Thanks to all who contributed to The Storms. Thanks to @fingal.ie @dublincityoflit.bsky.social & @artscouncilireland.bsky.social subeditors @gaynorkanepoet.bsky.social @edepaor.bsky.social Nithy Kasa, Fiona O’Rourke @rhonagreene.bsky.social The journal is on holiday but will return in 2027 💙

We are delighted to announce that our next Writers in the Regions masterclass, taking place next month at the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone, will be led by the fantastic Alan McMonagle. 🔗 irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/wri...

Announcing New Voices, a celebration of emerging voices in literature! Featuring Ciara Broderick, Brian Franklin and Lynda McCarty followed up an open mic showcase of new work! Free tickets & Open Mic signup: irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/new...

Two of the best workshops I’ve ever taken were with The Fly and the Irish Writers Centre, so seeing them collaborate on a prize like this is just lovely!

📣 Applications are now open! Evolution is a free six-month programme that provides support for up to 12 published writers at a crucial stage in their careers. Find out more and apply via our website: irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie... Deadline for applications: Tuesday 30 June 2026.

My "Writing for Games" course at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social is returning for a SEVENTH time this month!! All previous ones have sold out, so I'm hoping we can keep that streak running 😅 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

As part 'Words on the Page', our summer celebration of creative writing, join us for an evening highlighting Ireland's rich journal culture! 'Words in the Air: Live Journal Spotlight' will take place on Wednesday 8 July from 6:30pm 🚀 Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1991202629...

Poetry & nature come together in Jane Robinson's upcoming 'Poetry Field Trip' 🌵 On 20 June, writers will join Jane at the Botanic Gardens & then head over to the Irish Writers Centre for a creative writing session! Hear Jane talk about the course 👇 Booking: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/poet...

🗣️Workshop announcement! Writers will look in depth at the ways in which words have been translated: what is lost & found in the movement from Arabic to English. There will be limited places reserved at a subsidised price. More information on our website Book: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

Next week, we'll be announcing the 2026 call for our hugely popular Annaghmakerrig residencies! Six writers will be awarded seven nights in the self-catering cottages at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan. Sign up to our newsletter here: mailchi.mp/irishwriters...

Want to try something a little different? Why not come along to one of our upcoming performance and songwriting courses from the wonderful Siobhan MacMahon, Alice Coghlan and Christian Wethered. Link to all courses: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/

The Irish Writers Centre is delighted to announce our Pride 2026 programme! 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Read more about the programme and book tickets here: irishwriterscentre.ie/announcing-t...

EXTENDED DEADLINE (Apr 30): We are excited to partner with Varuna, National Writers' House, on the annual Lamplight International Fellowship Programme, an online opportunity for fiction writers to enjoy the combined mentorship and support of both organisations. irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...

🗣️🚨Masterclass alert! On Saturday, 16 May, Cathy Sweeney will deliver a 2-hour masterclass on how reading can inspire and ignite your creative process! Book now: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/mast...

There was some fine #poetry last night @The Teachers’ Club in #Dublin with a double launch @doirepress.bsky.social: Moyra Donaldson’s, launched by @maryodonnell.bsky.social & Nithy Kasa’s by Fiona Bolger, with fab covers @triona.bsky.social. Nice to see @eatthestorms.com @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social

The Irish Writers Centre is delighted to announce our 2026 Climate Writing Series 🪻🌿 With 5 sessions taking place from April to November this year, there's something here for everyone interested in writing on climate issues! More information and booking here: irishwriterscentre.ie/climate-writ...

Hope you all had a wonderful, chocolatey Easter! - here's another treat to keep you going 🐣 Two more amazing masterclasses from renowned writers Cathy Sweeney & Joanna Walsh coming up this May Booking: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/

The Irish Writers Centre and Varuna, National Writers’ House, are excited to announce the fourth year of the Lamplight International Fellowship Programme. This opportunity is exclusively for Irish Writers Centre Members with two published books. irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...

The Irish Writers Centre is thrilled to announce our inaugural Climate Writing Prize for 2026! 🌱 Prizes will include €250 and publication in @Channel_LitMag and a course bursary worth €250! More details here: irishwriterscentre.ie/climate-writ...

Just a few places left on Adam Wyeth's 'The Writing Table' - a structured, supportive space for writers to share work + develop their critical skills! Book your place: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/the-...

Every month, we bring you a round-up of opportunities for writers from around the world: from competitions to open submissions, bursaries and residencies. Check out our website for April's opportunities digest: irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...

Just under a month to go until writer/mentor Sarah Moore Fitzgerald kicks off her intensive 'Creative Writing for Absolute Beginners' course online! Ideal for anyone who's looking to go beyond the uncertainty of the blank page 📃 More info & booking: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/crea...

The International Debut Novel Competition is open and looking for you (if you have a novel but are not yet published!) 🎉🎉🎉

Join award-winning author and editor of The Four Faced Liar Patrick Holloway for a journey into the world of flash fiction online this May! Dive in here: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/find...

