Workshops

Tara delivers a limited number of talks and poetry workshops at venues including art galleries, summer schools, universities and on-line.

‘Sometimes students worry about being ‘original’ because this is a word often used to denote ‘good’. But the originality comes in the treatment of your subject matter – the voice that tells it – not necessarily in the subject matter itself. What’s original is the voice you use to express these things. That’s what you're looking for as a writer: the voice that will reach inside your head, strike a match and start a fire...’

Topics include

‘FACT. IDEA. EMOTION’

EKPHRASIS

‘CREATIVE TRANSLATION’

‘THE VOICE OF THE POEM’

‘GOOD PLACE: BAD PLACE’

‘THE JOKE’

‘THE ALTERNATIVE CRITICISM WORKSHOP’

To be able to seize the whole of one’s ability like a little ball. – Kafka

For availability please email tarabergincontact@gmail.com