Sonia takes to the stage

KWWN member Sonia Elston is to appear in the hilarious comedy The Camel's Back by Arnold Helsby. A new and unpopular owner arrives at the Hannafin Farmhouse in 1969 and all attempts to remove her seem to end in failure. The play will be performed by The Group Theatre, Tralee at The Ivy Leaf Centre, Castleisland tonight and Sun 1st March, St John's Arts Centre, Listowel on Thurs 5th March and Fri 6th March and Abbeydorney Community Centre on Friday 13th March. All performances start at 8pm. Tickets €10 Concessions €8.

Meeting on Saturday

Next KWWN meeting takes place this Saturday 28th February in Tralee Library at 11:30am.

Practice readings for the International Women's Day events will take place at the end of the meeting at 1pm. Please note each reader is allowed a max. of 2-3 mins to read their work.

Lost Kerry poet found

Christabel, the pen name used by Mary Downing, is a name full of sound but to truly know Ms Downing, you need to hear the rhythmic qualities of her language and metre. You can do just that at Kerry County Library on Thursday 19th Feb at 6:30pm, when KWWN presents a talk on the Kerry poet on the 200th anniversary of her birth in 1815.

The talk will be given by Dermot Twomey, and it will cover the poet's background, her father, Daniel McCarthy, the anti-tithe campaigner; her brother -in-law McCarthy Downing, the MP for Cork, her husband, Washington Downing, the parliamentary reporter for Charles Dickens' newspaper and her daughter Helena Paulina Shearer, the famous suffragist.

KWWN member Claire O'Mahony will recite Christabel's poetry.

Meeting on Saturday 14th Feb

Kerry Women Writers' Network meets again on Saturday at noon at Manor West Hotel, Tralee. The meeting is a general meeting for all members. There is no agenda other than to discuss organising two events for International Women's Day on March 8th next. See you there!

A Kerry poet remembered

Whether you enjoy history or poetry you're sure to enjoy this talk. On Thursday 19^th Feb from 6:30-8pm at Kerry County Library, Tralee, Kerry Women's Writing Network presents a talk on Kerry poet Mary Downing who wrote under the name Christabel on the 200^th  anniversary of her birth in 1815. The talk by Dermot Twomey will cover the poet’s background; her father, Daniel McCarthy, the anti-tithe campaigner; her brother-in-law McCarthy Downing, the MP for Cork; her husband, Washington Downing, the parliamentary reporter for Charles Dickens’ newspaper and her daughter Helena Paulina Shearer, the famous suffragist.

A selection of Christabel's poetry will be recited on the night by KWWN member Claire O'Mahony. All are welcome.

Congrats to KWWN member Barbara Magee-Lovric

Barbara Magee-Lovric is one of 12 people shortlisted in this year's Novel Fair 2015 competition. Barbra is a finalist in the competition which had almost 250 applicants. Get the full story here from the Irish Writers Centre Blog http://irishwriterscentre.ie/blogs/news/18699243-novel-fair-2015