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34 Writers Selected National Mentoring Programme 2025 The Irish Writers Centre has announced the 34 talented writers chosen for its prestigious National Mentoring Programme 2025, following an exceptional response to this year’s nationwide callout, which attracted 354 applicants. Each selected…

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À la belle étoile: the odyssey of Jeanne Baré by Afric McGlinchey Acclaimed poet, Afric McGlinchey: Notes on the process of writing À la belle étoile: the odyssey of Jeanne Baré. I accidentally came across Jeanne Baré’s name while looking up how to take care of a bougainvillea plant. Instantly, I…

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Irish Bestsellers 7th June 2025 We have lots of recent titles in the Irish books bestseller lists this week with new favourites becoming apparent as everyone starts stocking up on their summer reading. One of these is this week's featured book, which has been a frequent top title since its release…

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The Eavan Boland Award 2025 The Eavan Boland Award Competition Deadline: 30th June 2025 The Eavan Boland Award returns for 2025, inviting early-career poets based in the UK and mid-career poets based in Ireland to apply. The Eavan Boland Award, founded by Poetry Ireland in 2021 and now a biennial…

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Writing Flawed Characters: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan Flawed characters are important in fiction. They help the reader to connect and, in this way, they become invested in your story. No one is perfect, and readers don’t want or expect your characters to be either; they want them to…

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Understorey by Anna Chapman Parker In Understorey, artist and writer Anna Chapman Parker records in prose and stunning line drawings a year spent looking closely at wild plants . . . My first book, Understorey, has just come out in paperback. But for a long time before it became a book, the…

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🔊Save The Date 🗓️Oct 16th- 19th Oct '25 (16th is a school's day) We will be offering an early release of tickets for our newsletter subscribers so don't forget to sign up today at: murderone.ie/get-murder-o... #MurderOneFest2025 More to follow once we finish dotting & crossing ✍️ #booksky

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'It may sound like something out of a productivity cult handbook, but...there’s actual science behind it. People who know about this stuff call it “empty stomach intelligence” Write Hungry: Why Your Best Words Might Come Before Breakfast by @mofanning.co.uk www.writing.ie/resources/wr... #booksky

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Write Hungry by Mo Fanning Write Hungry: Why Your Best Words Might Come Before Breakfast The best time to write might not be when you’re feeling cosy and fed, but when your stomach’s growling and your brain is on the hunt. If you wake feeling like you’d gladly swipe sweets from babies, that might…

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The ‘Why’ of Rejection by Kate McKean Kate McKean, author of Write Through It, on How to Parse the ‘Why’ of Rejection. Here’s how to glean whatever little bits of information you can out of your rejections, without driving yourself bonkers. Look at comments in the aggregate. If only one rejection…

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Competition submissions are open until June 30th. Meanwhile here’s a poem from Issue 1 by Yanita Georgieva www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @writing.ie #writing #writingcommunity

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Fictionalising Memoir: Shadows of Tehran by Nick Berg When Fiction Reveals the Deepest Truths: Nick Berg on why he ‘didn’t write Shadows of Tehran as a traditional memoir . . . I usually pause when people ask me why I didn’t write Shadows of Tehran as a traditional memoir. The answer is too…

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The Secret Mistress by Ellie Monago Ellie Monago, author of The Secret Mistress, asks is she: Therapist or Novelist? Fortunately, she tells us: Both! When I was a kid, all I wanted to be was a writer. That meant me in a room flexing the muscle of my imagination. It felt godlike, in its way. I was…

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Irish Bestsellers 31 May 2025 Welcome back to the charts this week, where we have quite a lot of movement and some welcome new entries, including BookTok hit Releasing 10: The Boys of Tommen by Cork author Chloe Walsh at no. 1 with getting on for 3,000 sales. There's also Booker-prize longlisted…

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Competition: The Four Faced Liar Issue 4 Competition deadline: 30th June 2025 Submissions for the Four Faced Liar Competition issue are now open. The Four Faced Liar is a Cork-inspired and based, Irish-flavoured, internationally-facing journal publishing an eclectic mix of fiction, creative…

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✨GIVEAWAY TIME If you’re in a WhatsApp group, this is a book for you! Andrea Mara’s It Should Have Been You will have you on the edge of your seat. It's the latest thriller from one of Ireland’s biggest selling authors. Click here to ENTER: www.writing.ie/readers/read... #booksky #competition

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Queen's technician-turned-author, Bernard MacLaverty, reflects on his life: ‘I gave my poems to Seamus Heaney… he told me to stick to stories!’ www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/feature...

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🔔 UPDATE: The deadline to apply for the Poetry Ireland Librarian position has been EXTENDED to Sunday, June 8th at 5pm. Poetry Ireland are seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to join their team! ✍️Learn more & apply: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-... #JobFairy @libraryjobs.bsky.social

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In case you missed it, catch up with our interview with new ALCS Chair Lord Clement-Jones.

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Are you unemployed and interested in joining a creative community where you can further your skills as a writer? There’s a FREE creative writing course run by industry professionals available in Liverpool. Link below. Please share :)

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How to Structure a Scene: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan A scene is an episode in a story where something happens. This is generally set in the same place, with the same characters, and defined by a continuous time period. William Ryan tells us in ‘Guide to How to Write that ‘A story is…

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The Chosen Queen by Sam Davey Sam Davey on the story and inspiration behind The Chosen Queen: how she wanted 'to re-imagine the tales of Camelot . . .' I have long loved the tales of Camelot – but had become rather bored with the stories of battles and quests. I wanted to think about the people –…

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Join us. We are looking for a new Head of Communications and PR to lead our strategic communications. Take a look at our website to find a full job description and details of how to apply. societyofauthors.org/about-us/wor...

