http://www.ulstertatler.com/2013/07/26th-john-hewitt-international-summer-school-kicks-off/
The ultimate in some circles is to appear in the Ulster Tatler. It is the magazine that you find in upscale dental offices. Huge glossy format with lots of photos of people dressed up and having fun. Marda made it to their website and remains to be seen whether she will make it in print.
Ward and Jon attended the whole Summer School. Ward read his poem "Traveler" on the last day and got good feedback from many. Marda ran around Armagh pursuing genealogy and discovered a Tom Stothers, a man who had done lots of work on the family tree had died last March. We thought he lived in England but he was nearby in Loughgall.
One nice happenstance was Marda went into the First Presbyterian church in Armagh to find a near copy of Townsend Street Presbyterian designed by Young and McKensie and built the year following 1878. The minister, Rev Tony Davidson, is also a poet and published his poetry as a fundraiser for the church. This provides a nice encouragement that there is some precedent for publishing poems and prayers. There are no Stothers in their 1840-1850 records.
Nose to the grindstone. Lets get the manuscript put together.
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