Month: May 2023

After another year of inspired and inspiring writing, our Write-On season is drawing to a close, and the coming session will be the last before the summer break. Meetings will resume in August. For tonight’s session, Write-On members are invited to select their highlights from the past season, so that we can enjoy a short…

This week sees the last of this literary year’s Mug of the Month contests, marking the close of another wonderful year of creativity! We can expect the usual close competition of poems and texts, this time containing the key words ‘Fly’ and ‘Fan’. Good luck to all contributors! Four poems follow, including a tribute to…

Our meeting this week begins with a tribute to our dear member Celia Scully, who passed away recently. We shall miss her wise advice and gentle but precise comments, but most of all we will regret no longer being able to enjoy her own polished, touching and versatile poems. May she Rest in Peace. Poems…

This week presents a colourful mix of submissions: the genre ‘Dialogue’ (Mary Hodson) is a newcomer that we look forward to! Seamus Keogh’s poem with its Irish title has been queueing up for the third week, and will hopefully be presented this evening. And a warm welcome to a new participant, Eilis Hannon, who is…

Next month will see the launch of one of Write-On’s two publications this year: Frank Fahy’s collection of short stories ‘A Father’s Love and Other Stories’, which is due out on June 14. In anticipation of this exciting event, Frank will be reading one of the stories from his collection this Thursday. Several of our…