Our new Q&A series with facilitators at and friends of Big Smoke continues with John Kenny, who teaches a variety of classes with us, including speculative fiction workshops and editing seminars. What do you like best about teaching creative writing? That moment when you feel a group of participants really engage with the topic being…
DetailsOur new Q&A series with facilitators at and friends of Big Smoke continues with Dave Lordan, who teaches on our Dublin Young Authors programme as well as offering courses for adults. What do you like best about teaching creative writing? Meeting so many different people and personalities who have so many different stories to tell…
DetailsOur next Open Day takes place on Thursday April 9th, 5.30-8pm. Call in for a chat about any of our upcoming writing classes (and a cup of tea!).
DetailsOur new Q&A series with facilitators at and friends of Big Smoke continues with Kate Quigley, who works with us on events and our Inverse programme. What’s the best and worst advice you’ve ever got in a writing workshop? I think that workshops are very progressive things & you need to go in with the…
DetailsWe’ve just added several new courses to our list, including Developing Your Work-In-Progress and Novel In Progress for intermediate/advanced writers, and half-day workshops in Performance for Writers and Introduction to Creative Writing. You can find our full course list here – we’ve lots of workshops beginning from early April onwards. As ever, do please contact…
DetailsWelcome to our new Q&A series, where we’ll be talking to facilitators at and friends of Big Smoke to find out what they’re up to. First up is Jessica Traynor. What do you like best about teaching creative writing? I love those moments in which you feel what you’re trying to impart is really landing…
DetailsThe Mountains to Sea book festival kicks off next week in Dun Laoghaire. Lots of great events for readers and writers alike. Some familiar Big Smoke faces will be about – Claire Hennessy will be delivering a workshop for teens called Teen Angst, The Apocalypse, and Other Stories on Saturday March 21st, while Jessica Traynor…
DetailsThe latest issues of several Irish literary journals are available online now:
Our inaugural Writers’ Table Quiz takes place from 5.30pm on Sunday 22nd March in the lovely Arthurs’ Pub (Thomas St) – join us! Questions about books, impromptu writing exercises, and lots of fun. Proceeds go towards a performance showcase for our Inverse workshop as part of Dublin Pride 2015.
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