Author: Shauna Gilligan

Writer and Educator based in Ireland.
Contemplation, Exhibitions

Breaking out of writing: inviting art in

There’s always time when breaking a writing practice for browsing, considering, and pottering. This time, Botanic Gardens and Ulster Museum in Belfast. From outside to inside – journeys of family and belonging, to community expressions of oppression in murals, to documenting violence, to stretching back through time to love and betrayal.

Exhibition: The Other End of the Rainbow – Kourtney Roy
Botanic Gardens, Belfast (Photo: (c) Shauna Gilligan)
Murals, Memory and Identity at the Ulster Museum
(Photo: (c) Shauna Gilligan)
Caravaggio “The Taking of Christ” at the Ulster Museum
(Photo: (c) Shauna Gilligan)
Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey at The Ulster Museum (Photo: (c) Shauna Gilligan)

Visit:

https://www.belfastphotofestival.com/exhibitions-24

https://www.ulstermuseum.org/

Writing Festival, Writing Workshops

Writing Workshop: Blackrock Library

These days my teaching and workshop facilitation is within educational institutions so it is wonderful to be working with fellow writer Sara Mullen giving a workshop in a community setting. Join us in Blackrock Library, Tuesday 11th June 6pm – 7.30pm. Max 12 places. To book, email blackrocklib@dlrcoco.ie or Tel (01) 288 8117

Supported by the Creative Ireland Programme and DLR Libraries.

Collaboration, Writing Life, Writing News

Tearing Stripes off Zebras: Review

Cover of anthology Tearing Stripes off Zebras Edited by Nessa O’Mahony featuring a painting of a domestic scene, tiled floor and an open door.

How wonderful to find a review in the Irish Times (6th April) of the Arlen House Anthology Tearing Stripes off Zebras edited by Nessa O’Mahony. The review highlights the quality and variety of the work, and I’m delighted to have a short story in it. The anthology is dedicated to the memory of Eavan Boland.