Winter Miscellany to be launched in Kilkenny

NUIG Kilkenny writing programme graduates, Maura Barrett and Brian Clancy are launching a collection, Winter Miscellany at Carrolls Pub in Ballybought Street.

Like many good ideas, publishing a winter anthology was stimulated by strong caffeine as
two writer friends shared a coffee in late August. Maura and Clancy have
traversed the difficulties of that oft time solitary vocation.

Costly lesson for learner driver in Kilkenny with garland hanging from mirror

They also know that sometimes the best way to get work out there is to take a DIY approach. The NUIG Kilkenny writing programme graduates turned to a trusted mentor in John McKenna who eventually acted as editor to Winter Miscellany, a fine new collection of short stories and poetry. They reached out to others from the Tipperary and Kilkenny region and in addition to their own work,
fiction and poetry from Paul Maher, Pat Griffin, Jasper Murphy and Paul Keating complete
the line up for this collection.

The stories and poems are all winter themed and they are eclectic in their variety and narrative approaches. There is adventure on every page as we witness the entire spectrum of human emotions and experience. The characters get into all manner of scrapes. One swings for an ex with a hurley, one witnesses his own funeral and another navigates the shady streets of 1980’s Moscow. These deftly crafted stories are complimented by haunting winter themed artwork by the students of CTI in Clonmel.

With glowing reviews from Donal Ryan and Conal Creedon, the ‘Southeast Scribes’ will be launching the book in both counties. In Kilkenny, Winter Miscellany will be launched by John McKenna in Pat Carroll’s Bar at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, December 13. Mark Turner of Marble City Publishers will be the MC on the night and all are welcome.

Books can be purchased post-launch in The Book Centre on High Street or pre-launch online via a PayPal account to southeastscribes@gmail.com