At the Irish Writers Centre today: so good. All my thanks to @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social & @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social & Leontia Flynn for a terrific conversation; and to @eatthestorms.com & @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social for the invitation.

Major announcement: #Wave3 of #TheWhiskeyTree is complete. Built on the work of #Wave1 + #Wave2 — writers like @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @eatthestorms.com et al — who laid the foundations and built this project into what it is. This is the final wave. #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave3

The artwork on the front cover of our WCLF 2026 brochure will be Seán Keating's The Window (1924). We ADORE it and would like to thank everyone in @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social, IVARO (Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation) and the estate of Seán Keating ❤️ crawfordartgallery.ie/work-of-the-...

Get those bookshelves ready, @martinadalton.bsky.social is on the way 🎉🎉🎉

For today's Sunday Poetry Series poem, I am delighted to share,"The Bodhi Tree" by @eoindevereuxwriter.bsky.social, a writer I have wanted to feature since first hearing him read on the poetry podcast, "Eat the Storms" @eatthestorms.com

Always Crashing is now open for print and online submissions In print, we are especially looking for work that takes particular advantage of its status as a printed object For online, we are particularly looking for work that opens our understand of what that space can be

Treat your eyeballs to an extract from Late Heaney by @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social is in @irishtimes.com today. 👇 Seamus Heaney: from ancient Greece to home turf, Northern shades and the Nobel Prize www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Glad to be part of Words, in Other Places - a new festival coming to Dublin and Belfast in April. I'm looking forward to my conversation with peerless @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social & @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social & Leontia Flynn. With thanks to @eatthestorms.com @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce a landmark new (free!) festival taking place this April: Words, In other places, in partnership with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland and supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social & Arts Council of NI. irishwriterscentre.ie/words-in-oth...

Aspiring novelists, pick up those pens… We’re thrilled to announce that entries to the Irish Writers Centre’s flagship competition for novelists, the International Debut Novel Competition, will open for 2026 on Wednesday 1 April! irishwriterscentre.ie/internationa...

Are you a member of the global majority? Would you like to take a writing workshop in a supportive environment? The first of our new global majority creative writing workshops will be facilitated by Melatu Uche Okorie on March 28! irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/cre...

We're thrilled to announce the 2026 Young Writer Delegates who will attend and contribute to @cuirtfestival.bsky.social this year! 🥳 The 2026 Delegates are: Liam Carton, Luke Condon, Eddie Critchley, Shauna Murphy, and Val Carton! Read more about them here: irishwriterscentre.ie/announcing-o...

We’re not pretending this prize is important. We’re saying it’s honest. It rewards favourites, pays poets, and exists because you helped make it. #TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky

Obituary by Catherine Redford from her debut collection THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME 🩷 ⭐ Publishing 19th March ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/dg4W4gn ⭐

Every month, we bring you a round-up of opportunities for writers from around the world: from competitions to open submission windows, bursaries and residencies. Check out our website for March's opportunities digest: irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...

Galway launch of A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2025 with Sarah Kenny of @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social

Not you can listen to the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social on the go!!!

Back to beginnings, origins. From my debut pamphlet, Eat the Storms, published by @hedgehogpress.co.uk this is Shades of Blue. #poetry #poetryfilm #shortfilm

Our monthly bulletin will land in inboxes next week, featuring literary listings, opportunities and more! Penguin Books Ireland & @newislandbooks.bsky.social have also kindly offered giveaway copies of new books for 2 lucky subscribers. Sign up for a chance to win: mailchi.mp/irishwriters...

Scríbhenoirí filíocht agus béalfilíochta! Beidh ceardlann speisialta slamfilíochta againn leis an bhfile Cormac Mac Gearailt mar pháirt de @SnaGaeilge ar Sathairn, 7ú Márta! Níos mó eolais agus ticéid le fáil anseo: irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/sea...

Only a few spots remaining on Joanne Hayden's course on making childhood and child characters come ✨alive✨in your writing! Book your place here: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

Táimid ag ceilúradh Seachtain na Gaeilge ag Áras Scríbhneoirí na hÉireann le eachtra speisialta béilfílíochta ar Déardaoin, 12ú Márta, 2026 ag 19 Cearnóg Parnell. www.eventbrite.ie/e/focail-san...

We're delighted to announce our first 2026 'Writers in the Regions' masterclass! Acclaimed novelist @conorkostick.bsky.social will present a two hour-long, lecture-style masterclass at the @yeatssocietysligo.bsky.social on 14 March. irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/wri...

Our 'Advice from Writers' page now features new insights from best-selling author (and national treasure) Marian Keyes! Watch what she has to say at the link 👇 irishwriterscentre.ie/advice-from-...

Anyone writing a memoir or non-fiction historical book - this is a don't-miss course for polishing your research skills with Kevin Connolly 🦴 Book a place: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/digg...