Free poetry workshop at writer's centre

galway | arts and media | event notice Wednesday February 14, 2007 16:47 by Fred Johnston - Manager - Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlin Maude westernwriters at eircom dot net 34, Nuns Island, Galway 091.533595

Galway's Writer-in-Residence gives admission-free workshops

Micheal O Loughlin, recently-appointed writer in residence in Galway, will give a short series of poetry workshops at the Western Writers' Centre, starting on March 2nd. Admission is free.

Places will be limited to 10 maximum at the workshops, which will begin each session at 7. 30pm. It is expected that participants will have a knowledge of poetry to some degree or a sustained love of the art.

"I think it's important that workshops do not give the impression, often bandied around, that poetry is necessarily easy. It is a craft and must be learned." said Fred Johnston, the Centre's Director. "We are grateful to Micheal, who is a long-established practitioner of poetry, and to Galway City Council."