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I was saddened to receive Vanessa’s email about the death of Simon Trewin & I know many members attended his Zoom talks. I never did – I’m quiet. It moved me because my sister died within months of being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017.
Lovely Laois Homecoming Festival is packed with Literary Events! Run by author Helen Moorhouse and playwright, author and actor Frances Harney, there’s something for everyone!
As artificial intelligence advances, writers find themselves staring at a digital ghost in the room, wondering if they can fight back.
At the International Dublin Writers Festival 2026, that challenge will be taken on.
https://thedublinwritersconference.com/
Lee Sheridan’s ‘SOAP: A History of Sweny’s Pharmacy’ explores the remarkable story behind one of
The Cuckoo Asset started in 1988 after a misunderstanding where some engineers in my postgraduate
On St Patrick’s Day this year, we released the first single from ‘One Good Sparkle’
The book launch for Draíocht Ceoil, The Sound of Magic in Irish Traditions, (April 28th
What Actually Happens When a Writer Decides to Apply for Funding. Day by Day. Spreadsheet
Great advice and tips from Writing.ie member Niamh Cooper on applyng for Arts Council Grants – start now!
Is scríobhneoir/údar mise agus file in oiliúint. I am a writer/author and poet in training,
I re-discovered this (February 2026) and it explains my long absence, so here goes. Just
Never in his wildest dreams did Eamon O’Leary think his memoir I’m A Big Boy Now would hit the bestseller list, but it has!
The first time I ever heard David Bowie … A crowded Dublin beach … Dollymount
Do you remember the earlier, simpler days of the internet, when the only fraudulent attempts on our life-savings were made by deposed Princes having difficulties accessing their bank accounts? For a share in their millions we could assist by granting them access to our own bank account. Move forward just a decade or so and scam emails have evolved to directly target individuals, in fairly convincing manner.
Christmas Eve The birds make fake bird songs that I heard in the Christmas shops,
Hi there, Lee Sheridan from Luain Press here. Established in 2022, we promote the work
You have to kill your darlings.
The kind of line we’ve all heard, those of us cursed and blessed with the urge to write a novel, or at least a decent post or story. The darlings being the words you have fussed over and finessed before finally etching them in what might as well be your own blood into the page…
But the judges comments make all the effort worthwhile. “I’m a Big Boy Now tumbles
I’ve been away these last 3 years, fall, broken bones, cancer, pneumonia. Yikes O Reilly!
When I teach memoir and personal essays, one thing I start with is to ask
