I’ve been thinking about the function and importance of setting in my works, discovering it can vary and considering why and how . . .’ Like many ...

An International Literary Magazine is pleased to announce three special international anthology projects for Halloween 2026. We are inviting ...

Although Prestin and the Booger Oath is a funny, mischievous and deliberately gross children’s adventure, the story behind the book means a great deal to me. My children Conor, Darragh and Carla ...

Submissions deadline: 11th January 2027 Discoveries is the Women’s Prize Trust’s transformative writer development programme designed to address the specific challenges that women face as writers.

Emer Rohan, winner of two awards on the night, on the tenth anniversary of The Carousel Aware Prize (CAP) for Independent Authors . . . The Carousel Aware Prize for Independent Authors (CAP ...

The Reading Agency launches largest-ever UK prison book-gifting programme. Nearly half a million Quick Reads to reach prisons across the UK, with a collection shaped with people in prison and ...

Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books, where this week’s book is a new non-fiction bestseller looking at the troubles of the housing market. Brand new and straight to no. 1, ...

Competition deadline: 31st December 2026 With €11,000 in prize money, The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for unpublished poems. The prize is open to anyone, and each ...