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Westmeath County Council and the Arts Council are currently accepting applications from writers for the 2025 John Broderick ...
I’ve written on and off for years, mainly short stories, but began in earnest in late 2022. My first novel was runner-up in ...
Finding Me Beyond Illness by Shanali Perera explores resilience and transformation through the lens of creativity . . .
Children's author E.R. Murray on the many mistakes she's learnt to avoid over the past decade of her writing journey . . .
Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello: there were some beautiful passages painting pictures of places and people . . ...
Author Emmet O’Reilly on the inspiration behind and the lessons learned in the writing of This Is Ourselves, Under Pressure.
AWAKE! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination: a celebration of Blake’s genius and a guide for living.
The Keshcarrigan Short Story and Poetry Competition is now open for submissions. Proceeds go to the Keshkarrigan Barracks ...
Linda Newbery is the award-winning author of Set in Stone (category winner, Costa Book Awards), Quarter Past Two on a Wednesday Afternoon, The Shell House, Sisterland, Lob, The Brockenspectre, The Key ...
Essie Fox, author of the riveting historical mystery, Dangerous, on how ‘there’s nothing quite like that buzz when a story comes to life . . .’ As a writer I’m best known for my historical gothic ...
I don’t remember much about writing the first draft of Ciao, Amore, Ciao, a novel started the day I buried my mom and dad’s ashes in a little cemetery in the foothills of the Dolomites. I think the ...
Tanner: a pre-decimal term for a sixpence . . . How I loved my Sunday afternoons, walking with my sisters to the local village; coins jingling in our pockets, thoughts popping in our heads of all the ...