{"id":15692,"date":"2020-07-12T14:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T14:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?page_id=15692"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:35:58","slug":"guests-80-aug-sep-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/guest-poets\/guests-80-aug-sep-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests (80) Aug\/Sep 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><center><strong>August and September<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"10thAugust\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><em>10th August<\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"1\"> in association with <\/font><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>Cork City Council<\/strong><\/font>, <font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>Coventry City Council<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\">and<\/font> <font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>Here Comes Everyone &#8211; Join the Network &#038; Silhouette Press<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">presents a <\/font><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>Twin Cities Celebration<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"1\"> with Coventry poets<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emilie Lauren Jones<\/strong> and <strong>Matt Black<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center>You can listen to Emilie&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Emilie Lauren Jones-V.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/EmilieLaurenJonesSm.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><font size=\"1\"><strong>Emilie Lauren Jones<\/strong> has performed at a variety of events and venues across England from the back rooms of pubs to centuries old castles. Previously published in <i>HCE Magazine<\/i> and <i>I am not a silent poet<\/i>, Emilie&#8217;s poetry is due to appear in upcoming anthologies with <i>Half Moon Books<\/i>, <i>Beautiful Dragons Collaborations<\/i> and <i>One World Publications<\/i> as well as <i>Under the Radar Magazine<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019 Emilie was one of the commissioned poets for the UK City of Culture project &#8216;Humans of Cov&#8217;. She was the 2019 PGR Slam winner, Stafford Word Slam winner, and a Gorilla Slam finalist.  Emilie has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Birmingham. She is Poet in Residence for Hillz FM and part of the 2020 cohort for the Nine Arches Press &#8216;Dynamo&#8217; scheme.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"1\"> For more visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emilielaurenjones.co.uk\">www.emilielaurenjones.co.uk<\/a>  and Facebook\/Instagram\/Twitter: @emilielaurenxxx<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center>You can listen to Matt&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Matt Black-V.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MattBlackSm.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><font size=\"1\"><strong>Matt Black<\/strong> lives in Leamington Spa and writes for adults and children. A specialist in commissions, he is a joyful mischief maker, a serious entertainer, a reluctant grown-up and a celebrationist. He was Derbyshire Poet Laureate from 2011-2013. <\/p>\n<p>His poems are published in magazines and his most recent collections for adults are <i>Tales from The Leaking Boot<\/i> (Iron Press, 2018), and <i>Spoon Rebellion<\/i> (Smith Doorstop, 2017). His play <i>The Storm Officer<\/i> toured in 2020 and his next publication is <i>Sniffing Lamp-posts by Moonlight<\/i> (Upside Down, 2020) featuring poems inspired by dogs, based on his one-man show <i>The Snoopy Question<\/i>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CorkCoventryArmsWIde.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><b><font size=\"1\">You can watch a video of the event here<\/font><\/b><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r1RQdrqxa5c\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"1\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><strong><font color=\"green\">Virtual \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al Session<\/font><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">The event will be hosted on <strong>Zoom<\/strong> and limited to 100 people. We will also live-stream the session on <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obheal.poetry\/\">\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al&#8217;s facebook page<\/a><\/b>. <strong><em><font color=\"green\">Note to Participants<\/font><\/em><\/strong>: As the events are recorded, they remain viewable as videos on our FaceBook\/YouTube channels. <\/p>\n<p>We are no longer posting the link via our social media channels. Upon written request to <a href=\"mailto:info@obheal.ie\">info@obheal.ie<\/a> with a sentence outlining your reason for participation, a link to join the session will be emailed to you on the evening of the event. The session is expected to run for between 2-3 hours.<\/p>\n<p><center><em><strong>The evening will feature three parts:<\/strong><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>8.30pm: Five Word Challenge<\/strong> (max 30 &#8211; after the allotted 15 minutes writing time);<br \/>\n<strong>9.30pm: Featured Guest Poets <\/strong>(20 mins each);<br \/>\n<strong>10:20pm: Open-Mic<\/strong> Session for original poetry (max 30).<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Entering a Zoom meeting<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting\">all explained <b>here >>><\/b><\/a>. This link provides you with a step-by-step guide and YouTube tutorial if necessary. You should check this out if you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the Zoom platform &#8211; it also shows you where to download the zoom client\/app for your computer\/phone. <i>Please Make sure to know where the chat box is and how to mute yourself to reduce background sound.<\/i>)<\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"14thSeptember\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><em>14th September<\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong><font color=\"green\">\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al<\/font><\/strong><\/font><font size=\"1\"> in association with <\/font><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>Foras na Gaeilge<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">presents<\/font><\/p>\n<p>a <font color=\"green\"><b>virtual<\/b><\/font> bi-lingual event with<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie Breathnach-Banwait<\/strong> and <strong>Nuala N\u00ed Dhomhnaill<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center>You can listen to Julie&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Julie Breathnach-Banwait-V.