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From February 2026, it will no longer be updated or monitored. 

A new blog will be included on our website IPTN.ie

Wellness Through The Seasons and Poetry Club 2026

 Wellness Through The Seasons 2026

 

 Two hour workshops led by qualified poetry therapy practitioners

from 2pm - 4pm

February 21st - Theresa

April 18th – Maria

June 13th – Carol

August 15th - Shelley

 €20 for members and €30 for non-members

Poetry Club

One hour workshops led by members of IPTN from 2pm

March 21st – Shelley

May 16th – Bernie

July 26th – Ger

September 19th - Elizabeth

 Sessions are open and free to IPTN members

 

  

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IPTN Ezine Autumn '25

IPTN ezine in now availble to read online, with details of our conference and much more. Check it out.

IPTN Conference - Nessa O'Mahony - Guest Speaker

 
This year the IPTN Conference will be held on zoom on Sat 11/10/25. We are delighted to welcome Nessa O'Mahony as guest speaker on the topic: Down to the River.

Poet Nessa O'Mahony explores the relationship between the writer and their local river, focussing on how writers have turned to waterways as a source of inspiration, consolation and recuperation over the centuries. She will discuss the importance of her own local river, the Dodder, to her poetry and how it inspired her work in the aftermath of major surgery in 2024, and will read poems from her forthcoming collection, Dodder Daughter.
Nessa O'Mahony is from Dublin, where she lives. She has published five volumes of poetry - a sixth, Dodder Daughter, will be published by Salmon Poetry in 2026. She is an associate lecturer with the Open University and a regular facilitator of creative writing workshops.

Pre-Conference Workshop

 

Pre-Conference Workshop  

Connecting with Nature, Connecting with Creativity: A Poetry Therapy in Practice Workshop

The Northern Ireland Poetry Therapy Interest Group is holding a pre-conference workshop on Sat 4^th October ’25 at the MAC, Belfast.

The outcomes of the workshop will be presented at the IPTN conference on 11^th October. If you attend the workshop, you are welcome to take part in the presentation at the conference.

Cost: £20 IPTN members/£30 non-members

For full details, please email Shelley Tracey at

shelleyztracey@gmail.com

Connections with Nature - Conference 11/10/25

We are pleased to announce that the IPTN 2025 Conference -Connections with Nature - will be held on Saturday 11 October '25. Our guest speaker is the masterful poet and writer Nessa O'Mahony. More information to follow shortly!