Starting
in the New Year, Galway Arts Centre
presents a daytime class for all those
beginner and continuing creative writing students out there,
facilitated by Susan Millar DuMars. Susan Millar DuMars writes both poetry
and fiction. A collection of her stories, Lights In The Distance, was published in December 2010 by
Doire Press; she has published three collections of poetry, Big Pink Umbrella (2008), Dreams For Breakfast (2010)
& The God Thing (2013)
all with Salmon Poetry. She is also co-organiser of the Over The Edge reading
series which specifically promotes new writers. Susan recently edited the
anthology Over the Edge – the first ten
years, published by Salmon, which includes work by forty seven writers who
have published a first book since they did a reading at an Over The Edge: Open
Reading in Galway City Library.
The class is suitable for both beginning and continuing creative writing students,
working in either poetry or fiction. Students will spend their weeks responding
to writing exercises designed to inspire, rather than inhibit. In class, they
will receive gentle feedback on their work from their classmates and from the
teacher. The class takes place on Monday afternoons, 2.30-4pm,
commencing on Monday, January 20th. It runs
for ten weeks.
The cost to participants is 110 Euro with a 100
Euro concession price. Booking is essential as places are limited. For
booking please contact Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick Street,
phone 091 565886 or email info@galwayartscentre.ie