In this fascinating and inspiring talk, Theresa Ryder speaks about her working-class background, her discovery and love of the Classics, and how they have inspired her personally and in her writing.
Theresa Ryder is a writer and further education teacher with an M.A. in Classics. She is a recipient of the Molly Keane Creative Writing award (2015) and the Bealtaine Emerging Artist Award (2024). Recent literary contributions include: The 32: an Anthology of Irish Working Class Voices, The Same Page Anthology, The Honest Ulsterman, Antigone Journal, The Waxed Lemon, The Irish Times, and Eat the Storms podcast. Her play Ritual Dance was performed in Cork Arts Theatre in 2023. She was awarded a place on the 2022 National Mentoring Programme and the 2024 Northern Soul Roadshow from the Irish Writers Centre. She is currently editing two novels and writing a memoir about her years as assistant to the late author/artist J.P. Donleavy aided by an English literature bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland.
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