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Leading support and development organisation for writers in Ireland. Programmes | Resources | Courses | Events | #NovelFair 📚 Supported by @artscouncil_ie .
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Calling writers in the North!
We have support schemes for writers from or based in the N. of Ireland!
Made possible with support from National Lottery through
@ArtsCouncilNI
🟣20 course bursaries
🟣20 memberships
🟣30 mentoring supports
Apply by 9 Oct
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The National Mentoring Programme is now OPEN for submissions!
Writers from all 32 counties may apply for one of over 35 mentorships on offer.
Take a look here for more details:
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If you meet other young female writers, support them, elevate them, talk about them, bring them up with you, it costs nothing -
@griffski
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Young writers, we just announced our new Marian Keyes Award! (Kindly sponsored by IWC Ambassador
@MarianKeyes
)
It was created to give financial support to the value of €500 to two young writers in the first six months of 2019. Check out the details:
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We would like to celebrate Úna-Minh Kavanagh as one of our
#IWDLiteratureLeaders
this
#IWD2021
@unakavanagh
is a journalist, author and content creator. Her book Anseo is about the Irish language, identity, and racism. In 2017, she won the award for Social Activist of the Year
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🚨Irish Writers you have two days left to submit🚨
There's a minimum of 35 mentorships on offer!
Each mentorship consists of 4 meetings with an experienced writer over a period of 6–8 months📚
Don't forget Children's and YA authors are also eligible!
🔗
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We are thrilled to announce the 12 winners of
#NovelFair
2024📚✨
Mia Döring, Juliet Faithfull, Edie May Hand, Sinéad Ingoldsby, Jennifer Lynn, Ali McGuire, Mags McLoughlin, Caitriona Mullan, JM O’Brien, John O’Donnell, Maria Saba and Dominic Stevens🎉
🔗
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We're delighted to announce that Caelainn Hogan, Sarah Maria Griffin, Cat Hogan and Gerard Beirne have been selected for our
#WritersInTheirResidence
scheme.
They'll be exploring the challenges of writing during a pandemic:
@griffski
@IrishLitTimes
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Calling all Poets.
Did you know our National Mentoring Programme is open for Poetry applications as well? 🖊️
The March 2nd deadline is fast approaching so make sure to get your applications in ASAP! ⏰⏰
#NotJustProse
#IrishPoetry
🔗
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Our new "Writer-in-their-Residence" scheme offers financial support to 4 selected writers as they develop an existing work in progress, while examining the challenges of producing work during this time.
Have a look at the application details here:
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📣New Residency!
Three writers* will be awarded with a residency at
@undkylemore
at the beautiful Kylemore Abbey in Connemara.
*One place is reserved for a disabled writer who may require wheelchair access and accessible toilets.
Apply by 10/01/2024
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We're delighted to finally announce our IWC Evolution Programme 2021 Awardees 🎉🥂 as selected by our professional judging panel Maria McManus, John Kenny & Mike McCormack ✨ Read more about the winning writers below 🔗
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Delighted to announce that 12 emerging writers have been selected from over 300 entrants to take part in
@IrishWritersCtr
Novel Fair 2023 on Fri 17 and Sat 18 February. Heartfelt congratulations to all on their Novel Fair journey. See
#IWCNovelFair2023
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Welcome to the Irish Writers Centre!
We are open for Autumn Open Day between 10.30am - 4.30pm today. Pop in and say hi!
Keep an eye on the thread to follow today’s events 👀
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We're delighted to announce that
@BredaBrown1
has been elected as Chairperson of our Board of Directors 🎉 Book lover, Co founder & Communications Director of
@UniqueMediaMix
& host of the
@insidebooksire
podcast, she will certainly bring a wealth of knowledge to the role 📚
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A few feet from where she was born 100 years ago today celebrating Maeve Brennan tonight
#IlluminateHerstory
#NollaignamBan
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We are delighted to announce that the winners of Novel Fair 2022 are: Rachel Blackmore, Conor Duggan, Brian Kelly, Brian Kirk, Alison Langley, Orla Mackey, Peter Murphy, Mike Murray, Hesse Phillips, James Richards, Phyllida Taylor, and Linda Walsh.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar begins meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron today to settle once and for all who owns Samuel Beckett
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We are delighted to announce the recipients of our 2020 Cill Rialaig Residencies
Niamh Campbell, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Sree Sen, Damien Hasson, Justine Carbery, Oisín Kearney, and Carrie-Jade Williams will be heading to the beautiful Cill Rialaig in October
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📣Announcing the 10 selected writers who will take part in the
@IrishWritersCtr
Evolution Programme 2023 -2024!
This programme is made possible thanks to the support of
@artscouncil_ie
@ArtsCouncilNI
@SchoolENCA
and
@MarianKeyes
!
10 selected writers⬇️
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Announcing the winners of
#NovelFair2021
A huge congratulations to our 12 winners, as chosen by judges
@rickoshea
@YanGeMay
and
@MadeleineKeane1
Read about our 2021 winners here 👇
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In keeping with our Nollaig Na mBan celebrations this week, we'll be continuing the tradition of our book swap virtually 📚 This year we're asking you to amplify the work of your favourite women writers by posting a picture of their work, tagging
@IrishWritersCtr
&
#NollaigNamBan
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NEWS: After 10 years, Valerie Bistany is stepping down as director of the Irish Writers Centre.
We are taking the opportunity to celebrate her success steering the Centre as an advocate for writers in Ireland.
Read a special message from Valerie.
