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This will be a very special evening, complete with readings from Laois Poets Arthur Broomfield and Bronwyn Doyle and music by Colleen & Erin Lalor.
Light refreshments will be served.
ADMISSION IS FREE BUT NUMBERS STRICTLY LIMITED!
Come spend your evening sharing or listening to stories/poems/yarns/songs around a pretty, candlelit garden.
ADMISSION IS FREE BUT NUMBERS STRICTLY LIMITED!
With Pauline Clooney
**SOLD OUT**
This facilitated workshop aims to explore the many ways in which we write about our life with a specific focus on memoir. Other genres touched on will be; autobiography, biography, essay, travel writing, food writing, nature writing and some forms of journalism. Through free-writing activities, sharing of stories, and instructional handouts, participants will be guided to a place of confidence and knowledge from where they can begin to tell their story.
€45 (inc. booking fee)
Places limited
with Niamh Boyce
**SOLD OUT**
In this workshop we will explore how true stories can inspire a work of fiction... It would be of interest to anyone fascinated by a true story or incident (from history, or current times, from their own lives or someone else's) which they would like to tackle in writing. We will consider the question - 'how much truth, how much fiction?' The session is suitable for both beginners and those who have been writing for a while. All you need is a pen and paper.
€45 (inc. booking fee)
Places limited
You are invited to come and share your story poem, songs or prayer, or anything you’d like to share.
A short ‘Sound Healing’ ceremony, performed by Mary Pat Moloney, will open this event and will focus on healing and releasing the creative spirit within.
Come compost a word to grow a tree!
ADMISSION IS FREE BUT NUMBERS STRICTLY LIMITED!
Angela Keogh reads from her novel ‘The Winter Dress’ – A story set through the 1350’s pandemic known as ‘The Black Death’.
Angela will speak with Mary Hanrahan after the reading about the interesting things she discovered while writing her novel, and the parallels with our current reality.
Tickets €10.00 (plus booking fee)
We invite you to join our ‘conversation circle’ to chat about everything and anything with old friends and new. This event will be facilitated by Ruth Miller
Walk up Event. Numbers limited.
Join Sheila Forsey and Geraldine O' Neill in a session chaired by Noelle O’Connell, where you’ll discover the world of publishing. Whether you are interested in writing a novel, memoir, book of poetry, essay writing, short story, or play - it will help you to understand how to get your project fit for publication through drafting a project, re- drafting, editing, and refining. You'll also be introduced to the different roads that can be taken by traditional publications, digital publications and self - publications and be guided on creating work that is publishable.
Tickets €15.00 (plus booking fee)
Come hear the TEN winning stories!
Celebrate each winning author as they read their stories and receive their prizes (sponsored by Hilliard Press and Paul Moore Woodcrafts). Andrea Carter, judge of the Short Story Competition will speak about the stories she chose and present each writer with their prizes. Music will be provided by Colleen & Erin Lalor
Light refreshments will be served.
ADMISSION IS FREE BUT NUMBERS STRICTLY LIMITED!
A leisurely stroll through Abbeyleix Bog exploring the rich tradition of Irish folklore. Discover how nature shaped the beliefs and superstitions of our ancestors.
(Tour limited to Max. 10 people)
Donation Basis
(€5-10 suggested)
Gather at Manor Hotel at 5.30 p.m.
Tickets: €15.00 (plus booking fee)
You are invited once more, to come share a story, poem, joke or song!
ADMISSION IS FREE BUT NUMBERS STRICTLY LIMITED!
Andrea Carter, author of the Inishowen Mysteries, will read from her latest book and chat with Stan Henderson about her books and her writing process. This event will be of interest to all crime fiction fans and any aspiring crime writers out there.
Tickets €15.00 (plus booking fee)
In July 1922, there was gunfire down Main Street, armoured cars parked in Market Square and landmines on the Portlaoise Road. This walking talk highlights how the Civil War left its mark on the town and people of Abbeyleix.
(Tour limited to Max. 10 people)
Donation Basis
(€5-10 suggested)
Gather at The Square
Author/Editor/Mentor Suzanne Power will offer writers
a chance to view themselves as individuals within their work in progress and
get them to frame their writing life in a way that respects the life they are
in, rather than the one they wish they had.
Suzanne will share techniques and strategies that have helped her and her clients to publication.
Tickets €20.00 (plus booking fee) This is a 2-hour session.
The Power of Words Festival Team is very pleased to announce that the recipient of our 2021 ‘Living Poets Society Award’ is the wonderful Galway poet
RITA ANN HIGGINS.
Please come and join us as we present Rita Ann with the ‘Living Poets’ Society’ Award and celebrate her poetry in the Community Garden, Abbeyleix at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday, 22nd August 2021, in an event facilitated by author Siobhan Hoy.
Music by Erin and Colleen Lalor.
Tickets are FREE but strictly limited.
Register for your ticket online on powerofwords.ie
Learn how to take the written word to create characters from simple shapes and techniques. Break story into images and create illustrations for Children's books and comics.
Tickets €10.00 (plus booking fee) Materials Provided
Come join us at our festival finale as we plant our 'Tree of Words' in Preston House Garden
ADMISSION IS FREE BUT NUMBERS STRICTLY LIMITED!
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