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This year the programme features a range of events that include readings, workshops, in conversations, and activities for all ages with a variety of genres and approaches to writing represented.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The programme includes:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span><span><span>Tuesday 10th October<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>A workshop for TY students with award winning writer and poet Colm Keegan<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><strong>Friday 13th October<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>A workshop for primary school students with children&#8217;s book writer Helena Dugan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>A workshop followed by poetry recital featuring Wicklow Poets Jane Clarke,&nbsp;David Butler and&nbsp;Eithne Hand.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span><span><span>Saturday 14th October<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Two children&#8217;s&nbsp;workshops with&nbsp;creator of &#8216;My delicious Hat&#8217; Paul Timoney, and<span>&nbsp;illustrator and writer Aoife Dooley.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Two writer\u2019s workshops with<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span>&nbsp;William Ryan, fiction writer, and&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span>Tanya Farrelly, crime fiction writer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>A reading and in-conversation by&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><span><span>Irish journalist and broadcaster <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span>Edel Coffey,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><span><span>and moderated by&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span>Wicklow author Olivia Fitzsimons.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":26743,"template":"","class_list":["post-26742","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Way With Words Literature Festival 2023 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wicklow Arts Office and Wicklow Library Services are delighted to announce the return of the Way with Words Literature Festival on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th October 2023 in Blessington Library.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/way-with-word-literature-festival-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Way With Words Literature Festival 2023 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wicklow Arts Office and Wicklow Library Services are delighted to announce the return of the Way with Words Literature Festival on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th October 2023 in Blessington Library. 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