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What’s the use of a creative writing course?

People write. If they’re good enough, they get published. Then they write more and get more things published. Then they earn lots of money. All this happens smoothly and words flow in a constant stream...

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Irish Wheelchair Association Competition Winners

IWC is delighted to announce the winners of the Irish Wheelchair Association Writing Competition. In first place we have Kevin B. Clancy with his poem, ‘Otley’s Island’, and in joint second place we...

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An Interview with Jean O’Brien: Arvon International Poetry Prize Winner 2010

A few weeks back, Jean O’Brien virtually burst into the Irish Writers’ Centre on a barely-controlled wave of euphoria. She’d been carrying a secret around for weeks and, on the verge of exploding,...

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The Lonely Voice: Short Story Introductions, Winners Announced!

  We are delighted to announce our October winners of The Lonely Voice: Short Story Introductions, our ongoing monthly short story event for emerging fiction writers. They are (in no particular order):...

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Deadline Approaching for the Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair

The Irish Writers’ Centre has begun counting down the days to the deadline of its esteemed Novel Fair. The deadline for the competition this year is on October 17th and the Novel Fair itself will take...

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Susan Lanigan at the 2013 Novel Fair: all my heart and love

In 2009 I made the first rough notes for the novel I would spend the next three years writing. All I knew was the theme: the white feather: I had the barest of character outlines, no plot and had no...

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Cinnamon toast on the move

For the next three weeks Novel Fair winner Janet Cameron is taking her newly-published (and fab) book home on tour around Canada. The story is set there, so Janet is a little more nervous than usual...

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The Winning Story: Exile by Phil Young

‘This is to be your bed, Charlie.’ Nurse Gillane led him to the narrow bed with its iron frame. One of about ten in a long room. The room was painted a shiny green. It was very cold. ‘You can put your...

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