What's The Story? Writing Workshop

Narrative and poetry have always been intertwined. From Homer and Virgil onwards, the first great outpourings of poetry also told gripping stories. This workshop will explore ways of combining narrative and poetry, looking at plot, character and dramatic tension and examining how we can use our poetry to spin yarns and keep our readers reading.

Nessa O'Mahony's most recent publication, In Sight of Home (Salmon Poetry, 2009), is a critically acclaimed verse novel that tells the story of three Irish women emigrants from the 19th an 21st centuries.