On 4th November ‘STAR’ was launched at Corrymeela, Ballycastle to a wonderfully receptive audience.

Corrymeela, Centre for Reconciliation, is very close to my home in Ballycastle and it was a privilege and a pleasure to hold the launch there. The Centre has done ground-breaking work for decades in bringing communities together and it has develoepd protocols for achieveing reconciliation through hard-earned experience of tackling difficullties in many settings.

It was particularly supportive to have members of Ballycastle Writers Group there and member, Ashley Todd kindly read my poem in Ulster-Scots from ‘Star’: ‘Chrissmas Eve’. She was terrific!

It was very special for me to read to friends from the locality and the staff and members of Corrymeela Community couldn’t have been more helpful.