by Catherine Chanter | Mar 15, 2026 | Poetry
A breathless resurrection Almost at the top pause breathe on again. Fallen trees, narrow path, steep breathing hard. Sharp air. Snow still iced and white between the leaves. Breathtaking the view from the top. Here, the...
by Catherine Chanter | Mar 15, 2026 | Reading & Writing
Thanks to the Birr Writers’Residency funded by Offaly Arts Office, I will have the opportunity in October to spend a week at Brendan House in the Centre of Birr, in Ireland. This Georgian Heritage Town has a remarkable history and a community with a thriving...
by Catherine Chanter | Jan 18, 2026 | Reading & Writing
Twelve years ago, I moved house, leaving a lot behind, not least my book club. I decided to take the opportunity to try something new, partly because at that stage I did not want the commitment of reading a lengthy novel every month, but I did still want the chance...
by Catherine Chanter | Jan 18, 2026 | Poetry
On a recent visit to Ireland, I took the boat over Lough Corrib to the Isle of Inchagoill to see the remains of the chapel of St Patrick, said to date from the 6th Century. As is so often the case in Ireland, for every place there is a story and that of Tommie Levin,...
by Catherine Chanter | May 9, 2025 | Reading & Writing
One of the greatest pleasures of writing and publishing The Well has been to see how it is read, received and interpreted differently in other countries. I remember arriving on a book tour in Italy shortly after there had been a referendum on the privatisation of...
