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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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31st December 2026 With €11,000 in prize money, The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for unpublished poems.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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Submissions deadline: 2nd November 2026 The Stony Thursday Book is seeking submissions from local, national and international poets for its next issue, to be published in Spring 2027. The Stony ...

Why My Novel Has Its Own Non-Fiction Companion Book. How did my novel turn into two books? It was never my intention in the beginning. It evolved. The original storyline, the love ...

The monster under the bed by Sharon Dempsey Women understand fear as an omnipresent spectre in our lives. It shows up early on, when we are conditioned to be wary of strangers and ...

Elena Casaneanu on how her poetic memoir Alchemista is not just about survival. It is about transformation. I am a Writer… A Writer in the Making For most of my life, I never considered myself a ...