Our guest poets for the 2023 Cork Harbour Festival are Sarah Hymas (via Zoom) and John O’Donnell (in-person). Sarah is a writer and artist living on Morecambe Bay. Her poetry publications include Host (Waterloo Press, 2010), melt (Waterloo, 2020), and the hispering (Black Sunflowers, 2021). John lives in Dublin and has published five poetry collections, including On Water (Dedalus Press, 2014) and Sunlight: New and Selected Poems (Dedalus, 2018). For more details click here >>>
Ó Bhéal’s 10th Winter Warmer (and 2nd hybrid) poetry festival videos are now all online to view in perpetuity, so you can enjoy the entire festival anytime. To watch the videos click here >>>
Ó Bhéal's 10th Poetry-Film Competition Shortlist of 30 films from 17 countries is now available to view. The films were projected in Nano Nagle Place and simulcast across two screenings during the 2022 Winter Warmer festival. Our congratulations go to competition winner Jelle Meys for his film La luna asoma (The moon appears). To view the shortlisted films visit this link >>>
I am so HERE for the @OBheal reading zoom🤩❤️🔥
— Michelle (@MoloneyKing) June 13, 2022
It is meta.
In a pub.
Zoom pc in the corner. Someone serving pints at the bar.
Zoomers on the screen.
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A big thanks to @PaulCaseyCork and all at @OBheal for a brilliant night. Such a pleasure to read in-person with the wonderful @susanrichpoet. Great example of a hybrid model that really works! 👏🙏 @artscouncil_ie @Doirepress @salmonpoetry https://t.co/FWs5bb1BCz
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