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

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

Not in this World by Jane Scott Stuart and Elaine Flowers: a remarkable novel of a remarkable true life story.

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

Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello: there were some beautiful passages painting pictures of places and people . . ...

Author David Butler on the ‘Competition Length’ Short Story and the ‘8 Cs’. As the early Maupassant or Chekhov might well attest, tight word-counts dictated by the mechanics of publication have a long ...

While Europe continues to suffer under the iron fist of Nazi occupation, Britain remains battered but unbowed. DCI Frank ...

The Society of Authors has announced the winners for the 2025 SoA Awards celebrating fiction, poetry and children’s ...

The Keshcarrigan Short Story and Poetry Competition is now open for submissions. Proceeds go to the Keshkarrigan Barracks ...

AWAKE! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination: a celebration of Blake’s genius and a guide for living.

Children's author E.R. Murray on the many mistakes she's learnt to avoid over the past decade of her writing journey . . .

Author Jonathan Gershfield on the importance of family in his new novel, The House of the Rising Son. A dark comic odyssey . ...