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Introducing the IWC/Cúirt/ILFD Young Writer Delegates!

March 7, 2019 1:30 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

This week we are delighted to announce the selected IWC/Cúirt/ILFD Young Writer Delegates! Congratulations to Kit Connolly, Alex Irwin, Jess Mc Kinney and Conor Duggan who will be attending Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway this April for four full days of literary immersion. During this period, they will be mentored by award-winning writer, Mary Costello. Kit Connolly is a bookworm who’s trying to write a book. She graduated with a degree in English from Trinity College and interned at The Paris Review in New York. She has spent the past few years doing temp jobs and travelling. She now lives in Dublin. Alex Irwin, a freelance writer and editor from Co. Meath, studied English Literature and Anthropology in Maynooth University and recently earned an M.Sc in Multimeda from DCU. Their first published story ‘Star Walker’ appeared in the Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology Perchance to... Read Moreread more.


Novel Fair Finalists 2019

Announcing the Novel Fair 2019 Finalists

January 30, 2019 3:59 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Announcing the Novel Fair 2019 finalists – as selected by judges Catherine Dunne, Anthony Glavin and Anna Carey. Twelve aspiring novelists have been selected from over 200 applicants to take part in Novel Fair 2019. This is an annual initiative of the Irish Writers Centre where the twelve successful applicants are offered the rare and unique opportunity to come face-to-face with some of the most influential names in publishing from Ireland and the UK. This platform acts as a springboard for the literary career of this year’s winners. Congratulations to: Neil Sharpson Sue Divin Alice Lyons Jim Lawlor Dee Collins Marianne Lee Catherine Browne James A. Simpson Gráinne Murphy Ronnie Trouton Michelle Gallen Jennifer Wilson O’Raghallaigh  It was a difficult task for this year’s judges, who can now be revealed as award-winning writer Catherine Dunne, writer and editor Anthony Glavin... Read Moreread more.


Special Offer on Screenwriting Course

October 10, 2018 10:28 am Published by Leave your thoughts

We are delighted to announce a special offer on The Bigger Picture: Short Films with Ferdia Mac Anna. We are offering places on the remaining 8 weeks of Ferdia’s course for just €200. Book within the next week to get one session free of charge!  To avail of this offer, use the discount code FILM200 at the checkout.  This unique course focuses on developing the budding screenwriter’s vision to create an original short film screenplay. Ferdia Mac Anna has taught Creative Writing, Screenwriting, Scriptwriting and Radio and TV broadcasting at DCU, Trinty College, NUI Maynooth and IADT (the national film school). He is also known for his original screenplays and has worked on TV shows like Fair City, Scannal and Ros na Rún. read more.


Announcing the participants for XBorders: Transition!

September 26, 2018 3:43 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

We are delighted to announce the participants of XBorders: Transition, a programme that challenges writers to examine ways of seeing and thinking about borders, physical or inter-personal, their potential for art, and in particular, writing. XBorders: Transition focuses on the states of change and flux beyond borders, and will take place from November 2018 to March 2019 during which time the group will work closely with facilitator Maria McManus and editor Patsy Horton. This year the programme participants are: Anne McMaster Cassia Gaden Gilmartin Cliona O’Connell Colin Hassard Don Ó Donnacháin Elizabeth Byrne Frédéric Huska Gary Hunter Iva Yates James A. Simpson Kate Kiernan Liz Quirke Louisa Carroll Louise Williams Lucy Beevor Niamh Donnellan Niamh Donnelly Peter McNamara Simon Gibson Congratulations everyone and we look forward to seeing the exciting work produced over the next five months. Find out more about XBorders:... Read Moreread more.


Annual Survey

November 1, 2018 6:38 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Thank you to all who took the time to complete our Annual Survey! The survey allows us to find out more about the people who use the Irish Writers Centre and how we can improve our services for writers around the country.  The survey is now finished.  read more.


AUTUMN FLASH SALE

September 18, 2018 4:26 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

It’s the start of the school year and the perfect time to begin or finish a novel, start your writing career or advance it by stepping our of your comfort zone! We’re offering up to 20% off selected Autumn Courses. Sale ends at 12pm on Thursday 27 September.  Enter the code AUTUMN20 at checkout and get 20% off the following weekend courses.  Propel: Learn To Be Your Own Editor with Mia Gallagher Blogwriting with Ketty Quigley Voice, Character, and Dramatic Action with Lisa Harding   Enter the code AUTUMN10 at checkout and get 10% off the following weekday courses. Getting Started with Nessa O’Mahony Mindshift: Stepping out of your Comfort Zone – Writing in New Areas The Bigger Picture: Short Films with Ferdia Mac Anna Creating a Scene: Playwriting with Rosemary Jenkinson Focus your Form: Style, Pacing and Character* with Catherine Dunneread more.


Announcing our 2018 Writers-In-Residence in Florence and Cill Rialaig!

July 12, 2018 10:22 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Congratulations are due to Paddy Bushe, the recipient of our one-week residency with St Mark’s English Church in Florence. Paddy will travel to Italy this autumn to spend a week developing his own work and meeting with the local writing community, as well as taking part in a public reading. Anyone wanting to indulge in a little jealousy – or thinking about an application for next year – can find the full details here on our website.  We are also delighted to announce the seven recipients of this year’s residencies in Cill Rialaig, Co. Kerry. Congratulations to Brendan Mac Evilly, Dominique Cleary, Catherine Ann Cullen, Gerry Boland, Caelainn Hogan, Paula Cunningham and John Fox. These writers will enjoy a ten-day stay in the beautiful landscape of Cill Rialaig, where they will work on their own projects and meet to discuss a new development idea for the Irish Writers Centre. Find out more here.read more.


