{"id":20529,"date":"2024-06-30T12:47:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T12:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?page_id=20529"},"modified":"2024-10-09T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:20:00","slug":"guests-104-aug-sep-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/guest-poets\/guests-104-aug-sep-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests> (104) Aug\/Sep 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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August and September<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n
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12th August<\/em><\/p>\n

Celebrating \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al<\/strong>\u2019s<\/font> 700th<\/strong><\/font> Event<\/b><\/font> in association with <\/font>Cork City Council<\/strong><\/font>,
\nCoventry City Council<\/strong><\/font> and<\/font> Here Comes Everyone<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

presents a <\/font>Cork-Coventry Twin Cities Celebration<\/strong><\/font> with poets<\/font><\/p>\n

Ann Atkins<\/strong> and Amy Rugg<\/strong>
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You can listen to Ann’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>
\n<\/span>Ann Atkins<\/strong> is a slam-winning poet who likes playing with words and finding inspiration in unusual places, often dished up with a dash of humour. She performs across the country and worldwide online. She co-hosts Coventry’s Fire&Dust open mic, and Fire&Dust Zoom for an international audience. Ann has been published in numerous anthologies and her work has featured on several radio shows. <\/p>\n

Her collection Not a Robot<\/em> was published by Allographic Press (2023). Experienced in writing for commissions, she also enjoys facilitating workshops for all ages. Ann features in the Write Club Podcast, is a Nine Arches Press Dynamo mentee (2023-24) and represented Coventry in Dresden on the Coventry Dresden Writers exchange in 2023. She is quite sure she is not a robot.<\/font>
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You can listen to Amy’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>
\n<\/span>Amy Rugg<\/strong> is a writer, performance poet, and cherished collector of tall tales. Writing is the fresh air that keeps Amy going. A champion of Coventry\u2019s history and culture, she was commissioned to perform at Coventry\u2019s Positive Images and Refugee Week festivals, and is a steady regular at Fire&Dust\u2019s open mics.<\/p>\n

Her work was published in a Spirit of Fire & Dust<\/em> anthology by Allographic Press. She enjoys experimenting with the thresholds of poetry and prose and her dramatized poem commemorating the bombing of Coventry Cathedral, featured in the Criterion Theatre\u2019s \u2018Springboard Festival\u2019 this year. A dual citizen of the US\/UK, she enjoys writing and performing from the perspective of a relative outsider. <\/font><\/p>\n


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You can watch a video of the event here<\/font><\/b>
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