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Dublin Book Festival

The Irish Writers Centre Roadshow comes to the Dublin Book Festival

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Online Masterclass with Carlo Gebler

Book your place for a masterclass with Carlo Gebler in Sat 29 Nov

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Watch Video Four

Our 6-part video series, Dublin, One City, Many Stories celebrates Irish literature in its many forms, including interviews with some of the country's foremost writers

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21 October, 2025

Announcing the Judges for the 2025 Irish Writers Centre International Debut Novel Competition
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The Irish Writers Centre Roadshow at Dublin Book Festival
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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Online |

Build A Strong Writing Foundation with E.R. Murray

Level: Beginner |

Date: November 12, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 6 weeks
In-Person |

Speak Up! Performance Skills for Writers with Siobhan Mac Mahon

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: November 15, 2025

Time: 10.30 am – 4.30 pm

Duration: 1 day
In-Person |

The Art of Wintering for Writers, a workshop with Anne Tannam

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: November 22, 2025

Time: 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

Duration: 1 day
In-Person |

A Poetry Translation Taster with Nell Regan

Level: Intermediate |

Date: November 22, 2025

Time: 11.00am – 1.00 pm

Duration: 2 weeks
Online |

Plotting, Pace and Tension: A Masterclass workshop with Caroline Green

Date: November 22, 2025

Time: 10.00am – 3.00pm

Duration: 4 hours
In-Person |

Song of Myself (after Whitman) with Eileen Casey

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: November 22, 2025

Time: 10.00am – 3.00pm

Duration: 4 hours
Online |

The Fundamentals of Fiction with William Ryan

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: November 24, 2025

Time: 6.00 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 4 weeks
Online |

Beyond Arrivals with Nandi Jola

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: November 29, 2025

Time: 11.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Duration: 4 hours
Online |

Non-Fiction Masterclass with Carlo Gébler

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: November 29, 2025

Time: 10.00 am – 11.30am

Duration: 90 mins
Online |

Writing Your First-Person (Personal) Essay with Áine Greaney

Date: November 29, 2025

Time: 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Duration: 2 hrs
In-Person |

Ars Poetica: The Art of Poetry with Adam Wyeth

Level: Advanced | Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: November 29, 2025

Time: 11.00am – 5.00pm

Duration: 5 hours
Online |

Writing Popular Fiction, a one-day online course with Eithne Shortall

Level: Intermediate | Beginner |

Date: November 29, 2025

Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Duration: One Day

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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