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Monthly Hybrid Poetry Events: Live Streamed What: Poetry Films, Five Word Challenge, Guest Poets & Open-Mic When: 2nd Monday, Monthly @ 8.30pm (+ Poetry Films from 7pm) Where: Hayloft Bar (Long Valley Bar), Winthrop St, Cork (& online). Guest Poet & Open-Mic mp3s: Monday Event Archive Wordshops: Creative Writing at Ó Bhéal and Beyond … Ó Bhéal – a poem by Anamaría Crowe Serrano |
*** Ópen *** 12th Five Words Poetry Competition *** Ópen ***
Events are posted every 2 months. Click names for biographical details
@ Nano Nagle Place 12th Winter Warmer festival – 22nd-24th November
Ó Bhéal’s End of Year Event Martina Evans – 9th December
First Fortnight Festival Jeanann Verlee & Lauren McNamara – 13th January
Events are held in the Hayloft Bar, upstairs at the Long Valley, Winthrop st,as well as on Zoom and streamed via obheal.ie/live (more details via the links above)
Poetry Films start from 7.00pm (45mins – Not Streamed). Five Word challenge starts at 8.30pm.
Guest poets begin at around 9.20/9.30pm, Open-Mic session from 10.30pm.
The 12th Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film Comp shortlist
… was screened on Sunday 24th Nov at the
12th Winter Warmer Poetry Festival.
A special Irish Selection was also screened on Sat 23rd Nov.All screenings are free to view on our FESTIVAL STAGE.
(Playlists have excluded certain films on request.)
Congratulations to Anya Ryzhkova this year’s competition winner,
for her incredible poetry film 09.01.berkovich!
Ó Bhéal’s 12th Winter Warmer (and 4th hybrid) festival presented over 50 poets from seven countries. Most of the featured guests appeared in-person at Nano Nagle Place, with a few appearing virtually.
The festival included a haiku workshop with Anton Floyd, a poetry-film workshop with Colm Scully, a launch of Southword issue 47, two music/poetry fusions from Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin, an experimental theatre performance from Strive Theatre and MacBóchra, an Open-Mic Showcase featuring fifteen poets from five Cork-based regular open-mic events, plus a Closed-Mic set, for ten poets from Ó Bhéal’s regular open-mic sessions during 2024.
Guests included Paula Meehan, Maw Shein Win, Pedro Serrano (w/ Anna Crowe), Maria Lado, Louis de Paor, Emma McKervey, Theo Dorgan, Jennifer Horgan, Lorenzo Mari, John Wedgewood Clarke, Sébastien Revon, Afric McGlinchey, Anton Floyd, Bernadette Gallagher and David McLoghlin.
The shortlist and prize-giving for Ó Bhéal’s 12th International Poetry-Film Competition was screened and simulcast, as was an additional, special selection of poetry-films made in Ireland.
The festival poster is available HERE.
The festival STAGE which has all the videos from the festival is HERE.
