Harvesting, my debut novel, was a tricky one to place in the world of publishing today. Told from the perspective of two teenage girls who get caught up in the...

I was facilitating a workshop some weeks ago with fourth class and one of the young girls asked me why I had switched from writing for adults to that of...

Two different writers, two different age groups, and two different publishers – but Ruth Frances Long and E.R. Murray are both writing urban fantasy books set in Dublin. A Hollow...

Every few years, someone announces that “fairy tale retellings are back!” In truth, however, retellings are just about the oldest kind of story there is. Sure, technically the first story...

My main qualification for writing for children is that I used to be one. Just like everyone else. So I believe we all have the potential to write for kids....

  I was doing some intense thinking about picture books last night. My writing class asked me why I’m not keen on rhyming picture books and I didn’t have a...

I had been wanting to write a children’s book for ages, but there was always an excuse not to – the births of my two boys, Zak (now nearly 11)...

I attended the Children’s Books Ireland Conference in the DLR Lexicon Library on Saturday 24th January. For those who are interested in children’s books and publishing but were unable to...

For a long time picture book authors and creatives have been limited to either vanity publishing, the traditional publishing route or they were left to battle through the numerous formatting...

This week Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin of writing.ie together with children’s book enthusiast Kim Harte and international bestselling author Deirdre Purcell, judged the TV3 Christmas Short Story competition – the results...