Events

Easter has come and gone and it seems as though the winter is determined to hang on until it’s worn us all down to shreds. It’s just as well that this is Dublin’s One City One Book month – it [...]

Gender violence and literature: ‘In Her Shoes’ event, Librerie Universitarie Novoli, Florence, February 9th 2018.

Memoir, by Patrizia Scudellaro, Creative Writing Course ‘Found in Translation’ 2017.

I’m very much looking forward to facilitating a course in creative writing in Verona in February of this year. The course will take place over two days, all day Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the [...]

It’s strange the way ideas come into a writer’s head: often at the oddest times and in the most unexpected places. In creative writing workshops, aspiring writers often ask for tips about finding [...]

I will brush your hair when it is white, by Simonetta Bernasconi, Creative Writing Course ‘Found in Translation’ 2017.

Last week’s Creative Writing Course: a class with a difference! It was a pleasure to welcome an enthusiastic group of Italians to Dublin to participate in ‘Found in [...]

This month, I’m delighted to feature the writer June Caldwell as she prepares to launch her first book of short stories ‘Room Little Darker’. Published by New Island, June will [...]

The Poverty of Lives – Women and Abuse across India and Ireland At Kimmage Development Studies Centre Whitehall Road, Kimmage, DublinD12 P5YP 10.00am – 1.00pm, May 18, 2017 Organised [...]

Many years ago (more than I care to remember) when I first started writing seriously, I attended a Creative Writing Course at a literary festival in Listowel, a small town in the south-west of Ireland.