Workshops and Poetry Club '24

Throughout the year, IPTN runs Wellness through the Seasons workshops on zoom on a Saturday from 2pm to 4pm. Details of the sessions are advertised nearer the time. IPTN members receive a reduced rate.

We also run a Poetry Club (free) for IPTN members on a Saturday from 2 pm to  3 pm, on zoom.

Here are the dates for your diary and we will email a gentle reminder beforehand.

10 February 2024  Siblings and our Relationship with them. - Theresa Kelly

20 April 2024  The Road Ahead - Carol Boland in Old School, Hollyfort, Gorey,                               and on zoom. A combining of face-to-face and zoom sessions.

18 May 2024 The Place of Poetry in your Life - Shelley Tracey

24 August 2024 - Realisations of the heart: Haibun - Maria Ortega

€20 for members and €25 for non-members

Poetry Club

Dates for IPTN’s one-hour Saturday sessions from 2pm:

23 March 2024  Poems That I Like with Bernie Walsh

8 June 2024 - Anaphora with Ali Broder

27 July 2024 - Parcels with Elizabeth Fitzsimons

21 September 2024 - Let's Play with Words Ger Campbell

 Sessions are open and free to IPTN members

We look forward to seeing you there.

IPTN Conference - A successful day!

What a day it was - full of interesting and enlightening facilitations from all our speakers. Thanks to  facilitators and to all who attended and participated in the sessions, you made the conference the successful event it was. We could not have done it without you! Copies of the poems are on their way.

Check out our autumn ezine below for details of upcoming online events during 2024.

See you there!

 

Watch our IPTN information video

 

Conference Prog - Sat 14 Oct '23

 See our Autumn ezine below for further details.

Book your place by emailing Theresa Kelly at irishpoetrytherapynetwork@gmail.com

IPTN Ezine Autumn '23

 

Sorry! Session Cancelled

Sorry! 

We regret that our Wellness Through the Seasons session on 26th August '23 has been cancelled.

For IPTN members, the next Poetry Club is on 23th September with Alison Broder. She will contact you nearer the time with further details.

Save the Date - Annual Conference Saturday 14/10/23

In the meantime, our IPTN Ezine is almost ready for publication. Watch out for it here and on Facebook. As usual, it is full of interesting articles, and this edition includes details of our upcoming Annual Conference on Saturday 14th October, on zoom.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

IPTN AGM - 20/5/23

This year the IPTN's AGM (annual general meeting) will be held on zoom on Saturday 20th May '23 at 3.15pm

Please email IPTN for the zoom link if you wish to join us.

All Welcome.

Poetry Therapy in Practice at NI Mental Health Arts Festival

Three poetry therapy events are taking place at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast as part of the NI Mental Health Arts Festival.

https://www.nimhaf.org/2023-festival-events-240423

1. 13th May 10.30am to 12.30pm Introduction to Poetry Therapy

https://crescentarts.org/courses/introduction-to-poetry-therapy-

2. 13th March 1.30pm -3.30pm Poetry Therapy in Practice: Myths, Journeys and Self-Discovery

https://crescentarts.org/courses/poetry-therapy-in-practice-myths-journeys--selfdisc

3. 16th May 10.00am to 12.30pm

We are All Music Makers and Dreamers of Dreams

This workshop combines music and poetry therapy

https://crescentarts.org/courses/poetry--music-therapy

Workshops and Poetry Club 2023

Each year, IPTN runs Wellness through the Seasons workshops on zoom on a Saturday from 2pm to 4pm. Details of the sessions are advertised nearer the time. IPTN members receive a reduced rate.

We also run a Poetry Club (free) for IPTN members on a Saturday from 2pm to 3pm, on zoom.

Here are the dates for your diary and we will email a gentle reminder beforehand.

All dates subject to confirmation.

11 February    Maria Ortega

22 April          Shelley Tracey 

10 June          Theresa Kelly

26 August      David Madden

25 March     Bernie Walsh

20 May        Carol Boland plus IPTN AGM. Open to all.
 

29 July        Elizabeth Fitzsimons

23 Sept        Alison Broder

We look forward to seeing you there.

New 'Poem of the Month'

UPDATE: We regret this offer is no longer available. We plan to reintroduce it at a later stage.

Hello, and Happy New Year to you. For this new year of 2023, we are delighted to offer you a new 'Poem of the Month', with a prompt, every month.


Every month for 2023 we will offer you a poem for your interest and enjoyment, and a prompt that you might like to use to write and reflect on the poem or whatever comes up for you.

It's part of our offering to lovers of poetry therapy who have enjoyed our workshops, peer groups, poetry club, e-zine, and conferences every year. It's a little way for us to give back to you for your support of IPTN.

We’ll drop a poem and a prompt into your inbox on the last Saturday of the month every month in 2023, starting in January. We hope you enjoy it.
Keep an eye out for the email and check your 'spam' folder just in case!