Patricia O’Reilly’s Workshops

As with many of the best things in life I came to this part of my career accidentally when a colleague asked me to give him a hand with a workshop in Co Clare. It was the first time I realised that I knew something about how to write, how to edit work to a professional standard, the ropes of getting published, and, most importantly, that I loved facilitating people who wanted to write.

Since then I haven’t looked back. I’ve worked with UCD, the VEC, FAS, the ICA, Listowel Writers’ Week, The Patrick MacGill Summer School, and given talks and convened workshops all over the country.

Several people in the various groups have won awards, published books and short stories, created radio documentaries and written radio plays.

Currently as part of UCD’s Adult Education Programme I give workshops titled Writing for Radio; Discovering and Channelling Creativity, Parts I & II; Editing Techniques and The Business of Writing. I lecture in City & Guilds print journalism in the College of Further Education in Dunlaoghaire.

This coming autumn and spring, I am giving several workshops around the country

I am also setting up an on-line resource to enable me to work with writers on a one-to-one basis..

If you’ve queries about writing contact me at: patricia@patriciaoreilly.net