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 ...

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Six Books, Several Headaches and One Small Press In March 2026, I launched Oakleaf Press at Ireland’s Publishing Show in County Clare. That makes it sound all very serious and strategic, doesn’t ...

Michael Morrissey takes top prize with “Homeless” as the Darby Ryan International Poetry Final comes home to Bansha. A Bansha ...

Pitch Perfect! Got a great book idea? Think you can pitch it in ten minutes flat? Then, O’Brien Press want you! This Culture ...

What Drew Me to Enheduanna, the World’s First Named Author I encountered Enheduanna by chance while reading about her father, Sargon the Great, the world’s first emperor. She was ...

This year I returned to independent self-publishing after a gap of eight years. In the next three articles, I’m going to share some of what I’ve learnt in the hope that if to make this decision ...

Castlebar Musical and Dramatic Society, in association with Big Splash Productions, present the premiere of a new dark comedy ‘Achill Sound’, by Ken Armstrong. Directed by Kenn McLaughlin, featuring ...

Looking Down on Benidorm by Matthew Clapham. Twenty-odd years ago, I journeyed across Spain in the footsteps of Laurie Lee to write a travel book. A ...

Edited by crime authors Sam Blake and CL Murphy, Fear explores a wide and electrifying spectrum of the fears that keep us awake at night . . . Born from the Irish Murderesses WhatsApp group, when ...

Nick Lane’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula is coming to the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin from 3rd-7th November, 2026. Dracula opens at Reading Rep on 23 September before touring to the ...

Author Karen Harte on the writing of her laugh-out-loud debut graphic novel, Effie is Offline . . . As a person born in the 1900’s, I remember a time before the internet. I know. Mad. Those ...