First off, I wasn’t expecting much from the workshop. This is entirely due to the fact that the previous workshop just did not do it for me, so i set up this unconscious bias against any and all future workshops. However, the most recent workshop swayed my opinion.
Colm is a wonderful orator. He has excellent tone to his voice, which kept me interested to the point that i decided to pull out a notebook and write down a couple of memorable phrases of his. Admittedly, i didn’t read his book. I wikipedia’d the piece before the start of the lecture and found it to have a somewhat interesting plot. This enabled me to get just that little bit more into the presentation- i find it interesting that he wrote the book from a woman’s perspective. Brooklyn seems like it would be interesting, but in my heart of hearts i know i won’t get around to reading it anytime soon (or at all). His accent was a nice touch, though!
