Restoring the Balance - 2019
Ardagh School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Family event: Year 9 takes place on Sunday 27th and Monday 28th at 12pm.
Visit the Forbidden Forest, take part in
potions class and an art workshop and have lots more fun. Early booking
advised (Extra sessions may be announced later subject to
demand). Adults €5 (including tea/coffee), Children €8, Family of 4 €24
(2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children). Bookings: 086 3027602 / 086 1717925 or creativeardagh@gmail.com
Author Panel
Saturday 26th October at 12pm
Adults and Teens €6
We are delighted to be able to present this discussion panel as part of Ardagh Fright Fest 2019.
Join Scéalta Beo with authors Ruth Frances Long and Karina Tynan as we
discuss the theme Restoring the Balance, writing in general, as well as
the inspiration that each author gets from the Irish countryside and our
ancient myths and legends.
Author: Ruth Frances Long
Saturday 26th October at 2pm
Workshop for adults and teens. €15pp
Booking essential as places are limited.
Ruth Frances Long will be joining us again this year for a workshop and for the
author panel discussion.
Workshop details
Irish folklore and modern writing
We're living in a world where we move further away from the natural
world and its natural rhythms. Irish myths and folklore remind us that the past is
still lingering beneath the surface of the
present, and reaches out to shape the future. These are stories which
were made to be told and retold, adapting with each retelling,
constantly changing to reflect the world around them. In this workshop
we'll look at how to use our most ancient stories to tell modern myths,
how to identify the themes buried in the words and rework those tales
for a new audience.
About Ruth
Ruth Frances Long writes young adult fantasy such as The Treachery of Beautiful Things
(Dial, 2012) and The Dubh Linn trilogy set in the world of demons,
angels and fairies that exists alongside our own in modern day Dublin (A Crack in Everything, A Hollow in the Hills and A Darkness at the End (O’Brien, 2014-2016)). In 2015 she was the winner of The European Science Fiction Society
Spirit of Dedication Award For Best Author of Children’s Science
Fiction and Fantasy for A Crack in Everything.
As Jessica Thorne she writes fantasy and space opera romance – The Queen’s Wing (Bookouture, 2018) and The Stone’s Heart (Bookouture, 2019, and the forthcoming Mageborn (Bookouture, 2020)
As R. F. Long she writes fantasy & paranormal romance such as The Scroll Thief, Soul Fire and the Holtlands stories (The Wolf’s Sister, The Wolf’s Mate and The Wolf’s Destiny).
She lives in Ireland and works in a library of rare, unusual &
occasionally crazy books. But they don’t talk to her that often.
Visit her website: www.rflong.com
Follow her on:
Twitter: @RFLong / @JessThorneBooks
Facebook: RuthFrancesLong
Instagram: ruthfranceslong
Author: Karima Tynan
On
the 25th of October or, six nights before Samhain we look forward to
hearing the story of Midir and Etain told by Scéalta Beo then followed
by Karina’s retelling from the perspective of the beheaded
sorceress, Fuamnach of Brí Leith.
Karina
retells the Irish myths as monologues from the perspectives of the
women in the myths some of which can be found on her website Irish Myths
Retold karinatynan.com
She has been working and living with Irish Mythology for twenty five
years as a team member of the Bard Summer School which runs in July each
year on Clare Island, Co Mayo and as a psychotherapist.
Winter Gardening
WINTER GARDENING
with Ardagh Eco Gardens Thursday 24th October.
8pm to 9pm
€6 pp (includes tea/coffee)
Samhain is a time for preparing for rebirth and the start of the
incubation underground of all things so we are delighted to have Brendan
Farrell of Ardagh Eco Gardens exploring this aspect with us. Brendan is
a most gifted guardian of nature and a lover of the legends so his
workshop on winter gardening is the gentle approach much needed in these
times.
http://www.ardaghvillagelandscapes.com/
https://instagram.com/brendanfarrelll?igshid=rdayc6om7vvl
A selection of photography from County Longford students with Shelley Corcoran.
The exhibition will be open during all Ardagh Fright Fest events.
Shelley's students have delved deep into their
imaginations to create a conceptual and haunting photography exhibition
to launch Fright Fest. The dark, gothic and frightening images show a
world that is somewhere between reality and somewhere we may be to in
fear to venture. These images depict
narratives that draw you in and let you become part of the obscure world
that these artists have created. Immerse yourselves in this creation
and feel the potency of the images that will stay with you long after
you have departed.
Events
Monday 21st to Monday 28th October
with previews for schools
Wednesday 23rd October
4.00pm Aisling Festival Outreach Wet Felting Workshop
Thursday 24th October
8.00pm
Winter Gardening with Ardagh Eco Gardens
Friday 25th October
7.30pm Scéalta Beo in conversation with Karina Tynan
Saturday 26th October
Questions and Answers with KarinaTynan, Ruth Long and Scéalta Beo
Creative Writing Workshop with Ruth Long
Sunday 27th October
Monday 28th October
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