Nadia Ramoutar a writer, filmmaker and artist living in Co. Wicklow, on the benefits of joining Writers Ink. Being a writer is a journey many people wish they had the courage to start or to stay ...

David Yearsley, author of the Cloverdaisy series: how my granddaughters inspired me to write books for children . . . “We’ve read Narnia, Pops, and Alice in Wonderland. Please do something new for ...

Bestselling author Sam Holland on the inspiration behind her utterly compelling, gritty and atmospheric detective thriller, Sleeping Beauties . . . It’s two o’clock in the morning. You’re tired, ...

Singing in Voices of Gorey Community Choir On April 1st of this year, I ventured up to the Gaelscoil in Gorey, Co Wexford. I had heard of Voices of Gorey, I’d even been to nearly all of their ...

The Booker Prize 2026 longlist has now been announced – a selection of 13 superb works of long-form fiction, chosen from 163 titles written in English and published in the UK and/or Ireland ...

Most people, on discovering that we are partners in crime (writing), are astonished that a married couple could stay married after writing four novels together as Ellery Lloyd. ‘If we tried, it ...

Application deadline: 31st August 2026 A brand-new international literary and creative festival, The Binding, is coming to Longford, Ireland this November. As part of The Binding festival, ...

Alysoun Owen, Editor of Editor of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook and the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, on how best to commit to your writing . . . Be a committed writer. Write ...

Publisher Full Set has acquired Little Oases, a memoir by debut author Carol Ballantine, which is set to publish in spring ...

What’s important in all of these tips is that queer characters must be represented in literature. if you take on board the advice in these articles and YouTube videos, you’ll be well informed on how ...

The Hidden Voice is the pen name of the author of Love Isn’t Born. It’s Built. – Children Beyond Blood, an English-language lived-experience book exploring adoption, identity, origins, family ...

From Tonn Tuile to Flood Tide: the daughter and translator relates. Eithne O’Neill on translating her father’s Tonn Tuile: a landmark of mid-century Irish fiction, now in English for the first time.