From the selkie to the hag, folklore is alive with stories of mythological women. As writers, how do we revoice these mythological and folkloric female figures? What are the challenges and opportunities for writers working with folklore today?
Join Tracy Fahey for a workshop where participants are guided to work with existing folkloric stories that have a special meaning for them, and are facilitated to consider and develop a creative reimagining of these stories.
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Tracy Fahey is an Irish writer. She has won the Rubery International Book Award (2025) and the Paul Cave Prize for Literature (2024). Three of her books have been shortlisted for British Fantasy Awards (Best Collection 2017, 2022, Best Novella 2024). Her short fiction is published in more than fifty American, British, Australian and Irish anthologies. Fahey's next book is Queens of the Crone Age (2026, PS Publishing), the research and writing of which was supported by a Saari Fellowship awarded by the Kone Foundation, and residencies in Ireland, Scotland, and Finland. She holds a PhD on the Gothic in visual art and lectures in Critical and Contextual Studies at Limerick School of Art and Design, TUS.
About the event:
Running time: 105 minutes including breaks
Venue: Braid Room
Tickets: £20.50/ £18.50 (plus 50p booking fee)
The event will be take place in-person. Workshops are not recorded. Workshops are not included In a weekend pass.
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