The Carlow Writers’ Co-operative is accepting new members.

If you are interested in joining our group, we are accepting submissions of poetry and prose this September 2021. 📕📒📗

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For over a decade, the Annual Literary Awards and Creative Writing Showcase has been a highlight in the Carlow College/St Patrick’s calendar. This year is no exception, and we are honoured to have distinguished Belfast poet Michael Longley present our literary awards.

Bringing together the entire College community – first year to fourth year, humanities to social care students – the literary awards and creative writing showcase recognises and celebrates the very best of Carlow College, St. Patrick’s literary talent in poetry and prose over the last year in a spirit of camaraderie and friendly competition.

The night will open with a welcome from Dr Derek Coyle, followed by a creative writing showcase before Michael Longley presents the awards and winners read their work. Michael Longley will then read from his most recent publication ’The Candlelight Master’ (Cape Poetry, 2020), followed by a Q&A session.

This is a wonderful opportunity to hear reminiscences, anecdotes, celebrations of place names, occasional verses and the odd standalone quatrain from Michael Longley himself such as: “I am the candlelight master / Striking a match in the shadows. / A smoky wick, then radiance. / I am the candlelight master”.

John Banville, Irish Times *Books of the Year* says ‘Michael Longley's luminous ‘The Candlelight Master’...demonstrate[s] how much poetry matters even in the most terrible of times.’
We very much look forward to an enjoyable evening of creative writing and invite you to join this celebration by booking through Eventbrite at:

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Member of the Second Year Creative Writing class at Carlow College/St Patrick's, along with members of the Writing Room, share their experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic through poetry.Creative Writing is a popular module at Carlow College, St. Patrick's. Members of the second year Creative Writing class give an account of their experiences of Covid 19 through poetry, you can check it out here: www.carlowcollege.ie/creative-writing-series/ #Poetry #CreativeWriting #Arts #StudyingArts ... See MoreSee Less

The opportunity to attend a Creative Writing workshop, with poet Enda Wyley...Carlow Writer in Residence Programme is offering a Journey into Poetry - A Four-Week Online Poetry Course for Emerging Poets with Poet Enda Wyley.
Carlow Writer in Residence Programme is an initiative led by Carlow Arts Office in partnership with Carlow County Library, Carlow College, St. Patrick's and the Arts Council Ireland.
From 18th June why not journey into poetry with poet Enda Wyley. Discover the myriad of forms and creative energies that combine to create great poems. Be inspired by the work of established poets. Encounter poems by others in a more meaningful way and be guided in your own poetry writing.
To register your interest please email Sinead Dowling, Carlow Arts Officer at sdowling@carlowcoco.ie before 16th June.
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Well done to Carlow Writers' Co-Operative member Clifton Redmond, who will be helping local young writers to get their imaginations going in this initiative with Carlow County Council. Great work.As part of Cruinniú na nÓg Carlow 2020, Take A Part Carlow Presents: The Last Wild Wolf In Carlow story project. Inspired by the theme the Sky is Blue, Take A Part Carlow is working with author and poet Clifton Redmond to design a day long online event referencing Carlow native John Tyndall's love of environmental science and how humanity affects our environment. Clifton will use the Carlow legend that the last wild wolf in Ireland was killed in Co. Carlow to inspire you to write some ideas, sound bites, poems or stories based on the legend and how we have a responsibility to respect and care for our environment. Clifton will be available through the Take A part Carlow Facebook page, Instagram page and online inviting you to send in your ideas and stories about the “the wolf”. You can ask Clifton for help with your writing by sending a DM on Instagram or Facebook. Then at 5pm on the 13th Clifton will broadcast on Facebook live his interpretation of your writing and ideas. Details available from www.takeapartcarlow.com , www.facebook.com/takeapartcarlow, www.instagram.com/takeapart/
Cruinniú na nÓg Carlow is organised and managed by Carlow Arts Office as part of the Creative Ireland Programme For Further information contact Aileen Nolan - Creative Ireland Carlow Project Assistant T: +353 (0)59 9136234 M: 087 358 0224.
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