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The next Christmas bestseller
‘A Week in Winter‘ is a 464-page book of interlinked short stories about the people staying at an old hotel on the west coast of Ireland. As Maeve Binchy’s last book it is set to be the number one...
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Watch an Irish Winter Solstice
Tomorrow Friday 21st December 2012 at 8.45am (GMT) you can watch the dawn sunshine of the shortest day of the year light up the interior of an ancient temple on http://www.newgrange.com/webcast.htm...
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Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) SEAN O’ CASEY
HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY Drawing for The New York Times (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “Laughter is wine for the soul – laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness – the hilarious...
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Going on holiday this year? Read a novel about your destination for free
I love reading fiction about places I know, have visited or plan to visit and TRIPFICTION is a one stop shop to find out what’s available. You can search books by location, by author, by genre – and...
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Now Showing: Writers Web TV
Reblogged from Catherine, Caffeinated:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgT94-s-s0I&w=547&h=338] If you’re writing for children or young adults, be beside your computer on 28th September...
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READING LIKE A WRITER – putting rhythm into prose
“Words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them” – E.L. Doctorow Rhythm isn’t the sole preserve of poets or musicians – prose writers can also be lyrical if we write with our...
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Up for grabs –£30,00 bursary to launch your creative career
Ideas Tap and Sky Academy Arts Scholarships are awarding five £30,000 bursaries to talented artists aged 18-30 from the UK and Ireland. In addition to the bursary, winners are also paired with relevant...
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An exercise from BACK TO CREATIVE WRITING SCHOOL
THE BLUE MAN OPENED HIS EYES AND SAID…. I took the photograph in Mill Cove House in Castletownbere, West Cork in 2010. The art gallery and cafe are surrounded by gardens that sweep down to the sea....
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If you want to write a dystopia start with this map…
This fictional map shows what the British Isles might look like in 2100 if sea levels rise and are 100 meters higher than they were in 2000. The artist/cartographer Jay Simons imagines that as London...
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Happy Halloween – an Irish festival
Halloween dates back at least two thousand years to the Celtic festival of Samhain marking the start of winter, a cold, dark and dangerous time. It began at sunset on … Continue reading →
View ArticleCalling Writers on the Island of Ireland – mentoring programme
YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK for this one as the deadline is Thursday 22 July 2021. Yes, this Thursday – and the cut off point isn’t 5pm or the more … Continue reading →
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