Irish Bestsellers 14th March 2026
Welcome back to the Irish bestselling books charts, where we're delighted this week to feature a much-loved author whose new book is soaring at the top of the Top 20 with the kind of sales figures usually only seen by celebrities, Christmas hits, and kids' books around World Book Day. With over 3,000 sales in two days, Liz Nugent's new novel…
Poetry: A celebration with Enda Wiley. 3 Day Workshop.
Listowel Writers’ Week
Independent Bookshop Week 2026
Bookselling Ireland (the Booksellers Association (BA) in Ireland) are delighted to announce the ambassadors for Independent Bookshop Week 2026, which this year marks its 20th anniversary. The annual celebration, taking place from the 13th June – 20th June 2026, highlights the invaluable role independent bookshops across Ireland and the UK and play in local communities and national culture. Returning with headline sponsorship from Hachette…
The Molly Keane Creative Writing Award 2026
Competition deadline: 1st May 2026 The annual Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, run by Waterford City & County Council Arts Office, is to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane. Molly lived in Ardmore, Co. Waterford until she died in 1996. She started writing at a young age to ‘supplement her dress allowance’. Her first ten novels and four plays were published under the pseudonym M.J.
Penny: Remember How They Loved You by Oonagh Charleton
Penny allowed herself to be gathered up carefully as the vet gently inserted the catheter into her front leg. The decline had been slow but steady since Christmas and blood tests had revealed multiple organ failure and an immune system that had given up the ghost. ‘It’s better to do it a month early than a day late,’ a friend had said with a love borne only from the experience of having been there and done that.
Today Is the Deadline for the Arts Council Arts Grant 2027. If You Are Reading This Now, You Are Too Late.
Great advice and tips from Writing.ie member Niamh Cooper on applyng for Arts Council Grants - start now!
Writing a Synopsis: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
When submitting a story to a literary agent or publisher, a synopsis plays a crucial role in helping them quickly understand the full arc of your narrative. Unlike a blurb meant to entice readers, a synopsis is a clear and concise summary of the entire story - including all major plot points and spoilers. Its purpose is to show how the story unfolds from beginning to end, highlighting the main characters,…
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How to Write a Novel in 15 Years by Eliana Ramage
To the Moon and Back: a novel by Eliana Ramage In 2009, I wanted to know how to write a novel. I was 18 years old, in my first year of college in New Hampshire, and I wrote about young Cherokee women. I was a young Cherokee woman myself. But my writing was often set a couple of hundred years ago, in a time I knew little about but worried might be “more authentic” than my own Cherokee life.
Saint Patrick by Grace O’Reilly
Saint Patrick was actually not an Irishman originally, although over time in his heart he was deeply Irish. He was born to Roman Citizens in the 4th Century and at birth he was named Maewyn Succat – not Patrick. As a young man, at16, he was kidnapped from Wales and brought to Ireland and used as a slave and a shepherd for many years.
