Sunshine: sharing writings to brighten our souls

Réalta is the national resource organisation dedicated to developing arts + health in Ireland. Through its national programme, Réalta delivers training; provides information, mentoring and advice; supports networking; engages policy makers to increase understanding and support for arts + health; and provides the encyclopaedic national resource website artsandhealth.ie.  At local level, Réalta delivers its extensive Waterford Healing Arts programme, which brings arts experiences - music, visual art, creative writing, storytelling - to the bedside of patients at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) and other healthcare settings to promotes creativity, connection and discovery, and reduce isolation, anxiety and stress for patients, family members and staff. Core funded by the Arts Council and the HSE.

Réalta/ Waterford Healing Arts

Join us for our annual Well Festival celebration of the power of writing to lift our spirits!

The Book Centre (Waterford)

Does a good book lift your spirits? Do you reach for a poem to be inspired? If yes, then why not join us for Sunshine: sharing writings to brighten our souls* our annual celebration of the power of writing and the joy of reading. Sunshine takes place at The Book Centre, Waterford on Friday 20 February 2026.This friendly evening of poetry and song will warm your hearts, while the inspirational words of our audience’s favourite writers will send you off with a pep in your step. With the wonderful Catherine Drea as MC.Admission is free, but we recommend reserving your place as this popular event does fill up!Further details about the festival are available from <a href="http://wellwaterford.com/" title="http://wellwaterford.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.wellwaterford.com</a>This event is kindly sponsored by The Book Centre, Waterford“Sunshine” is inspired by Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, by AA Milne, when he says “It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine”.*Photo by DGM Photographic

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