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Festival featuring poetry and performers, taking place annually in Cork, Ireland each November. http://www.obheal.ie/winterwarmer
Running 25th – 26th November 2016, we’re pleased to announce Ó Bhéal’s fourth Winter Warmer festival weekend will be held at the Kino, Washington St..
Over twenty excellent poets will read and perform in the amphitheatre at Sample Studios, some of whom will be accompanied by musicians. Snatch Comedy Improv will be performing a set of poetry-focussed comedy games, Sawa-Le will be performing poetry-theatre, a selection of poetry-films from around the world will be presented by Malgorzata Kitowski (from PoetryFilm), and these will be followed with a judges selection from the 2014 Ó Bhéal poetry-film competition. There will also be a closed-mic for ten local poets.
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Just over a month to go before we warm your world with words. Here's the detail of the wonderful people who will welcome you for the opening session. Friday 25th November - 7.00pm – 8.00pm Seán Dennehy | Ross Donlon | Annemarie Ní Churreáin Seán Dennehy is a Clare poet living and working in Dublin. In 2012 he won the All Ireland Poetry Slam in Cork. Though focusing on performance and the spoken word his first collection in print, No Poetry, was published in 2013 by QS Press. In May 2015 he presented Pieces in Project Arts Centre, a night of poetry and song showcasing his own work and that of his favourite poets. Following the success of Pieces he presented a festive follow up, Christmas Pieces in December 2015. Australian Ross Donlon has read his poems in Eastern & Western Europe & is widely published both at home & in Ireland. Winner of international poetry competitions & spoken word events, a sequence from his first book, The Blue Dressing Gown, has been produced for national radio in Australia. His second book, Sjøvegen (The Sea Road) 50 Tanka for Ǻlvik, was launched in Norway in 2014. Lucidity will be published in 2016. www.rossdonlon.com Annemarie Ní Churreáin is from North West Donegal. Her poems have been published in Ireland and abroad. Some of the major publications include The Stinging Fly, Poetry Ireland Review, The Shop and The London Magazine. She has been awarded literary fellowships by Akademie Schloss Solitude (Germany), Jack Kerouac House (Orlando) and Hawthornden Castle (Edinburgh). In 2016, Annemarie was awarded a Next Generation Artists Award by the Arts Council, to commemorate the role of artists and writers in the 1916 Rising. Her debut collection Bloodroot is forthcoming in 2017. Cargocollective.com/annemarienichurreain
Winter Warmer Festival 2016
The 2016 Winter Warmer poetry festival programme is online!
Hi all, we are looking for a few volunteers to man book stands and sispense mulled wine to our lovely audiences at the festival (25/26 Nov). Short shifts - one hour max - per session (if we have 10 volunteers). Could you do us a turn? Please message us or comment if could. We look forward to hearing from you!!! Rab Urquhart, Micheál Druma Weber Rosie O' Regan Stan Notte Shane Vaughan Judenald Marcus Penders Matthew Moynihan Jen Matthews Sue Cosgrave Michael Ray Afric McGlinchey Moze M. Jacobs Benjamin Burns Sean Bent Patrick Cotter Colm Scully Julie Goo Cormac Lally - would all you lovely people please share? Thanks in advance.
Not long to go until the O'Bheal Winter Warmer kicks off. We are really looking forward to deflecting your thoughts from dropping temperatures, and warming your hearts and souls with a selection of excellent poetry.
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