Pen Power - Reflections & Readings with four contemporary writers on the novel, poem, short story and memoir. In conversation with Portumna writer, Noelle Lynskey
Reflections & readings with four contemporary writers exploring the novel, poem, short story, and memoir — in conversation with Portumna writer Noelle Lynskey.
Panel Host: Portumna writer Noelle Lynskey guides this dynamic conversation examining how creative expression allows us to navigate the present across diverse literary forms.
Moyra Donaldson, award-winning poet, brings her new collection The Thirteenth Moon (Doire Press), reflecting her belief that it is through the power of creation and the power of our art we can navigate a way to live in the present.
Claire Hennessy, author of young adult novels, short stories, book reviews, and features, will reflect on her latest collection of short stories for adults. In The Movie of Her Life (Doire Press) is written with a gut-wrenching honesty few writers can master.
David McLoghlin, multi-prize-winning poet and writer of memoir and creative non-fiction, teaches both memoir and poetry in schools and universities in Ireland and abroad. He is currently working on a memoir and his fourth collection of poetry.
Neil Tully, from the west of Ireland, holds an MA in Creative Writing (UL) and works as a dentist in Cork. His debut novel The Visit (Eriú) is described by Nuala O’Connor as an “accomplished, fully formed debút.”