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Open Call: Sunshine: sharing writings to brighten our souls… Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing 2025 invites readers to share their favourite feel-good poetry and prose

The very popular Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing festival is preparing to launch its 12th year celebrating the ways the arts make us feel good and inspire us. The festival will take place from 17-22 February 2025 and the full programme will be launched on the 28 January.

This year Waterford Libraries will continue to partner with Waterford Healing Arts (part of Réalta) to bring a host of wonderful events to our communities.

In the meantime, you are invited to take part in ‘Sunshine’ the ever-loved flagship festival event on Friday 21st of February in the Book Centre @ 6pm.

Do you reach for a poem to be inspired?  Does a good book lift your spirits? If so, we would love you to take part. Calling all literature lovers to submit their favourite piece of writing (not self-written) for consideration for Sunshine. Submissions to be emailed to info@realta.ie by Tuesday the 4th of February.

Claire Meaney, Director of Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts, said;:  “We’re so excited to present ‘Sunshine’ again this year in The Book Centre, Waterford.  This lovely event is inspired by AA Milne’s ‘Winnie the Pooh’, when Eeyore says, “It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine”.  This is what ‘Sunshine’ is all about: sharing writing that helps us to feel good.  We are delighted to welcome once again Catherine Drea as our Guest MC, and musician Bill Stuart.  Artist, photographer and writer, Catherine has a wonderfully warm way of bringing the audience together for this very special evening.  Bill is one of our Healing Sounds musicians and his resonant tones soothe audiences wherever he performs.  We would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to The Book Centre, Waterford, for their continued kind and loyal sponsorship of Sunshine.”

The Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing is funded by the Arts Council, the HSE and Waterford City and County Council.  The full festival programme will be launched on 28 January.

Photo: Catherine Drea at ‘Sunshine’ during last year’s Well Festival of Arts & Wellbeing.  Photo by DGM Photographic.

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