Irish Writers Centre

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Happy Birthday Mrs. Dalloway

A Conference Celebrating 100 Years of Virginia Woolf’s Masterpiece. Saturday 7 June 2025. Book now.

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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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Happy Birthday Mrs. Dalloway: A Conference Celebrating 100 Years of Virginia Woolf’s Masterpiece
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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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Writing Your First-Person (Personal) Essay with Aíne Greaney

Level: Beginner |

Date: June 7, 2025

Time: 2.00pm-5.00pm

Duration: 3 hours
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Playing the Pauses in Flash Fiction: Employing the Unsaid with Marie Gethins

Level: Beginner |

Date: June 11, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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The ‘Competition’ Short Story with David Butler

Level: Intermediate |

Date: June 11, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 8 weeks
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The Mythic Imagination: Creative Writing Workshop with Adam Wyeth

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: June 11, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Saturday’s All Write Writing Community with Fiona O’Rourke

Level: Beginner |

Date: June 14, 2025

Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm

Duration: 4 weeks
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Start Your Newsletter with Aoife Barry

Level: Beginner |

Date: June 17, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Beginners’ Fiction with Tanya Farrelly

Level: Beginner |

Date: June 17, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Writing Vividly: Making Description and Setting Come to Life with Caroline Green

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: June 17, 2025

Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm

Duration: 3 weeks
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Fiction Writer’s Intensive with Charleen Hurtubise

Level: Intermediate |

Date: June 24, 2025

Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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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
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Writing the Sea with Justine Carbery

Level: Beginner |

Date: July 5, 2025

Time: 10.30am – 4.30pm

Duration: 5 hours
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Gift Vouchers

Do you have a writer in your life you’re looking to buy a gift for? Look no further – the Irish Writers Centre has you covered! Our e-gift vouchers are a great way to encourage and nurture loved ones with an interest in creative writing.

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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