Summer Workshop: ‘Pilgrimages: Walking and Writing Trail’
Dr Kathy D’Arcy and I are running a series of summer writing workshops in Cork city using the them theme of pilgrimage. The details are outlined below.
Pilgrimages: Walking and Writing Trail
Dates: Fridays July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23.
Time: 12.30-2.30pm
Booking is required
This series of guided writing workshops will lead small groups through the streets of Cork city centre connecting pilgrimage sites. Each workshop will be 2 hours long in total, involving walking to locations such as St FinBarre’s Cathedral and the Nano Nagle Centre, supported writing time, and a space to share and discuss in the City Library.* The initiative is being facilitated by Dr Kathy D’Arcy, creative writing teacher and poet, and Dr Richard Scriven, Geographer in UCC, who have expertise in pilgrimages and working with community groups. It is being run in conjunction with Cork City Library. You can attend just one workshop, several of them, or all; however, they will be limited to 10 people, so booking is essential. Participants aged under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. For details and booking contact Kathy D’Arcy gobnait3[at]gmail.com
For walking: Good shoes, raingear, umbrella, sunscreen, sunglasses, comfortable clothes, tissues.
For writing: Sturdy notebooks (one large, one small) and pens, plastic pocket to protect writing.
What to expect? Mostly very easy walking with stops to sit and write/meditate/discuss the routes (we may sit on the ground); quiet, meditative walking and thinking interspersed with periods of writing and discussion; final friendly sharing of work created.
Who is it for? Everyone, all levels of writing experience and none! Participants will need to be able to negotiate the city streets and roads.
*The workshops will not be religious in nature, rather they will involve exploring the historic paths and the creativity they can generate.