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Seán Farrell tells us about his book, Frogs for Watchdogs, and the language he would love to see it translated into. In Blúiríní (Irish for snippets), we meet the writer in a place of inspiration or in a space they feel at home. @newislandbooks.bsky.social

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The Bloomsday Film Festival 2025 The Bloomsday Film Festival, the most literary film festival in Ireland, has announced its programme of events from Wednesday 11th to Monday 16th June. Highlights this year include a magical pre-cinematic wonder ‘Ulysses: A Magic Lantern Show’ with live music,…

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Author Care: a Toolkit for Authors A new illustrated digital resource, Author Care: a Toolkit for Authors, has been launched, offering practical advice and support to all authors at all stages of their career. The toolkit has been prepared in response to the significant number of authors who have…

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We’re thrilled to have Cathy Sweeney judging the Flash Fiction category of our competition, here’s what she likes to see. Open until June 30th www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social #writingcommunity

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Irish Writers Centre Evolution Programme 2025-2026 Application deadline: 27th June 2025 The Irish Writers Centre is delighted to announce the return of the Evolution Programme for 2025-2026. This free six-month programme will provide support for up to twelve published writers (1 or 2 books) to…

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'To submit your manuscript to most publishing houses you will need a literary agent. They are the people that are the bridge between the writer & publishing houses.' How to Find a Literary Agent: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan www.writing.ie/resources/ho... #Writersky #writingtips

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Congrats to our judge Tim MacGabhann on his latest book ‘Black Pool’. Here’s what he’s looking for as the CNF judge for our competition www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

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What happens when you blend music and magic? Some thoughts about both, and my new novel — “The only Song Worth Singing,” at the link!

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Here’s what Micheál McCann is looking for as poetry judge for @the4facedliar.bsky.social competition closing 30th June www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #writing #poetry #writingcommunity

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The IWC roadshow is coming to #Waterford! #speirgorm #deise #writing #writers #irishwriters

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Author Care: a Toolkit for Authors A new illustrated digital resource, Author Care: a Toolkit for Authors, has been launched, offering practical advice and support to all authors at all stages of their career. The toolkit has been prepared in response to the significant number of authors who have…

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Writing Historical Fiction by Jan Stirling Locke Jan Stirling Locke, author Restoration on how Writing Historical Fiction Starts With Passion . . . I find that the key to writing historical fiction is to have a genuine and possibly obsessive interest in a particular period of history or in someone…

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Keeping my Character Frank Merlin ‘Fresh’ by Mark Ellis Author Mark Ellis on keeping his main recurring character, Detective Chief Inspector Frank Merlin, fresh on the page for the reader . . . I write a series about a World War Two London policeman, Detective Chief Inspector Frank Merlin. There…

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The Palace at the End of the Sea by Simon Tolkien Simon Tolkien: my inspiration for writing The Palace at the End of the Sea and its sequel, The Room of Lost Steps. A long time ago, I came across an article about the Abraham Lincoln Battalion – American workers and students who volunteered in the…

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Irish Writers Centre Roadshow 2025 Irish Writers Centre Hits the Road Again with 2025 Festival Roadshow, with Belfast, West Cork, Wexford, Waterford and Dublin among this year’s destinations. Fresh from appearances at Galway’s Cúirt Festival with Alan McMonagle, and the University of Limerick’s…

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Irish Bestsellers 24th May 2025 Welcome back to a busy week in the charts, where Andrea Mara is once again riding high in top spot! She's closely followed by this week's featured book, The Secret Life of Leinster House: What you really need to know about how the country is run by Gavan Reilly.…

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FFF: Free Flash Fiction Competition Twenty-Eight FFF Competition deadline: 23rd June 2025 The FFF (Free Flash Fiction) website is a space to promote a broad range of flash fiction, publish the work of new and established authors and provide stories to read for free. For general submissions, there…

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'I started putting ideas together – and came up with a “what if?” moment that started my creative engines. To me, modern poets were musicians.' Randee Dawn, author of The Only Song Worth Singing www.writing.ie/interviews/o... @randeedawn.com #booksky #writersky

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Worldbuilding: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan Worldbuilding for your Novel Worldbuilding is the process by which writers create a fictional world. Although popular with science fiction and fantasy, some kind of worldbuilding is required whatever genre you’re writing. Readers love great…

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On the Road with Radiohead by Randee Dawn Randee Dawn, author of The Only Song Worth Singing, on how her experiences of meeting and interviewing Radiohead and others has informed her fiction . . . There I was: On the road with Radiohead, smack in the middle of the 1990s. I was covering their early…

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📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️ 👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

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Struggling to keep up with the recent noise around copyright and AI? CEO @barbarahayes.bsky.social rounds up the latest developments✍️ www.alcs.co.uk/news/what-is...

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Tune in to Radio 4 (or BBC Sounds) at 3:30 today for The Artificial Human, Why is AI Stealing Books? They discuss the growing debate around AI and authorship. Contributors include award-winning author Kate Mosse, who joined our Meta protest last month. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Join us at the GPO Museum for 2025’s Bloomsday Festival. On Saturday, 14th June we will be holding a number of talks on Dublin in the time of James Joyce, exploring elements of the city that would have inspired and, at times, maddened the writer, particularly in the early 20th century.

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Bloomsday Festival’s flagship event “Readings and Songs” at Meeting House Square in Temple Bar, 3pm – 6pm on 16 June 2025. We’re absolutely delighted to welcome back the legendary Jerry Fish as this year’s Bloomsday host. #bloomsday

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On how I met my new main man Robin and built Happy is the One around him www.writing.ie/interviews/h... #BookSky @orendabooks.bsky.social #HappyIsTheOne

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Just over one month left to submit your stories for our competition issue. We can't wait to see what you've been creating! @irishlittimes.bsky.social @stingingfly.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

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