Writing a Sequel: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
Writing a sequel offers the exciting opportunity to return to familiar characters and worlds, but
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Submissions Call: NEWvember New Plays Festival 2026
Submissions deadline: 3rd September 2026 Submissions are invited of new plays for AboutFACE’s 2026 NEWvember
The Art of the Memoir Workshop & Events
To mark the 30th anniversary of Nuala O’Faolain’s memoir Are You Somebody?, publishers New Island
Reclaiming the Hag: Writing with Lore by Tracy Fahey
Reclaiming the Hag: author Tracy Fahey on Writing with Lore in Queens of the Crone
The Inciting Incident: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
The inciting incident: it doesn’t have to involve explosions, dramatic revelations or a life-changing catastrophe
The Publishing Process: Editing by Alysoun Owen
The publishing process is a single continuous line of professionals working on your manuscript, passing
The Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency 2027
Application deadline: 30th September 2026 The Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency 2027 will take place near
From Indie to Trad Publishing by A.J. Lancaster
A.J. Lancaster, author of the enthralling cosy fantasy How to Find a Nameless Fae, on
Time Management for Writers: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
For many writers, summer can feel like both the perfect opportunity to write and the
Writing a Great Summer Thriller by Danny Singer
Danny Singer, author of Nothing Left to Lose, on Writing A Great Summer Thriller: Make
Literary Agents: Debunking Some Myths by Alysoun Owen
Agents have three main roles: they are creatives, negotiators and sales people, combining good communication
Writers Ink – can you afford not to join? by Nadia Ramoutar
Nadia Ramoutar a writer, filmmaker and artist living in Co. Wicklow, on the benefits of
Reader Immersion: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
Reader immersion is widely recognised as one of the defining characteristics of effective fiction. When
The Binding: Open Call for Creatives
Application deadline: 31st August 2026 A brand-new international literary and creative festival, The Binding, is
How We Write Together by Collette Lyons
Most people, on discovering that we are partners in crime (writing), are astonished that a
Commit to your Writing by Alysoun Owen
Alysoun Owen, Editor of Editor of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook and the Children’s Writers’
Worldbuilding: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
Worldbuilding is the process by which writers create a fictional world. Although popular with science
Why I Write Novelettes by Mark Kielty
I was writing novelettes before I knew what a novelette was. They started out as
Submissions Call: Éigse Michael Hartnett Poetry Slam 2026
Submissions deadline: 14th August 2026 Limerick Arts Office are pleased to announce the call for
Writing Narrative Non-Fiction by Shahed Yousaf
Dr. Shahed Yousaf, author of Stitched Up: Stories of life and death from a prison
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