The National Poetry Competition 2024 is now open until 31 October 2024. Judges: John McAuliffe, Romalyn Ante, Stephen Sexton.

Wayne Byrne is an Irish author and film historian. He has written on film and music culture for a variety of notable ...

THE FERRYMAN, winner of both the Olivier Award and Tony Award, was the fastest-selling production in the history of the Royal ...

Today sees the launch of the fifth Mrs Hudson Investigates books. Death in the Harem charts the adventures of Sherlock Holmes’s landlady.

In Step into Nature, Rachel McKenna hopes to inspire readers to undertake similar discoveries in their own gardens or on ...

Felicity Hayes-McCoy on the important role booksellers play in the life and career of an author. The late, great Maeve Binchy . . .

The Iceland Writers Retreat is held once a year for authors, writers, and book enthusiasts. Participants will gather for ...

New Writing North and publishers Hachette UK have opened a dedicated new audiobooks recording studio in the North East.

Sharon Black on writing that difficult second novel . . . I didn’t believe that anything would be so hard to write again.

The Anthology Short Story Competition was established to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication. The Anthology Short Story Competition is open to original and ...

Everyone in Ireland is familiar with the story of Francis Browne, the young Cork man who was studying to become a Jesuit priest when his uncle offered him a ticket on an ocean liner’s maiden voyage.

Douglas B. Sims is a highly respected environmental soil scientist with over three decades of experience in the environmental consulting industry. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from ...