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JULY 2007
END OF FESTIVAL SLAM WITH THE POETRY CHICKS
Friday 13 July: ADMISSION FREE. All welcome
Windward Suite, Maritime Hotel, Bantry, Cork, Ireland
22.00 - late!
All welcome to recite, perform & entertain in a three-minute
slot. There is a great prize for the winning act - donated by Bantry's
new hotel, the Maritime - a dinner for two at their Waterline Restaurant.
The action will be kick-started by a lively performance from the
Poetry
Chicks whose mission statement is to celebrate poetry in as
many ways as possible.
Pamela Brown
Pamela is a published poet and creative writing facilitator who
has written comedy sketches for radio. She has had two plays produced;
one was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 1993. Collaborating
with photographer Jan Voster, her work has also been exhibited in
Holland. Pamela helped establish The Poets' Corner, a wall in Derry
displaying poems from local teenagers and primary school children.
She received a commendation in Community Drama at the University
of Ulster Magee and has participated in workshops with Augusto Boal,
Theatre of the Oppressed, and Barney Simon, The Market Theatre Johannesburg.
A creative writing facilitator, Pamela also practices Bio-energy,
Reiki and Tai Chi.
Jenni Doherty
Donegal-born, Jenni has worked in bookshops, with local publishing
houses and as an arts & book reviewer for the local press. In
2006 she directed a multi-creative discipline project called EVE...
a Celebration of Creative Women, published with Guildhall Press,
Derry and is about to publish another anthology, Wonderful World
of Worders comprised of over 70 international writers. Co-author
of local folklore book, That Land Beyond, she has also toured Australia
with the Belfast Poets Touring Group in 2006 and was a finalist
in the Queensland SLAM. She works in Waterside Library and for Guildhall
Press as well as co-facilitates youth creative writing workshops
and runs the monthly BBC RaW poetry evening in Derry's Central Library.
Abby Oliveira
Abby has lived in Northern Ireland since 1994. She is the winner
of the Belfast Poetry Performance Cup 2006, and was the literary
festival facilitator for the Gasyard Féile 2005. Abby has
a strong background in the Performing Arts. She has facilitated
poetry workshops in Toronto, Canada, and performs regularly with
In Your Space theatre company. Abby has a BA (Hons) in Theatre Studies
from the University of Ulster and she was awarded a First Class
Honours Degree and the Dean’s Prize, 2005. She also conducts
art and craft workshops with groups of all ages and is a bio-energy
and reiki practitioner.
Based in Derry, the North of Ireland, the Poetry Chicks formed
in 2006. They are also partners of ACE: Artists in Creative Enterprise
- Promoting the Written & Verbal Arts Worldwide
West Cork Literary Festival, 13 Glengarriff Road, Bantry, Co. Cork,
Ireland.
For information & bookings contact +353 (0)27 61157
email: info@westcorkliteraryfestival.ie
www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie
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