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

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 ...

Katelyn Emilia Novak: How I Built a Gothic Voice for The Diary of Derek Drummond When I began writing The Diary of Derek Drummond, I did not start with plot. I started with a voice. For me, that vo… ...

Celebrating 30 bold years of the National Print Museum. The National Print Museum will celebrate its 30th anniversary this ...

Ava Glass is the CWA Dagger-shortlisted author of Alias Emma (The Chase), The Traitor and The Trap. She is an American-born novelist based in England, and a former crime reporter ...

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.

Never to be Found is a great read. I’d like to think I was the first to say that but I am not, everyone is talking about this book and the reason is very simple, it’s a really great read. Jo Spain ...

Hospitals, injuries, and medical emergencies are common throughout multiple genres of fiction, and it’s easy to see why. When a character is hurt or sick, this creates instant tension and can have an ...

Writing.ie is the only place that you’ll find the Irish bestsellers online each week, and it’s been a busy week for thrillers! When the world is (literally) on fire, many people turn ...

Competition deadline: 30th September 2026 The Bridport Memoir Prize is open internationally to writers aged 16+ writing in English. Your memoir does not need to be completed to submit. Your own ...

The chapters of your novel are the scaffolding of your story structure. The way you assemble them directly affects the way your story is delivered to the reader. So, getting it right is essential. … ...