The Ireland Chair of Poetry has announced the Spring Series for 2026 by the newly appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry, Vona Groarke. Vona Groarke will begin her three-year tenure (2025–2028) in ...

Mark Billingham is the 2026 recipient of the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger, sponsored by Karen Baugh Menuhin. The award recognises authors whose crime writing careers have been ...

My first concept for Pagans had a much more high fantasy concept than the final result. I wanted to write something about a swords and sorcery world, like Tolkien’s Middle Earth or George RR ...

Author Emer Rohan on the inspiration for her gripping and emotionally charged family drama, Between You and Me . . . I didn’t ...

Don’t Steal from Yourself! The Mercier Press Guidelines on AI Tools for Authors The Golden Rule for First Drafts Never let AI ...

Submissions deadline: 6th April 2026 International Literature Festival Dublin [ILFD] have announced their annual Date With An ...

I gorged myself on a smorgasbord of research. But then I learned that the trick is to forget it all. I loved History in school and was one of the few ...

Author Ciarán Ó Néill on the ideas behind and the inspiration for his remarkable new book, A Quantum Metaphor for Human Being ...

Windham-Campbell Prizes have announced a new winter season of the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast will begin on February 4 ...

The Payout Game by Robert Craven I was dying to sink my teeth into this murder mystery over Christmas, but alas a 14 and a 12 ...

Author Ruth O’Leary on how she loves having carved out a dedicated space that has become her writing corner . . . When I started writing short stories over ten years ago, I worked at the ...

Welcome back to another week with the Irish bestselling books charts, where our own Sam Blake is still flying high, at no. 1 ...