The Romantic Novelist Association Summer Fling 2025
As a member of the Romantic Novelist Association (RNA), I was aware that they have
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The Sealy Challenge by Grace O’Reilly
The Sealy Challenge – a poetry reading challenge The Sealy Challenge is coming up soon.
Mags McLoughlin: CEO of the Irish Writers Centre
Writing.ie’s Lucy O’Callaghan interviews Mags McLoughlin, the CEO of the Irish Writers Centre. Mags McLoughlin
Curating the Irish Writers Centre by Damien Donnelly
Damien Donnelly on his ‘hopes and dreams’ as Head of Programming for The Irish Writers
Creativity: Finding Me Beyond Illness by Dr. Shanali Perera
Finding Me Beyond Illness by Shanali Perera explores resilience and transformation through the lens of
Rewind – a Collection from Indie Authors Ireland
For those of us who decide to go it alone in the indie-publishing world, life
The Lasting Appeal of the Big House Story by Linda Newbery
Linda Newbery, author of The One True Thing, on on the lasting appeal of the
Poetry Day Ireland 2025 by Grace O’Reilly
May 1st is Poetry Day Ireland. Poetry Ireland have a different theme annually for the
9 x 3=18 > 1: The Story of an Anthology by Conor McAnally
Author Conor McAnally on how the contributors to a new anthology ‘have nourished, fostered, cajoled
A New Irish Short: The Pitch Black Lonely
Filmmaker Laoisa Sexton on the struggle to find funding for her new Irish short, The
Story? Ballina 2023-2024
What’s the Story? The Inclusive Storytelling Programme for TY Students In the late 1930s, Irish
Concorde or Hot Air Balloon? by Orla Doherty
A message of hope for the New Year from writer and comedian Orla Doherty .
Give A Book This Christmas
We absolutely love this Icelandic tradition – Jólabókaflóðið, which translates roughly as ‘the Christmas book flood’. Gifts are opened on 24 December and, by tradition, everyone reads the books they have been given straight away.
Irish Book Awards by Faith Hogan
Faith Hogan, author of The Bookshop Ladies and shortlisted for the 2024 An Post Irish
Working with Stephen Rea by Frank Connolly
Recording my novel, A Conspiracy of Lies, with a friend and consummate professional, Stephen Rea,
The Pig’s Back: Exploring the World of Literary Journals by Alex Cregan
Alex Cregan was awarded an emerging writers residency by the Waterside Theatre and Arts Centre
The McVeigh Residency at The Harrison by Patrick Holloway
I first saw a post about the Paul McVeigh Residency online, then within a few
SEA(M)OTHER: Easkey Britton and Kerri ní Dochartaigh in conversation
Part of the recent Spread the Word Literary Festival, Suzie McAneney reviews SEA(M)OTHER, an evening
Having the Last Word: Anita Mason by Christine Cohen Park
The novelist Christine Cohen Park on the Complexities of Writing about a Fine Writer who
Just to Land in Tokyo by Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song
Half book, half work of art, Just to Land in Tokyo is a charming New York love
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