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: silver;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JulieWalshBanwaitSm.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/span><font size=\"1\"><strong>Julie Breathnach-Banwait<\/strong> is a poet, psychologist and mother. Coisc\u00e9im published her d\u00e9but book <i>D\u00e1nta P\u00f3ca<\/i>, a collection full of &#8216;powerful feelings&#8217; and &#8216;dark themes\u2019 (An  tOllamh &#8211; Ciar\u00e1n Mac Murchaidh, 2018).  The magazine <i>The Irish Scene<\/i> (Western Australia) has regularly published her poems in Irish. Her poem &#8216;Blue coat&#8217; won a prize at the Cathal Bu\u00ed festival poetry competition in 2019. Julie has been based in Western Australia for many years now. She spent some time travelling in China and Malaysia with her family. She is originally from Ceantar na nOile\u00e1n in Connemara.<\/p>\n<p>Is file, s\u00edceola\u00ed agus m\u00e1thair i <strong>Julie Breathnach-Banwait<\/strong>. T\u00e1 foilsi\u00fa d\u00e9anta ag Coisc\u00e9im ar a leabhar <i>D\u00e1nta P\u00f3ca<\/i>, cnuasach at\u00e1 l\u00e1n le &#8216;moth\u00fach\u00e1in l\u00e1idir&#8217; is &#8216;t\u00e9ama\u00ed dorcha&#8217; (An  tOll. Ciar\u00e1n Mac Murchaidh, 2018). Rinne an t-irisleabhar <i>The Irish Scene<\/i> (WA) foilsi\u00fach\u00e1n go rialta ar a cuid d\u00e1nta i ngaeilge san Astr\u00e1il thiar. Bhuaigh a d\u00e1n &#8216;C\u00f3ta Gorm&#8217; duais sa bhf\u00e9ile fil\u00edochta Cathal Bu\u00ed i 2019. T\u00e1 Julie lonnaithe le fada anois in Iarthar na hAstr\u00e1ile. Chaith si seal sa tS\u00edn agus seal ag taisteal sa Mhalaeisia lena clann. Is \u00f3 Cheantar na n-Oile\u00e1n \u00ed, i gConamara \u00f3 dh\u00fachas. <\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center>You can listen to Nuala&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill 2020-V.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: silver;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NualaNiDhomhnaillSm.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/span><font size=\"1\"><strong>Nuala N\u00ed Dhomhnaill<\/strong> grew up in the Irish-speaking areas of West Kerry and in Tipperary. She studied English and Irish at University College Cork and became part of a group of Irish language poets who were published in the literary magazine <em>Innti<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>She has published numerous collections of poems in Irish, including <em>An Dealg Droighin<\/em> (The Mercier Press, 1981), <i>F\u00e9ar Suaithinseach<\/i> (An Sagart, 1984), <i>Feis<\/i> (An Sagart, 1991) and Cead Aighnis (An Sagart, 1998), and The Gallery Press has published her five most recent collections, with translations into English, <i>Pharoah\u2019s Daughter<\/i> (1990), <i>The Astrakhan Cloak<\/i> (translations by Paul Muldoon, 1992), <i>The Water Horse<\/i> (translations by Medbh McGuckian and Eil\u00e9an N\u00ed Chuillean\u00e1in, 1999), <i>The Fifty Minute Mermaid<\/i> (translations by Paul Muldoon, 2007) and <i>Northern Lights<\/i> (translations by Eil\u00e9an N\u00ed Chuillean\u00e1in, Peter Fallon, Eamon Grennan, Bernard O\u2019Donoghue and Dennis O\u2019Driscoll, 2018).<\/p>\n<p>N\u00ed Dhomhnaill held the Heimbold Chair in Irish Studies at Villanova University in 2001 and has taught at Boston College and New York University. She has received many scholarships, prizes, and bursaries and has also won numerous international awards for works which have been translated into French, German, Polish, Italian, Norwegian, Estonian, Turkish, Japanese and English. In 2018 she was awarded the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award and was the first woman selected for this honour. She lives in Dublin, is a member of Aosd\u00e1na and was Ireland Professor of Poetry  from 2001-2004.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"1\"> <em>Biography sourced primarily from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerypress.com\/authors\/m-to-n\/nuala-ni-dhomhnaill\/\">The Gallery Press<\/a><\/em><\/font><\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forasnagaeilge.ie\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/FnaGdaiteWide492.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><b><font size=\"1\">You can watch a video of the event here<\/font><\/b><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IA4TV4WiphQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"1\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><strong><font color=\"green\">Virtual \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al Session<\/font><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">The event will be hosted on <strong>Zoom<\/strong> and limited to 100 people. We will also live-stream the session on <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obheal.poetry\/\">\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al&#8217;s facebook page<\/a><\/b>. <strong><em><font color=\"green\">Note to Participants<\/font><\/em><\/strong>: As the events are recorded, they remain viewable as videos on our FaceBook\/YouTube channels. <\/p>\n<p>We are no longer posting the link via our social media channels. Upon written request to <a href=\"mailto:info@obheal.ie\">info@obheal.ie<\/a> with a sentence outlining your reason for participation, a link to join the session will be emailed to you on the evening of the event. The session is expected to run for between 2-3 hours.<\/p>\n<p><center><em><strong>The evening will feature three parts:<\/strong><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>8.30pm: Five Word Challenge<\/strong> (max 30 &#8211; after the allotted 15 minutes writing time);<br \/>\n<strong>9.30pm: Featured Guest Poets <\/strong>(20 mins each);<br \/>\n<strong>10:20pm: Open-Mic<\/strong> Session for original poetry (max 30).<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Entering a Zoom meeting<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting\">all explained <b>here >>><\/b><\/a>. This link provides you with a step-by-step guide and YouTube tutorial if necessary. You should check this out if you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the Zoom platform &#8211; it also shows you where to download the zoom client\/app for your computer\/phone. <i>Please Make sure to know where the chat box is and how to mute yourself to reduce background sound.