Free writing and wellbeing workshop coming up in Midleton

Writers Block Programme - Outline/ Proposal

About:

Writers Block 2026/2027: In 2026 and 2027 the Writers Block programme instigated by Cork

County Council Arts and Library Service will see nine writers work across Cork county

deliver creative writing opportunities in their communities. The writer for the East Cork

Municipal District is Arnold Thomas Fanning, based in Midleton.

The Course:

Arnold will deliver a five-week course of workshops in Life Writing, in which through

readings, discussions, writing prompts, and gentle feedback participants will gain the skills

and confidence to tell their own stories in writing. Life Writing is amongst the most

rewarding, expressive, challenging, and fulfilling forms of writing, and in this course

participants will be guided thematically to write their own stories. Suitable for beginners, this

workshop series will allow participants to build up a body of their own Life Writing work.

It is envisaged that a panel discussion and reading related to the Writers Block programme

series will conclude this project. The panel discussion will be a presentation on Creative

Writing, Well Being, and the Writers Block programme with myself, the course facilitator,

and Danielle Sheehy from SECAD as well as volunteer participants from the workshops, in a

public event in Midleton Library.

Workshop Venue:

Cork County Council | The Lodge, Youghal Road, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 TF98

Timeline:

April: Identify groups of interest, complete project management, disseminate workshop flyer.

May 14th: Begin workshop series, running on each following Thursday to June 11th, five

sessions in total.

June 13 th , 3pm: Public event on Writers Block Life Writing sessions in Midleton Library.