Last Thursdays Poetry Evenings

The poetry evenings are held during the winter on the last Thursday of the month at 8pm.  Each month we read poems on a particular theme or read the poems of an individual poet.

Anyone is welcome to come to these very informal poetry evenings. You might like to read poems on this month’s theme, or just come to enjoy listening to poems being read aloud. It’s an opportunity to relax with a glass of wine and enjoy fine poetry, in good company.

November 2010’s Last Thursday event celebrated the poetry of Norman MacCaig on the 100th anniversary of his birth. This event provided the opportunity for an inaugural live webcast from Taigh Chearsabhagh to the rest of the world. It will not be the last.

 

Writers’ Group

This is a very informal, very friendly group of people who want to write for different reasons. We meet at Taigh Chearsabhagh on alternate Mondays from 6.30 -8.30pm.

Each meeting begins with a writing exercise which explores some aspect of writing. We then share what we have written. This exercise may then be used as a starting point to be worked on. During the second part of the evening, members of the group share whatever writing they are working on at the moment. This gives them the opportunity to present their writing to a wider audience and to get feed back.

If you are an aspiring writer reading this, it may sound daunting, but you can be assured that the group is totally supportive and that we are all scared when the time comes to share our writing!

The Poetry Evenings and the Writers’ Group are organised by a small group of dedicated enthusiasts including Pauline Prior-Pitt who has published 5 books of poetry and performs her poetry at festivals widely.

http://www.pauline-prior-pitt.com/index.html