SPRING FORWARD:
UL CREATIVE WRITING RETREAT 2024

 We are extremely fortunate to have Robert Berold joining us from a distance to provide online (via zoom) feedback on a sample of your writing during the retreat. (PLEASE NOTE : This is an optional extra so please tell Sarah if you wish to avail of it, and send her your writing sample - maximum 2,000 words) by February 5th) One of South Africa's most influential poets [2], Berold worked from 1989 and 1999 as the editor of New Coin, a poetry journal that published much of the groundbreaking poetry written in South Africa in the 1990s. The journal's anthology was published in 2002 as It All Begins: poems from post-liberation South Africa, and was followed in 2003 by a compilation of interviews with poets entitled South African Poets on Poetry. Berold taught English at Zhejiang University, People's Republic of China, from 2005 to 2006. He further organized various campus-wide seminars on English poetry during this period. His memoir of his experiences, Meanwhile Don't Push and Squeeze, was published in 2007 (Jacana Media). Berold is the coordinator of the MA in creative writing at Rhodes University. He runs the small poetry press Deep South. 

 Spring Forward Creative Writing Retreat is a residential programme run by members of UL Creative Writing. The location is Doolin, Co Clare on the West Coast of Ireland. Any queries or requests for further information should be addressed to Professor Sarah Moore sarah.moore@ul.ie