Writing Workshop

Writer, Brian Leyden will facilitate a workshop, On St or y t el l ing, at the Hawk’s Well Theatre on Saturday the 13th of Januar y 2018.

Running from 2-6pm, Brian will bring participants on a guided journey into the heart and art of crafting stories.

A highly experienced writer and teacher, Brian is much sought after for his extremely popular creative writing workshops in fiction and non-fiction. The author of a best-selling memoir,

The Home Pl ace, the novel Death and Pl ent y and most recently, Sweet Ol d Worl d: New &

Sel ected St or ies, Brian is a past winner of the RTÉ Radio 1 Francis MacManus Award, has written for BBC Radio 4, and has had numerous writings featured on Sunday Miscellany and The Doc on One (RTÉ Radio 1) and The Quiet Quarter (Lyric FM).

His practical and informed approach never fail s to be inspirational and this particular workshop will certainly be of benefit to those interested in honing in on their stor y-telling skills.

There will be t wo other literar y-themed workshops at the theatre l ater in the year; The Art of the Spoken Word with Jessica Traynor takes place on Saturday the 3rd of March and a weekend workshop, Play writing with Gavin Kostick, (literar y manager of Fishamble theatre company) will take place on Friday the 23rd and Saturday the 24th of March.

Tickets for Brian’s workshop are € 40. All tickets will have a €1 development fee surcharge and are available from the Hawk’s Well Theatre box office on 071-91/61518 or book online at www. hawkswell.com