The London Library Emerging Writers Programme, now entering its seventh year, is a unique opportunity which offers writers ...

SCENE + HEARD: The Festival of New Work returns to Smock Alley Theatre this February. The 2025 festival offers a thrilling mix of creativity and bold experimentation – think of it as a feast for the ...

Sleep deprivation made me an author. The first few months after having a baby are often described as a blur of sleepless ...

Sue H. Cunningham with 12 tips to make your YA novel stand out. A YA (young adult) novel is intended for a teen readership . . .

Raising Voices programme led by Children’s Books Ireland. . . Following a call out for applications in October last year, national charity and arts organisation Children’s Books Ireland has now ...

The Curae Prize is a literary award just for writer-carers.A carer is anyone who looks after a family member, partner or ...

Morna Sullivan has been reading and writing poems since she could read and write . . . I closed my eyes as the battered black Mercedes mounted the central reservation. Our realtor, Stefan was trying ...

New online creative writing courses starting in March, suitable for complete beginners as well as writers with some experience looking to get unstuck or to try something different: – Start Writing (3 ...

UL Creative Writing Festival will feature Marian Keyes, Joseph O’Connor, Donal Ryan, Paul Lynch, Liz Nugent, Paul Muldoon . .

Time and space shifting: author David Cairns on the difficulties of writing detailed historical fiction set in Scotland from ...