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This May, as part of the Bealtaine Festival, author and poet Gerry Boland will host a series of writing workshops at Roscommon Arts Centre.

IT IS said everyone has a book in them, or perhaps a poem, or a short story. Whichever it may be, if getting it onto paper is your ambition for 2021, then a new series of classes will help.

GALWAY TEENS who love writing and telling stories should take note of Fighting Words, a new writing session taking place in Galway city this month.

THE WAR Against Cliché: A writing and editing workshop for intermediate writers and blocked writers is coming to the Galway Arts Centre.

Athlone’s Literary Festival, which is now in its 9th year, takes place from October 4-7. This year’s festival offers opportunities for budding writers to hone their craft in two unique workshops and a masterclass: aA workshop in creative writing with author Anne Skelly; and a workshop in playwriting with Thomas Conway, literary manager of Druid Theatre. Both workshops will attract great interest at this year’s festival. The festival also includes a poetry masterclass with Noel Monahan.

Athlone’s Literary Festival has announced its 2011 line-up, and among the highlights is a creative writing workshop with Big Smoke Writing Factory, a renowned organisation run by writers for writers. They provide a platform for writers to not only improve their work but to share it with others. The festival takes place from October 7 to 9.

THE POETS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will hold classes in poetry and creative writing in the Galway Arts Centre.

Poetry and creative writing