul journey's in Contemporary Irish Theatre (Carysfort Press 2004). In 2009 she published Singing from the Belly of the Whale, a book of poetry, with original paintings by Caroline Hunter." Saturday 22th Jan 2011 10.00am-4.30pm €80 Concessions €60. Light lunch/Refreshments included Croi Anu Website is here.