Paula Meehan asks that participants bring an object or a photograph of an object of any kind that they wish to use to generate something new during the workshop. The session is suitable for anyone with an interest in poetry. Paula asks that participants read these three poems by Eavan Boland in advance — ‘Lava Cameo’, 'The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me’ and ’The Last Discipline’.

Paula Meehan was born and raised in Dublin’s north inner city. Her award-winning poetry has garnered widespread popular and critical acclaim.

Her poetry has been scored for choirs, for solo voice and made into songs by artists from diverse traditions — the folk, including the legendary Christy Moore, and the avant garde. Poems have been made into short films; have been danced; are studied at Leaving Certificate level and at home & abroad in schools, universities and other settings.

Her work has been translated into many languages including most recently Japanese and Dutch. Books are forthcoming in Polish, Spanish, Portuguese and Greek.

She was Ireland Professor of Poetry 2013–2016 and Imaginary Bonnets with Real Bees in Them, her public lectures from the Chair, are published by UCD Press.

Recent publications include As If By Magic: Selected Poems, (2020) and The Solace of Artemis (2023) which received the Pigott Prize for Poetry. They are published by Dedalus Press, Dublin.