<\/i>)<\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><a name=\"18thSeptember\"><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\"><em>Friday 18th September<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">in association with <\/font><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>Cork City Council<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">presents <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Cork Culture Night<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"2\"><strong>2020<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\"><em>with<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan<\/strong> and <strong>Shaunna Lee Lynch<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center>You can listen to Chandrika&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan-V.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: silver;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ChandrikaNarayanan-MohanSm.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/span><font size=\"1\"><strong>Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan<\/strong> is a Dublin-based arts manager and writer from India, who has also lived in North America, Sweden, Turkey, and the UK. She has been featured on <em>The Moth<\/em> and <em>Mortified<\/em> podcasts, with work aired on NPR and Irish radio. She also regularly performs at literary and cabaret events in Ireland. <\/p>\n<p>Chandrika was selected for the Irish Writers Centre XBorders programmes in 2018 and 2020. Chandrika\u2019s poetry is included in <i>Writing Home: The \u2018New Irish\u2019 Poets<\/i> from Dedalus Press, and was recently published in <i>The Honest Ulsterman<\/i>. This year, Chandrika will be the first ever guest editor of <i>Trumpet<\/i>, Poetry Ireland\u2019s literary pamphlet. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"1\">For more visit Twitter: @ChandrikaNM and Instagram: @Chandrikanm.art<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center>You can listen to Shaunna&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Shaunna Lee Lynch-V.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: silver;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ShaunnaLeeLynchSm.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/span><font size=\"1\"><strong>Shaunna Lee Lynch<\/strong> is a Cork-native writer, actor, director, producer and the current reigning All-Ireland Poetry Slam Champion. As a spoken word artist she has performed at many events around Ireland and abroad including Cork City Culture Night, Electric Picnic, LitFest (France), The Garden Party (Lisbon), Fire and Dust (Coventry), among others. She holds a Level 8 BA Honours Degree in Drama from Ireland\u2019s Conservatory of Music and Drama (DIT) and has been involved in many theatre and film projects over the past decade. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019 Shaunna wrote, co-produced and acted in the play <i>Wishful Thinking<\/i> which ran as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival and the Cork Arts Theatre Emerging Artists Programme. Also in 2019, her poetry was featured in the chapbook <i>paper incantations<\/i> as part of \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al\u2019s \u2018spoken worlds\u2019 series. Her writing playfully weaves modern feminism and pop culture with politics, social commentary and tradition. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/culturenightcork.ie\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CultureNightWide.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"\/><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><b><font size=\"1\">You can watch a video of the event here<\/font><\/b><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKmioNfVZSE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"1\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><strong><font color=\"green\">Virtual \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al Session<\/font><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">The event will be hosted on <strong>Zoom<\/strong> and limited to 100 people. We will also live-stream the session on <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obheal.poetry\/\">\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al&#8217;s facebook page<\/a><\/b>. <strong><em><font color=\"green\">Note to Participants<\/font><\/em><\/strong>: As the events are recorded, they remain viewable as videos on our FaceBook\/YouTube channels. <\/p>\n<p>We are no longer posting the link via our social media channels. Upon written request to <a href=\"mailto:info@obheal.ie\">info@obheal.ie<\/a> with a sentence outlining your reason for participation, a link to join the session will be emailed to you on the evening of the event. The session is expected to run for between 2-3 hours.<\/p>\n<p><center><em><strong>The evening will feature three parts:<\/strong><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>8.30pm: Five Word Challenge<\/strong> (max 30 &#8211; after the allotted 15 minutes writing time);<br \/>\n<strong>9.30pm: Featured Guest Poets <\/strong>(20 mins each);<br \/>\n<strong>10:20pm: Open-Mic<\/strong> Session for original poetry (max 30).<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Entering a Zoom meeting<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting\">all explained <b>here >>><\/b><\/a>. This link provides you with a step-by-step guide and YouTube tutorial if necessary. You should check this out if you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the Zoom platform &#8211; it also shows you where to download the zoom client\/app for your computer\/phone. <i>Please Make sure to know where the chat box is and how to mute yourself to reduce background sound.<\/i>)<\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August and September 10th August \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al in association with Cork City Council, Coventry City Council and Here Comes Everyone &#8211; Join the Network &#038; Silhouette Press presents a Twin Cities Celebration with Coventry poets Emilie Lauren Jones and Matt Black You can listen to Emilie&#8217;s reading here. 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