Author Sam Blake with some invaluable advice for our readers and writers as we face into the new year of 2026 . . . Greetings ...

Arts Council Application Deadline: 6th January – 12th February 2026 The Arts Council Bursary Award supports individual ...

Here are the bestselling books in Ireland from data supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ...

Competition deadline: 31st May 2026 The Bridport Short Story Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the literary ...

When I was growing up, Christmas was a magical time. Of course we were poor as church mice, living hand to mouth so the only ...

John Leitch, writing as Arlinda Rotate, on why he chose to use a pen-name when writing his crime thriller, Black Cloud, Red ...

Marian Keyes in conversation with journalist and writer Madeleine Keane . . . Bestselling author and Irish Writers Centre ...

The advice to ‘kill your babies’ or ‘kill your darlings’ has been a feature of writing guides and workshops for decades, but ...

Editor Tara MacLeod on the publication of an outstanding new anthology of stories from multi-generational Irish women writers ...

Author Jo Nestor on the evolution and publication of her award-winning chapbook, Swimming Donkeys. A ping on my phone alerted ...

Author Charles Harris tells all about researching his latest novel, Play Me – which unfortunately included falling off a ...