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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Join us for this very special hybrid event celebrating the legendary Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen on her birthday. Renowned for her novels and short stories, including The Death of the Heart, The Heat ...

Join writer and academic Katherine O’Donnell in conversation with award-winning poet and writer Rosamund Taylor for an exploration of writing queer Irish womanhood; past, present, and future.

Join us at the Irish Writers Centre on Saturday, 6th June for an afternoon imagining queer futures, discovering a mix of zine making and bookbinding techniques to create speculative pamphlets bringing ...

The Irish Writers Centre Climate Writing Sessions began in 2021 as a free online series originally founded and curated by Lynn Buckle, followed by Kerri Ní Dhochartaigh and Alice Kinsella. The project ...

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 ...

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 ...