<![CDATA[Creative Community Sessions: May 2025 Event]]>https://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/s/may-2025-eventhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PLNh!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3a14e857-c80a-4131-9836-5a32ed1d9718_400x400.pngCreative Community Sessions: May 2025 Eventhttps://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/s/may-2025-eventSubstackWed, 06 May 2026 01:09:23 GMT<![CDATA[Brian Kirk]]>https://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/brian-kirkhttps://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/brian-kirkFri, 23 May 2025 08:20:18 GMTIn this helpful and informative talk, award-winning poet and novelist Brian Kirk shares his personal experience and insights into the mammoth task of developing a novel, touching on structure, story, and character development.

Brian Kirk is an award-winning poet, short story writer and novelist from Dublin. He has published two collections of poetry with Salmon Poetry, After The Fall (2017) and Hare’s Breath (2023). His poem “Birthday” won the Listowel Writers’ Week Irish Poem of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2018. His short fiction chapbook It’s Not Me, It’s You won the Southword Fiction Chapbook Competition and was published by Southword Editions in 2019. He is a recipient of Professional Development and Agility Awards from the Arts Council of Ireland. His novel Riverrun was chosen as a winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2022 and was shortlisted for the Spotlight First Novel Award 2023. His poetry has been featured on The Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio One, Words Lightly Spoken Podcast and Eat The Storms Poetry Podcast. He is a member the Hibernian Writers’ Group.

www.briankirkwriter.com

]]><![CDATA[Aisling Walsh]]>https://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/aisling-walshhttps://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/aisling-walshThu, 22 May 2025 08:06:23 GMTIn this inspiring talk, Aisling Walsh discusses neurodivergence, representation, the importance of inclusivity and diversity in writing, and creating an open and inclusive writing community where all voices may be valued and heard.

“Do we want writing or stories… that reaffirm existing prejudices, or that challenge those prejudices and open us to other ways of thinking and being in the world.”

Aisling Walsh (she/her) is an award winning writing and researcher based in Co. Clare. Her work has been published in New Island's 'Wired Our Own Way' anthology, the 2024 'From the Well' anthology, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Irish Times, Jezebel, Electric Literature, Literary Hub and others.

]]><![CDATA[Gary Finnegan]]>https://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/gary-finneganhttps://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/gary-finneganWed, 21 May 2025 08:00:56 GMTIn this honest and open talk about his writing journey, Gary shares his thoughts with us on the journey to becoming an established and recognised writing talent.

Gary Finnegan is a writer and journalist based in Kildare. His fiction has appeared in The London Magazine, Litro, Howl, Ropes, Flash Fiction Magazine and the Irish Independent's New Irish Writing. He has a degree in physiology from Trinity College, an MSc in science communication from DCU, and an MA in creative writing from Maynooth University. Gary was one of 20 Irish writers selected for the 2024 Freedom to Write Project by PEN/Ireland & the John Hewitt Society, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice. Gary is represented by the Watson Little agency in London and is working on his first novel.

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