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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
My Writing Process: I Dare You by Sam Carrington
Read the full interview here.
On Being a Writer, Editor, and Nature-Lover by Tim Wenzell
Read the full interview here.
Other recent Interviews
Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver by Will Carver
My Writing Process: A Million Dreams by Dani Atkins by Dani Atkins
One Christmas Star by Mandy Baggot by Mandy Baggot
A Matter of Interpretation by Elizabeth Mac Donald by Elizabeth Mac Donald
Darlene the Drama Queen Raises the Curtain on Bullying by Mel O’Drama by Melanie Gillespie
Working Out How to Live: On the Up by Alice O’Keefe by Alice O'Keefe
Finding My Writing Direction: Country Lovers by Fiona Walker by Fiona Walker
Sam Copeland: Author and Literary Agent by Olivia Hope
View the entire Interview archive.
Latest News for Writers
Irish Bestsellers 30th November 2019
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Brian O’Sullivan’s Liath Luachra: The Grey One optioned for the screen
Read the full article here.
Other recent News articles
Irish Bestsellers 23rd November 2019 by
Caimh McDonnell Novella to Raise Funds for Peter McVerry Trust by Writing.ie
Joseph O’Connor shortlisted for Costa Books Award Novel of the Year by Writing.ie
Writing.ie Short Story of the Year 2019 by
Lift the Sink: New Short Story Podcast by Writing.ie
Irish Bestsellers 16th November 2019 by
An Post Irish Book Awards 2019: The Winners! by
Selling What You Love: The Dubray Personal Shopper by Emmet J. Driver
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Writing Competitions
Competition: The Debut Dagger Award 2020
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Competition: Fish Short Memoir Prize
Read the full article here.
Other recent Comps & Giveaways
Competition: Into the Void Poetry Prize by Writing.ie
Competition: Storgy Magazine Annual Short Story by Writing.ie
Competition: The €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize 2019 by writing.ie
Competition: The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award by Writing.ie
Kanturk Arts Festival’s Adult Flash Fiction Competition 2020 by Writing.ie
WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction Contest by Writing.ie
Competition: The Caledonia Novel Award 2019 by Writing.ie
WOW! Women On Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay Competition by writing.ie
View the entire Comps & Giveaways archive.
Tell Your Own Story
The Antithesis Of The Irish Misery Memoir by Colman Rushe
Read the latest Writing & Me article here.
The Old Bookshop by Michael Clemenger
Read the latest Mining Memories article here.
Other recent "Tell Your Own Story" Articles
Some Days Are Better Than Ours by Barbara Byar by Barbara Byar
War of Light and Darkness by Forest Blackwood by Forest Blackwood
Timeless in Kildare by Ink Tank Creative Writers Group by Maria McDonald
The naughty Naughty Chair by Connie Jessop by Connie Jessop
The Characters I Create by Sara J. Bernhardt by Sarah J. Bernhardt
Dolly Considine’s Hotel by Eamon Somers by Eamon Somers
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