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Award-winning novelist Ali Smith will be discussing her powerful anti-war novel Glyph at The Conversation, St Martin-in-the-Fields on Tuesday
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Competition deadline: 27th May 2026 The Pitching Competition at the Film Fair, the industry market of the Galway Film Fleadh, provides screenwriters at any stage of their
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To mark World Limerick Day, Irish Ferries has today launched Limericks for Kids, a new initiative to encourage creativity and storytelling,
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Poetry Ireland has announced the appointment of Sean Borodale as its new Poet in Residence. Sean has been appointed to
Ink stains View all
Author Marie-Hélène Versini and illustrator Vincent Boudgourd tell us about their process of working together on their wonderful new
Crime Scene View all
The shortlist for the Crime Writers’ Association’s prestigious Dagger awards has been announced. Created in 1955, the world-famous CWA
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Irish children’s books publisher Little Island is on a roll with Solo by Gráinne O’Brien winning the Junior Juries