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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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