Focus Your Form This Summer

May 4, 2018 11:35 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Our new Focus Your Form courses are designed to help you get started in your writing or hone particular skills such as character development, dialogue and structure. Whether you are a beginner or emerging writer these short intensive courses aim to help you build specific writing skills and stimulate new ideas.  May Focus Your Form: Poetry with Jessica Traynor (excluded from the bundle) Focus your Form: 3-Week Kickstarter with Yvonne Cullen Focus your Form: Character and Dialogue with Catherine Dunne July Focus your Form: Plot and Structure* with Gavin Corbett Focus your Form: Style and Pacing with Catherine Dunne  read more.


Announcing the winners of our Imbolc Flash Fiction Competition!

April 25, 2018 10:19 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Congratulations to the winners of our Imbolc Flash Fiction Competition! Our Irish language winners are Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh and Seán Mac Dhonnagáin and Kyle Malone and Roxana Rodica Badea are our english language winners.  The winning stories will be published in Books Ireland Magazine and you will have the opportunity to hear the work read at our Flash Fiction showcase in Books Upstairs in June. Stay tuned for more info!read more.


Introducing the IWC/Cúirt Young Delegates

April 18, 2018 4:41 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

This week we are delighted to announce the selected IWC/Cúirt Young Writer Delegates! Congratulations to Jack Sheenan, Gloria McNeely, Supriya Dhaliwal, and Rachel Sargent who will be attending the Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway this April for four days of full literary immersion. The selected four young writers will be given festival passes and accommodation for four days of full literary immersion in its events and activities. During this period, they will be supported by an IWC facilitator and mentor Alan McMonagle to reflect on the festival and share their views on the experience.  Keep an eye across our social media over the coming weeks to follow the group and find out more about the programme over on our blog! Full information on this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature programme is available at www.cuirt.ieread more.


Announcing our new Community Writer-in-Residence with the Irish Wheelchair Association

March 29, 2018 10:18 am Published by Leave your thoughts

We are delighted to announce that playwright Rosaleen McDonagh will be working as our newest Community Writer-in-Residence with the Irish Wheelchair Association. Rosaleen McDonagh is a frequent contributor to Sunday Miscellany RTE Radio1 and also a columnist for the Irish Times. She is also a performer & member of Aosdána & is a board member of Pavee Point & Project Art Centre. Her theatre work includes; The Baby Doll Project, She’s Not Mine, and Rings. ‘Mainstream’ was produced  in 2017. Rosaleen will adapt Colum McCann’s novel ‘Zoli’, which is a fictionalised narrative of Papusza, a Roma poet, for production in 2019 with Fishamble Theatre Company. She has worked with Graeae Theatre Company and holds a BA, two MPhils from Trinity College Dublin.  Rosaleen is currently a PhD candidate in Northumbria University.  Rosaleen who has cerebral palsy, is a member of... Read Moreread more.


IWC’s first Roaming Writer-in-Residence is announced

January 31, 2018 5:43 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Congratulations to Jan Carson who has been selected as our first ever Roaming Writer-in-Residence! Jan will travel by train to various universities throughout Ireland, where she will facilitate workshop with Creative Writing students. She will be working with the students to create and send “Postcard Stories”; pieces of micro-fiction written on postcards.  Jan is a Belfast-based writer and currently has published one novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears (Liberties Press, 2014), a short story collection, Children’s Children (Liberties Press, 2016) and a microfiction collection, Postcard Stories (Emma Press, 2017). Her next novel will be published in spring 2019. What is the Roaming Writer-in-Residence? Funded by ACNI and in partnership with Irish Rail and Translink, this is the Irish Writers Centre’s first ever mobile all-island residency working with a Roaming Writer-in-Residence (WIR). Travelling from north to south on our railway lines, the Roaming WIR will listen to voices... Read Moreread more.


Novel Fair 2018

Announcing the Novel Fair 2018 Finalists

January 29, 2018 11:35 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Announcing the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2018 finalists – as selected by judges Anthony Glavin, Nuala O’Connor and Mairead Brady Twelve aspiring novelists have been selected from almost 250 applicants to participate in the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2018, an annual Irish Writers Centre initiative which will take place on Saturday 17 February. Now in its sixth year, the event presents a unique opportunity to gain face time with some of the most influential people in Irish publishing, and could truly kick-start a literary career for this year’s winners. Congratulations to this year’s winners who have been named as: Caroline Bale David Brennan Niamh Donnelly Aingeala Flannery Martin Keating Amanda Leahy Guy Le Jeune Joseph McDonnell Sean McNulty Adrienne Michel-Long Susanne Stich Bill Tinley The judging panel, who have remained anonymous up until this point, can now be... Read Moreread more.


New Community Writers-in-Residence in Northern Ireland

January 25, 2018 11:50 am Published by Leave your thoughts

This week we are delighted to announce our two newest Community Writers-in-Residence in Northern Ireland; Mel Bradley with the Rainbow Project, Foyle and Deirdre Cartmill with Women’s Aid, Belfast. Congratulations to both writers and we look forward to seeing the work that they produce with their respective organisations!read more.