“Writers should always hang out with non-writers; it encourages a different, equally important sort of creativity.” I certainly agree, Niall.
Writers should always hang out with non-writers; it encourages a different, equally important sort of creativity.
More importantly, it ensures that conversation is not too writery. There’s nothing wrong with writery conversations, but most writery conversations start off with spirited discussions about character and plot and language and soon dissolve into grumbling about book deals gone awry and useless agents.
The annual John Hewitt International Summer School in Armagh offers a unique opportunity for writers; the opportunity to mingle with painters, musicians, poets, actors, potters, sculptors, and academics.
It’s an arts festival. It’s a music festival. It’s a literary festival. It’s a festival of ideas.
And it’s busy. It’s a hectic week of workshops, readings, lectures, discussions, music, and theatre.
Glenn Patterson
And scones. There are an awful lot of scones, served at several intervals each day by the massively hardworking and relentlessly upbeat staff at The Marketplace Theatre. Sometimes there’s shortbread.
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