News from the Antarctic
A first book for biologist and octogenarian, Fergus O' Gorman. A vivid, poignant, and compelling read.
Great news from the Harvest Press.
Our latest publication, Antarctic Affair, Fergus O' Gorman's account of his three years spent in Antarctica, will be launched by mountaineer and adventurer, Pat Falvey, on Friday night September 2nd in Killiney Castle Hotel at 6 pm. All are welcome..
Fergus O' Gorman is the only surviving Irishman to have overwintered in the Antarctic. Antarctic Affair is Fergus' first book and comes in his 88th year.
The book is illustrated from Fergus' collection of photographs and recounts his adventures as a young biologist in a hostile climate.
Filled with laughter and tragedy, the book is a wonderful read.
Antarctic Affair, is available on our website
https://www.theharvestpress.ie
Other News
In keeping with the Antarctic theme, John will be touring over the coming months with Brian Hughes and the Kildare orchestra in South! Always South.
The show is based on a script written by John MacKenna and music composed by piper Brian Hughes and John will be narrating the story. With full orchestration from the Kildare orchestra. The show tells the story of the life and death of Ernest Shackleton, probably the world's greatest explorer, and includes projected images taken on his expeditions. Shackleton, a Kildare man, is very close to our hearts.
South! Always South, can be seen at
Kildare Cathedral, Kildare Saturday, September 24th
Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, Saturday October 29th
Glór Theatre, Ennis, Saturday November 12th
Aula Max, Maynooth University, Saturday December 10th
Tickets available through eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.ie/d/ireland--kilkenny/south-always-south/
Angela and John will present Angela's play, The Winter Dress on Culture Night in both Bagenalstown and Castledermot libraries.
https://culturenight.ie/?s=the+winter+dress
Our thanks, as ever, to Kildare and Carlow County Councils.
The Hedge School
The Hedge School is a writing programme like no other.
Established at the Croi Anu Centre in Moone in 2017 by novelist and playwright Angela Keogh and novelist, playwright and memoirist John MacKenna, it offers writers, at all stages of their careers, an opportunity to work on the projects that interest them, with the encouragement of the tutors and the support of like-minded people.
The 2022/23 workshops will take place on ten Saturdays between October and May, at Croi Anu Centre – a wonderful space run by Mary Pat Moloney for the promotion of the arts and, coincidentally, just across the road from the site of a Hedge School that operated in Moone in the nineteenth century.
Over the past five years a number of the students at the Hedge School have had books published, plays produced and work broadcast on RTE.
The maximum intake of students in any one year is twenty-two.
We focus on the work the participants wish to do. We encourage people to work to the targets they set themselves - that might be to complete some short stories; finish a collection of poems; write a memoir or develop a play or a novel - the work is the important thing, as are the writers.’
The Hedge school caters for those beginning the writing journey and those who are further along the writing road but the emphasis is on collaboration, comradeship and encouragement.
Given that the Hedge School is set in south Kildare, some of the work is drawn from the landscape and the workshops often move out into the surrounding countryside
This year's Hedge School begins on Saturday October 15.
Full details are available from thehedgeschoolonthemoone@gmail.com
50 Word Submission
Congratulations to Christina Hession, on her 50 word submission on the subject of 'apple-picking'.
"You may as well pick them, they'll go to waste otherwise", the ruddy cheeked grandad said.
Little did he know, the shiny fruit of his labours, were already secreted in my Bag for Life. Snuggling up to the tub of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream.
Christina Hession
For our next newsletter, we are inviting 50 word submissions on the subject of 'Electric dreams.'
As ever, thanks for your support and we always love to hear from you.
Angela and John
