Writing Workshop with Fionntán de Brún
Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?! Tá súil againn go bhfuil tú maith! Here in the online Irish community, we’re looking forward to Saturday’s creative writing workshop, Scríbhneoireacht Chruthaitheach, with award-winning author Fionntán de Brún!
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All classes are recorded and available for study afterwards.
Course students attend Comhrá and Ceardlanna (Workshops) for free.
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Fionntán de Brún is a Professor of Modern Irish, literary scholar and creative writer. His most recent novel, ‘Béal na Péiste’, was awarded the first prize in the novel category at the Oireachtas na Gaeilge Literary Awards last year.
In Saturday’s workshop, Fionntán will speak about his journey into writing, answer questions and read extracts from his books, as Gaeilge. Ná cailligí amach, a chairde!
Gain insights into the creative writing process, as Fionntán de Brún discusses his award-winning ‘Litir ó mo Mháthair Altrama agus Scéalta Eile’ (2005) and ‘Béal na Péiste’ (2023).
Dáta:
Saturday, February 17th, via Zoom.
11 – 12:20pm PT (Los Angeles)
2 – 3:20pm ET (New York)
7 – 8:20pm (Dublin).
Afterwards, this workshop will be available for playback in our Cartlann/Archive.
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