Munster Literature Centre
Ionad Litríochta an Deisceart

Workshops

Fiction Workshop with Camilla Grudova

Fiction Workshop with Camilla Grudova on Zoom

4-week workshop on Tuesdays

  • 22nd Oct            10am – 12pm     IST / GMT +1
  • 29th Oct             10am – 12pm     GMT +0
  • 5th Nov              10am – 12pm     GMT +0
  • 12th Nov            10am – 12pm     GMT +0

€150 Registration

15 places available

Contact info@munsterlit.ie to book (a personalised invoice will be sent by email)

Prospectus

Week 1 & 2 – Writing and the Five Senses

This two-part workshop will explore how engaging all five senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) in a work of fiction can create an immersive and memorable experience for the reader.

WEEK 3 – Writing and the Surreal and Unreal

Stepping away from realism is a fun and interesting tool to convey feelings, situations and narratives. Learning from writers such as Kafka and Leonora Carrington, we will do exercises that suspend disbelief and bring the reader into the bizarre world of your imagination.

WEEK 4 – Wolves and Worms: Using folktales, myths and fairytales as inspiration and source material for contemporary fiction

From Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber to Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls, we have seen that old sources can be a wonderful well of ideas. This workshop will look at how we can adapt old stories and what we can learn from their formats and structures.

Other Cork Events

Ó Bhéal

2nd Monday of each Month at 8 p.m. (Streamed from 8.30 p.m.)

Events are held in the Hayloft Bar, upstairs at the Long Valley, Winthrop street, as well as on Zoom and streamed via obheal.ie/live.

Poetry Films start from 7.00 p.m. (45mins – not streamed). Five Word Challenge starts at 8.30 p.m. Guest poets begin at around 9.20/9.30 p.m. Open mic session from 10.30 p.m.

Lime Square Poets

Every Thursday at 7.45 p.m.

Founded in 2021, Lime Square Poets is a platform for poets worldwide to share and celebrate each other’s work. Our weekly online poetry events series is hosted from Limerick & Cork, Ireland, and consists of a reading from a featured poet followed by an open mic.

DeBarra’s Spoken Word

1st wednesday of each month at 8.30 p.m.

De Barra’s Spoken Word, Clonakilty is an open forum for writers of all genres. The evening features guest speakers, workshops and an open mic.

Frank O’Connor Writers’ Group

2nd Tuesday of each month at 3.30 p.m.
(no meetings in July or August)

The Frank O’Connor Writers’ Group meet in Mayfield Library. Refreshments served. New members always welcome. Phone Mayfield Library on 021-4924935 for further details.