Finding Me Beyond Illness by Shanali Perera explores resilience and transformation through the lens of creativity . . .

Author David Butler on the ‘Competition Length’ Short Story and the ‘8 Cs’. Several constants are vital to successful story ...

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 ...

Westmeath County Council and the Arts Council are currently accepting applications from writers for the 2025 John Broderick ...

Author Emmet O’Reilly on the inspiration behind and the lessons learned in the writing of This Is Ourselves, Under Pressure.

The idea for writing my debut outback noir crime novel The Stoning was hatched in a one-bedroom flat in West Hampstead at about four in the afternoon on a wintry Tuesday in late 2014. It was already ...

IVAN GIBBONS is a lecturer in Modern Irish and British history specialising in the relationship between the British Labour Party and Ireland. He was lecturer and MA and BA Programme Director in Irish ...

Ruth Frances Long, Author of The Book of Gold, on Inspiration, Research and Historical Fantasy . . . Once upon a time I fell in love with a book. Not an uncommon occurrence. We’ve all done it at one ...

Camilla Macpherson, first prize short story winner in the 2023 Plaza Prizes, recently caught up with Rémy Ngamije, one of the judges in the 2024 competition, to find out more about his creative life.

Maeve Murphy was born in Belfast in N.Ireland and educated at Cambridge University. She is a film maker and has made 3 award winning Independent Feature Films. “Christmas at the Cross” is her debut ...

Amanda Addison is an award-winning author of books for adults and children. Her books have been shortlisted for The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal and the Searchlight Writing Novel Opening ...

In Showbusiness with Blood, Eamon Carr beguiles the reader with an insightful account of the world’s greatest boxers, from Steve Collins to Mike Tyson to Tyson Fury and Katie Taylor. Boxing, Ireland’s ...