Poetry & the Sea - Creative Writing Workshop
Date: Saturday 21 November 2026
Time: 10.00 - 13.00
Venue: Crescent Arts Center, Belfast
Price: 35 £35 | £30
Tutor: Stephen de Búrca
Book NowThe sea has been a source of inspiration for writers in Ireland for centuries.
This workshop will explore how poets have been immersed in the sea in their poetry, considering the open sea and coastlines, sea birds and underwater animals, voyaging and migration.
We will also consider how this is changing in the context of climate change.
The workshop will closely read poems by established writers as well as perform our own explorations through generative writing prompts.
This workshop is open to all levels and, while its focus will be on poetry, is open to all genres.
About the Tutor
Stephen de Búrca is a writer from Galway. He completed his doctorate at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University Belfast. He received the inaugural Poetry Ireland Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary and the Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award in 2026. Stephen’s work has featured in Poetry Ireland Review, The Irish Times, PN Review, Banshee, The Stinging Fly, Propel Magazine, and elsewhere. His first poetry collection, Atlantic Fret, was published byThe Gallery Press in May 2026.
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