Bantry / Sunday 7 – Saturday 13 July - West Cork Music

3-Day WorkshopsWild Women Writing Workshopwith Magi Gibson3-day / €100 5-day / €160 optionalDo you feel stifled? Lacking in self-belief? Maybe you want towrite but aren’t sure how to start? Whether you’re a beginneror an experienced writer, Magi Gibson’s Wild Women WritingWorkshop – back in Bantry by popular demand – will helpyou identify and overcome the barriers stopping you fromconnecting with your inner wild woman. She’s the one you’vesuppressed to fill all those other roles life demands of you, yetshe holds the key to your true creativity.During the workshop we’ll look at writing from a range ofwomen from Margaret Atwood to Alice Walker and use livelydiscussions as a jumping off point to spark fresh, passionatework. Magi will guide you through fun creativity exercisesto get you started on new pieces of writing. You will receivea wealth of practical advice, which should encourage you tocontinue writing with renewed energy and self-confidence.Magi Gibson is currently Reader in Residence with GlasgowWomen’s Library, as well as the creator of Wild WomenWriting Workshops. She has held three Scottish Arts CouncilCreative Writing Fellowships as well as a Royal Literary FundFellowship with the University of Paisley. She has written shortstories, novels for children, poetry, radio and TV scripts. Herwork appears in many literary magazines and anthologies. Herpoetry collection, Wild Women of a Certain Age, first publishedin 2000, is still in demand and in its fourth print run.Editor - in - Residencewith Francesca Main€40 per 50 min slotMonday-Thursday: 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pmFriday 12pm and 5pmSend a sample of your work by Friday 21 JuneTake advantage of this rare opportunity to speak with a seniorpublishing executive by booking a one-to-one session withour editor-in-residence. Francesca Main will be availableat the Maritime Hotel to discuss and appraise your work.Send a sample of your work by Friday 21 June – no morethan 4 pages of A4 (double-spaced) – along with paymentto the West Cork Literary Festival office at 13 GlengarriffRoad, Bantry, Co. Cork. Clearly mark your submission FAOEditor-in-Residence.Francesca Main worked in the editorial department at theHamish Hamilton imprint and then spent four years as acommissioning editor for Simon & Schuster. She joinedPicador as Editorial Director in 2011. She publishes literaryfiction with a broad appeal and is particularly focused onacquiring new writers for the list. Francesca was selected by theBritish Council to participate in a UK editors’ tour of China,meeting writers, publishers and translators. She has also beenguest editor for the Geneva Writers’ Group and SingaporeWriters’ Festival, and a guest speaker for the Arvon Foundationand Faber Academy.from top:Magi Gibson(photo: Ian Macpherson)Francesca Main39