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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
Writing While the Baby Naps: She’s Having Her Baby by Lauren Sams
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Killing It – Literally, by Asia Mackay
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Other recent Interviews
Too Close to Breathe by Olivia Kiernan by Olivia Kiernan
Finding the Inspiration for On Bone Bridge by Maria Hoey by Maria Hoey
No Writer Left Behind: Interview with Carmen Marcus, author of How Saints Die by E.R. Murray
The Development of The Dead Ex by Jane Corry by Jane Corry
My Path to Publication: Beneath the Lighthouse by Julieanne Lynch by Julieanne Lynch
Inspiration on the path to publication: This I Would Kill For by Anne Buist by Anne Buist
The Joyce Country: Literary Scholarship and Irish Culture by David Pierce by David Pierce
Fanning the Flames of History: The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse by Hazel Gaynor
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Latest News for Writers
The Writing.ie Short Story of the Year 2018
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Irish Bestsellers 7th July 2018
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Other recent News articles
Irish Bestsellers 30th June 2018 by
Winning the Writing.ie Short Story of the Year Award by Orla McAlinden by Orla McAlinden
Oceanofpdf: An Ocean of Piracy by Michelle Walshe by Michelle Walshe
Irish Bestsellers 23rd June 2018 by
A New Chapter: An Post to Sponsor the Irish Book Awards by
Irish Bestsellers 16th June 2018 by
Literacy Research Paper Presented to the Oireachtas by Writing.ie
Irish Bestsellers 9th June 2018 by
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Writing Competitions
Competition: Storgy ‘Shallow Creek’ Fiction Challenge
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Link Age Southwark Writing Competition
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Other recent Comps & Giveaways
SaveAs Writers International Competition 2018 by Writing.ie
Competition: The John McGahern Award by Writing.ie
Competition: The Sean Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize 2018 by Writing.ie
The Michael Mullan Cancer Fund Writing Competition by Writing.ie
Competiton: The 2018 MNDA Short Story Competition by Writing.ie
Competition: Creative Future Literary Awards 2018 by Writing.ie
Richard & Judy’s Search For A Bestseller 2018 by Writing.ie
The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 by Writing.ie
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Tell Your Own Story
Coming from Nothing by Matthew McKeever
Read the latest Writing & Me article here.
Observations: Dublin 2018 by Mike Connolly
Read the latest Mining Memories article here.
Other recent "Tell Your Own Story" Articles
How The Writing Began by Douglas “Ten” Rose/Lama Tenzin Roisin Dubh by Douglas "Ten"Rose/Lama Tenzin Roisin Dubh (see www.celticbuddhism.org)
Patricia’s Passport by Olga Maughan by Olga Maughan
An Underestimated Man by S.F. Irwin by S.F. Irwin
Windmills of Ireland by Mike Connolly by Mike Connolly
Fanore by Denis McClean by Denis McClean
In Praise of our Health Service by Olga Maughan by Olga Maughan
