Past Voices, Future Stories Listowel International Storytelling Festival returns from 17–20 September 2026, bringing storytellers, poets, musicians and audiences together for four days of stories, ...

Lindsay J. Sedgwick, author of Mischievous Magical Maia Malone, asks: is all publicity good? ‘Perhaps’, she tells us . . . First things first: you can’t do everything. I read so much ...

The Castle by the Stop Light. The Castle by the Stop Light began without me even knowing it one dark and rainy night in Swords, Co. Dublin. I was trying to figure out a bus schedu ...

Bluebird: It doesn’t get easier, you just get stronger . . . It only takes one ‘YES’! I believe that dreams can come true. Not by chance, but by bringing together steely determination, ...

Nobody Knows Your Book Exists My name is J.M. Lane. I’m an independent Irish author, and my books have sold more than 50,000 copies. I say that at the beginning because, if I am going to spend the ...

Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books, where our featured book is the latest novel from Donal Ryan – always a firm favourite and a big seller in the Irish bestselling books charts.

Competition deadline: 28th September 2026 Ireland’s Own is pleased to announce details of our 2026 Writing Competition. Entrants are invited to compete for €2,450 in gift-card prizes. OPEN ...

Using the senses in your writing helps transform a simple description into an experience the reader can step inside. By including carefully chosen details of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch, y… ...

January 1670. London is enduring its worst winter in decades. But for Samuel Pepys, the darkest days are yet to come. ‘The past is never dead,’ to quote William Faulkner. ‘It’s not even ...

Seething Lane by Jack Jewers Seething Lane is a beautifully written historical fiction novel set in 1670`s London just four years after the great fire decimated the city, amid the coldest winter ...

Challenges, challenges, and a few more challenges for the first-time author: Garrie Boldsmith on the importance of marketing your book . . . Some 2 ½ years ago, I embarked upon a journey I had ...

Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival, returns to Dublin from the 15th – 18th October 2026. Featuring a host of bestselling and internationally renowned crime-writing stars, ...