Irish Writers Centre

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Evolution Programme 2025-2026

Free six-month programme providing support for up to twelve published writers (1 or 2 books) to advance their careers. Apply by 27 June 2025.

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Observe, a Flea: A New Series of Artist Talks

New artist talk series in collaboration with Frustrated Writers' Group. Featuring some of Ireland’s best prose-writers, editors, and poets.

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Climate Writing Sessions 2025

Join our June Climate Writing Session with Alice Kinsella, Philip Hoare and Dr Simon Berrow. Wednesday 25 June 2025. Free (booking required).

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Upcoming Courses

Learning at the Irish Writers Centre

The Irish Writers Centre offers an annual programme of creative writing courses, mastersclasses and seminars.

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In-Person |

Write a Short Story in Six Weeks with June Caldwell

Level: Beginner |

Date: July 1, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Finish Your Novel with Conor Kostick

Level: Intermediate |

Date: July 2, 2025

Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Duration: 10 weeks
In-Person |

Writing the Sea with Justine Carbery

Level: Beginner |

Date: July 5, 2025

Time: 10.30am – 4.30pm

Duration: 5 hours
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Plotting, Pace and Tension with Caroline Green

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: July 8, 2025

Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm

Duration: 3 weeks

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The Writer’s Workbench with Aiden O’Reilly

Level: Beginner |

Date: July 8, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 8 weeks
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Self-Editing Non-Fiction with Emily Cooper

Level: Intermediate |

Date: July 9, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 8 weeks
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Emerging from the Margins: Poetry of Illness and Grief with Stephanie Conn

Level: Beginner |

Date: July 15, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Ag Scríobh Pictiúirleabhair le Sadhbh Devlin

Level: Beginner |

Date: July 15, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 6 Weeks
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A Writing Life with Órfhlaith Foyle

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: July 15, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Masterclass: Character, Body and Voice with Elske Rahill

Level: Intermediate |

Date: July 19, 2025

Time: 10.30 am – 4.30 pm

Duration: 1 day
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Writing for Video Games with Charlene Putney

Level: Intermediate |

Date: August 14, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 4 weeks

Meet Aingeala Flannery

Novelist and short story writer, Aingeala Flannery, has been a Member of the Irish Writers Centre for 8 years. Aingeala shares her experiences with the Centre so far.

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Here, in 19 Parnell Square, a genuine community has grown and flourished. It, like all truly functioning communities, has had to craft its own ethic of solidarity, one that is based on equality, full participation and genuine respect for the many differing voices that makes it up as a whole. It is for that reason that I am very proud to be Patron of the Irish Writers Centre.

President Michael D. Higgins
Patron of the Irish Writers Centre