John Leitch, writing as Arlinda Rotate, on why he chose to use a pen-name when writing his crime thriller, Black Cloud, Red ...

Marian Keyes in conversation with journalist and writer Madeleine Keane . . . Bestselling author and Irish Writers Centre ...

The advice to ‘kill your babies’ or ‘kill your darlings’ has been a feature of writing guides and workshops for decades, but ...

Editor Tara MacLeod on the publication of an outstanding new anthology of stories from multi-generational Irish women writers ...

The bookbuying season is in full swing, and every book in the Irish bestselling books Top 20 has clocked over a thousand ...

Author Charles Harris tells all about researching his latest novel, Play Me – which unfortunately included falling off a ...

Róisin O’Donnell’s debut novel Nesting is definitely a novel for our time. Violence against women is a well-documented issue on the island of Ireland, North and South, and while the ...

Submissions deadline: 11th March 2026 Submissions are open for the Mairtín Crawford Awards for Poetry and Short Story 2026.