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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Author S. Hati tells us about the inspiration behind her romantic, time travelling fantasy, The Carousel of Forgotten Places. I’ve recently realized that I love writing about ghosts. I could write ...

Peter Reynolds, author of the recently published collection of tales, Absurd, on his approach to writing satire . . . I began writing almost by accident, with no intention of ever becoming an ...