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Novel Fair 2025

Submissions for Novel Fair 2025 will open on 1 September 2024. Novel Fair introduces up-and-coming writers to top publishers and literary agents, giving novelists the opportunity to bypass the slush pile, pitch their ideas and place their synopsis and sample chapters directly into the hands of publishers and agents.

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Upcoming Courses

Learning at the Irish Writers Centre

The Irish Writers Centre offers a range of writing courses for writers at every stage of their career. Listed below are a selection of our upcoming courses, with the full archive available via the link below.

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The Anatomy of a Short Story with Sheila Armstrong

Level: Intermediate |

Date: January 7, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Song of Myself: Celebrating Authentic Self through Visual Autobiography with Eileen Casey

Level: Beginner |

Date: January 7, 2025

Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Duration: 4 weeks
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The Anatomy of a Short Story with Sheila Armstrong

Level: Intermediate |

Date: January 7, 2025

Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Duration: 6 weeks
In-Person |

Techniques for Songwriting with Christian Wethered

Level: Beginner |

Date: January 7, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Writing Historical Fiction with Hilary McCollum

Level: Intermediate |

Date: January 8, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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The Writer’s Workbench with Aiden O’Reilly

Level: Beginner |

Date: January 14, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 8 weeks
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Creating Portraits in Poetry and Prose with Shelley Tracey

Level: Intermediate |

Date: January 14, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Kickstarting Your Nonfiction Book – Creating an Author Roadmap with Geraldine Walsh

Level: Intermediate |

Date: January 14, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Finish Your Novel with Conor Kostick

Level: Intermediate |

Date: January 15, 2025

Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Duration: 10 weeks
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Fragmenting Experiences, Fragmented Structures with Roe McDermott

Level: Beginner |

Date: January 15, 2025

Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Duration: 6 weeks
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Writing for Video Games with Charlene Putney

Level: Beginner |

Date: January 15, 2025

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Duration: 4 weeks
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Finding Your Writing Path with Liz McSkeane

Level: Beginner |

Date: January 21, 2025

Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Duration: 8 weeks
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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