By Dan Walsh at Wexford Library
Jean Maskell is a multi-disciplinary writer and artist, and her collection of poems and short stories was published in 2013 under the title The Space Between. The illustrations, which are plenty and colourful is also her own work.
Her writing has appeared in several publications in Ireland and the UK. Jean is an active member of Ceramics Ireland and Liverpool Irish Festival Cultural Connections Network, and to add to her enormous talent, her painting, ceramics and photography have appeared in over 20 exhibitions in Ireland and the UK. During the recent Wexford Festival Opera Jean shared an exhibition with Michelle O’Neill in Clayton Whites Hotel.
Jean is back in Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford, tomorrow. “I’ll be in the foyer of Clayton White’s Hotel supporting their Christmas charity campaign and signing copies of my short story and poetry book ‘The Space Between’ from 11.30am to 1.30pm on Thursday 12th December,” she told WexfordLocal.com when we met in Wexford Library on Tuesday night.
Jean’s book is “a not-for-profit publication and any funds raised by the sales will be donated to two registered charities – Wexford Marine Watch and Wexford Tidy Towns.”
Jean assures us that The Space Between makes a great present, she will be signing again in The Wexford Book Centre next Saturday, where it is on sale along with Red Books, St. Peter’s Square, Wexford.
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