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In our Magazine section, find interviews with your favourite authors, song and script writers, publishing news, writing competitions and Irish language articles currated by Cathal Póirtéir our Eagarthóir Gaeilge.
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Latest Author Interviews
The Poetry of the Waiting Room by Nessa O’Mahony
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Another Biography of Oscar Wilde: Oscar, A Life by Matthew Sturgis
Read the full interview here.
Other recent Interviews
A Bloody Dawn: The Irish at D-Day by Dan Harvey by Dan Harvey
The Transatlantic Book Club by Felicity Hayes-McCoy by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Relearning, While Writing Oak and Stone by Dave Duggan by Dave Duggan
Night Swimming by Doreen Finn by Doreen Finn
Oh When the Saints by Peter Money by Peter Money
Making Space: Saltwater by Jessica Andrews by Jessica Andrews
Life, Love and Letting Go: Seven Letters by Sinéad Moriarty by Sinéad Moriarty
Farzaneh and the Moon by Matt Wilven by Matt Wilven
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Latest News for Writers
Irish Bestsellers 8th June 2019
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Emily Ruskovich’s Idaho wins the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award
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Other recent News articles
Dave Chesson, Founder of Kindlepreneur, coming to Dublin June 20th by Laurence O’Bryan
Irish Bestsellers 1st June 2019 by
Read, Inspire, Connect: The Pigeonhole Digital Bookclub by writing.ie
Irish Bestsellers Week Ending 25th May 2019 by
Irish Bestsellers 18th May 2019 by
Kelly McCaughrain wins the CBI Book of the Year Award by writing.ie
Free With Words Announce Tuscany Writing Retreat Scholarship by writing.ie
Irish Bestsellers 11th May 2019 by
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Writing Competitions
Competition: The Moth Short Story Prize 2019
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Fiction Factory: Flash Fiction Competition
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Other recent Comps & Giveaways
Competition: The Sean Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize 2019 by writing.ie
Competition: iYeats International Poetry 2019 by writing.ie
Competitions: Michael Mullan Cancer Fund by writing.ie
Competition: V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize by writing.ie
Competition: The John McGahern Award 2019 by writing.ie
WOW! Women On Writing Spring 2019 Flash Fiction Contest by writing.ie
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition by writing.ie
WOW! Women On Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay Competition by writing.ie
View the entire Comps & Giveaways archive.
Tell Your Own Story
Hy Brasil, Island of Eternity by Robert E. Kearns
Read the latest Writing & Me article here.
Nights of 1969 by Angela McCabe
Read the latest Mining Memories article here.
Other recent "Tell Your Own Story" Articles
Martin Sheridan: Mayo’s Famous Son by Margaret Molloy by Margaret Molloy
On Being Sixty by Declan Molloy by Declan Molloy
On Writing Celtic Road Home by Ann Doolan-Fox by Ann Doolan-Fox
Remember by Declan Molloy by Declan Molloy
The Poetry of Commonplace Objects by Star Saint Claire by Star Saint Claire
Floury Potatoes by Declan Molloy by Declan Molloy
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