Thursday 9 September 2010

Write down out and about

Hi Folks,

Emma here with the reminders about our Write! Down events:

Firstly - tomorrow night (9th September) good luck to Donal O'Hagan with his rehearsed reading. - 'The Kitchen, the Bedroom and the Grave' 7pm at Blick Shared Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast. Entrance is free - what better way to spend a thursday evening.

Secondly - 11th and 12th September - Castle Espie's Green Living Fair is fast approaching and Write! Down are delighted to be able to offer creative writing workshops inspired by migrating wildfowl and the environment of Castle Espie. Join Paul Maddern 12-2pm each day in The Curator's House to produce your own piece of creative writing.

Paul Maddern was born in Bermuda and now lives in Co. Down. He was a winner in the 2009 Templar Poetry Pamphlet Competition, with Kelpdings. His first collection, The Beachcomber's Report, is also with Templar (November 2010). He's completing a PhD at the Seamus Heaney Centre (QUB), establishing an online archive of public poetry readings.
You can contact Castle Espie directly at 028 9187 4146 / info.castleespie@wwt.org.uk
or contact us at writedown2005@yahoo.co.uk

We hope to see you there as we will also have tickets on sale for -
Welcoming the Wild Geese (9th October 2010)

This event is part of the Octobers' annual poetry celebrations and the first event to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Write! Down's annual Wild Geese Festival (February, Strangford).
At the church, Old Court, Strangford, (8pm, tickets £10/conc£7.50) Write! Down celebrates the return of the Brent Geese to the shores of Strangford and the burgeoning local writing talent in Co Down. With an emphasis on the beginning of a new season , readers include poets Maria McManus (Reading the Dog, 'Cello Suites, Lagan); Matt Kirkham (The Lost Musuems, Lagan); Olive Broderick (Darkhaired, pamphlet Templar, forthcoming) and many more. Music by up and coming band Lowly Knights - http://thelowlyknights.com/ Tickets on sale from 6th September at Kevin Og's Newsagent, Strangford.

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