The Jaipur Literature Festival will take place in Belfast, Armagh, Dundalk, and Dublin from 22-31 May, and will feature a range of world-class international speakers alongside some of the island’s ...

The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street This is the third book that I have read by Sarah Webb and I absolutely loved it. The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street was published by the O’Brien ...

Whitby Lit Fest marks a new exciting chapter as it’s been granted charitable status. The festival, which launched last year, ...

Sea Faerie Tales is a quietly captivating collection of original Irish faerie tales rooted in the rhythms of the sea. Joanne McFall, a lecturer and writer from south-east Ireland, ...

Competition deadline: 12th June 2026 Michael Hartnett Annual Poetry Award 2026/Gradam Bliantúil Filíochta i gCuimhnear ...

Jenn Noon tells us the inspiration behind his evocative new novel, Moon Over Brendle . . . I was sitting at my desk, writing the first chapter of a novel. I imagined a young ...

Author Jayne Chard on why Cornwall is so perfect for writers of Crime Fiction and why crime writers and TV producers can’t resist it . . . Whether it’s the beauty and wildness of the Lizard ...

My brother, David Heidenstam, died in April 2024, a month short of what would have been his 80th birthday. He was a writer, who left behind a legacy of a play, a book of short stories, or ...

Tom McAndrew, author of Doocey Half-Sees Whodunnit, asks: how the hell are you supposed to know that you’re a good writer? Hello there! By way of an introduction, my name is Tom McAndrew. I’m ...

Miriam Mulcahy on the writing of her captivating memoir, Walking to the Foot of the Sky . . . Nothing about this book turned out the way it should have done. It began ...

People are often surprised when they hear that I wrote a fantasy novel in Afghanistan. For many around the world, Afghanistan is usually associated with war, politics, and tragedy. Rarely do they ...