HOWTH LITERARY FESTIVAL - pics

Adam Wyeth and myself, signing books after our event

The festival at Howth Castle was great on Saturday. What a venue! Adam Wyeth and I had a great public conversation, in the Lutyens Library, about poetry, myth, houses, influences and all sorts of things.

We had a warm welcome from Eleanor Griffin and her team, and a lovely, engaged audience. There were brownies, scones and superfood salads in the courtyard café, mmmmm. And a giant Aga to swoon over.

A few pics.

The enviable Aga

TDF brownies (there's a cookery school onsite)

We sampled the berry scones too :)

The yard houses the National Transport Museum

The castle

Harebells in the grounds

Eleanor Griffin with Juno

Juno in the green room

Me in the green room - the nicest GR ever

Roses on the grounds

CURLEW WRITING CONFERENCE

Highly recommended - the Deppes and Suzanne Strempek Shea are all fantastic writers (and people).

From Annie and Ted Deppe: 'Alumni of any MFA program or other serious writers are invited to attend ~ CURLEW 4 ~ A WEEK FOR WRITERS IN HOWTH, IRELAND, 11-18 OCTOBER 2013. This is NOT connected with Stonecoast MFA program in any way, though we do have a number of Stonecoast alumni signed up to attend. We have a couple of spots left. Workshop a current project, generate new work, and take your writing to the next level, all in a most inspiring setting rich with literary culture. Following on the great success of three previous Curlew Writing Conferences, Annie Deppe, Ted Deppe, and Suzanne Strempek Shea are offering a new week-long conference for serious writers. Prominent Irish authors (to be selected after we see the genre concentrations of the participants) will join us, and we will offer a full week of workshops, writing exercises, seminars, a field trip and readings. Contact teddeppe2@hotmail.com for more information.'