Our writers have also had a busy summer. As part of the project, they had three creative days online with amazing writers and artists. In July, the group worked with London-based poet and visual artist Ella Frears, Sligo-based writer Louise Kennedy, and actor, theatre-maker and writer, Bob Kelly, who is also Sligo-based. Ella shared her experiences of working as a poet in residence on various projects and the group responded by developing their own, often fantastical, ideas for residencies. Louise spoke with the group about her writing practice, interests, and publications, and listened to and gave feedback on a writing exercise everyone took part in. Bob Kelly shared insights into his wide-ranging career, and engaged the group in fact-paced and dynamic ways of generating ideas and developing structure for their writing.

When the Young Writers group meets again, they will be drawing on inspiration from these workshops to develop new work. We’re looking forward to seeing what happens!