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Come and join us tonight at 5.30pm at O’Mahony’s Bookstore for the launch of the 41st Limerick Literary Festival in Honour of Kate O’Brien. The much celebrated Limerick actor Myles Breen will unveil the programme for our festival happening on the 21st-23rd of February 2025. #llfkob2025 #mylesbreen

What a week to have a book out about political corruption and powerful, abusive men! At least in my novel they get their comeuppance. My first Anna Sharpe thriller. Out today in all formats in the UK, and in eBook and audio in the US. #NotesOnADrowning annamazzola.com/notes-on-a-d...

Kate O’Brien Prize shortlist revealed Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and round-up of the latest news www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

What do you do when you're snowed in? Catch up on reading and edits 😚😚😚

Submissions Call: Southword Submissions deadlines: 31st January 2025 (Poetry) and 28th February 2025 (Fiction – opens 1st Feb 2025) Southword: New International Writing is a print literary journal published twice a year by the Munster Literature Centre Full details: www.writing.ie/resources/su...

Client reviews say a lot about a service. Here are a few from writers I've worked with. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #Indieauthors #writerslife

After 52 years, are the members of the crack commando unit, aka The A-Team still wanted by the government? It was, after all, a crime they didn't commit. So here's what I'm thinking that surely, by now, someone found the evidence to exonerate them. Did the news just not make the headlines or ... 🤔🤔🤔

I gave a talk on editing to a group of Irish Indie authors in September. Writers may find my handout useful. #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #editing #amediting #amwriting

#Writers do you find yourself exhausted after writing an emotionally charged scene - be it a joyful interaction or angry exchange? Grounding myself after writing such a scene is important. That, along with a cuppa & some minty chocolate!!!

Our dog has lived in the same house for her (almost) 13 years and she still thinks that the utility room door leads to a different back yard to the back door. LOL!! She is not impressed that I am sharing this.

Thank you so much, Emma!

On hearing a familiar song emanating from my son's room I popped my head in to lip-sync, only to be told, "Aw, mammy, that's my music". The song was Roxette - How Do You Do. He is 9!!!