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We would like to offer our solidarity with the
#BlackLivesMatter
movement.
We recognise that as the national resource centre for Irish writers, we have a responsibility to ensure that Black voices are uplifted, that Black writers are supported.
--->
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Congratulations to Irish writers Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan and Anna Burns on making the
#ManBooker2018
Prize longlist!
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📣Applications are now open for
#NationalMentoringProgramme
2024!
Calling writers living on the island of Ireland! Receive sustained mentoring from an acclaimed Irish writer.
Supported by
@artscouncil_ie
and 20 county/arts offices and orgs!
Apply here:
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30 years of the Irish Writers Centre...
We sat down with IWC Ambassadors John Banville, Anne Enright and
@MiseCiara
as well as
@chandrikanm
and Director Valerie Bistany to hear their thoughts on the past, present and future of Irish writing and the IWC.
👉
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We would like to wish happy birthday to our Patron
@PresidentIRL
Michael D. Higgins.
A passionate advocate for literature and the arts, we are today looking back on the President's speech at the Irish Writers Centre in 2016, in which he noted;
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Submissions for
#NovelFair2022
are now OPEN 🖊️
Writers have one month to submit the first 10,000 words of their manuscript.
Winners will have the opportunity to meet top publishers and agents and pitch their work.
Have a look here for more:
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A massive congrats to Emily Murtagh and Conor Duggan - our first recipients of the Marian Keyes Young Writer Award. 🥳 This will go towards the development of their artistic practice
@ECMurtagh
@ConorDu65610223
@MarianKeyes
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Applications are now open for our 2020 Cill Rialaig Residencies.
This opportunity is now open to both professional and emerging writers. We particularly invite applications from BIPOC, Traveller, and working class writers.
More details below👇
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"the work I'm making is scattered and strange and probably not what I should be doing, but I'm not sure what any of us should be doing at the moment"
@griffski
on making zines and creative tangible art during
#COVID19
#WritersInTheirResidence
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And we're off! The first session of
#NovelFair2023
is well underway, with writers, publishers and agents back in the building for the first time in three years ✍️📚
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Congratulations to
@JanCarson7280
, the IWC's first ever Roaming Writer-in-Residence! 🚂🚅🚄🚃🚆🚉🛤️
#writersontrains
#IWCRoaming
#roamingwriter
#roamingWIR
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Creative Writing Opportunities! 🖊️
Each month we update our Competitions & Submissions page, along with our Bursaries & Funding.
Check out our monthly roundup for August✨
🔗
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NEWS:
We are delighted to announce that Teerth Chungh, our current Deputy Director, took over as Interim Director of the Irish Writers Centre from Tuesday 16 January, 2024.
For more details, and how to contact Teerth⬇️
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We'd like to extend our deepest sympathies to Derek Mahon's family and friends at this time. His influence on Irish poetry and writing is beyond measure, his loss will be profoundly felt.
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Welcome to the building
@stingingfly
!
We're delighted to have you at the IWC for the next wee while 🏠
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We are delighted to announce that
@JessicaTraynor6
has been chosen as a professional mentor for our selected IWC/ILFD Young Writer Delegates.
We have now extended the deadline until Monday 10 May, so there is just under one week to apply 👇
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Bidding farewell to our beloved
@arnoldtfanning
who is leaving us for a new chapter in Cork. A great excuse for tea and cake together! 🍰 He's been such a big part of our team at the IWC. Wishing him all the best!
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Opportunities for Writers! 🖋️
Each month we update our Competitions, Submissions and Opportunities webpage, along with our Bursaries and Funding.
Check out our monthly round-up for November🎃
🔗
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Our Autumn Programme is now live! We have a fantastic line-up of courses for writers of all genres and levels with some of the best writers in Ireland.
#writingcourse
#irishwriters
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The Irish Writers Centre will be open as usual this Saturday 25 November 2023. All scheduled courses and writing groups will take place inside our building at 19 Parnell Square this weekend.
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It's here! Nollaig na mBan 2018 at the Irish Writers Centre is now on sale and it's a good one! 👯💃💃
#nollaignamban
#womenschristmas
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Creative Writing Opportunities!
Each month we update our Competitions & Submissions page, along with our Bursaries & Funding.
Here are a few deadlines we wanted to highlight this April! 📚
#WritingCommmunity
#litjournals
#writingcompetitions
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'His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe...' ~ James Joyce.
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas today from all the team here at the Irish Writers Centre!
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Announcing the 12 finalists of
#NovelFair2018
!
Caroline Bale
David Brennan
Niamh Donnelly
Aingeala Flannery
Martin Keating
Amanda Leahy
Guy Le Jeune
Joseph McDonnell
Sean McNulty
Adrienne Michel-Long
Susanne Stich
Bill Tinley
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Are you ready to publish your first novel?📘
The
@IrishWritersCtr
#NovelFair
gives emerging writers the opportunity to pitch their novel to top publishers and literary agents.
Submissions are welcome from anywhere in the world.
Apply by 30 Sept, 2023:
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🎄We’re delighted to open our doors on this chilly December night for our annual Members’ Christmas party!
We love the wonderful community that makes up the Irish Writers Centre and we are so grateful that so many of you have come to raise a glass with us 🎉
Thread for more🧵
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It’s a beautiful day for a book deal!
#NovelFair2018
is here! Best of luck to all our finalists today - may we see you names on even bigger chalkboards sometime soon!
#novelfair
#irishwriters
#novel
#bookdeal
#chalkboard
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The
@IrishWritersCtr
#NovelFair
2024 competition is now open for submissions!
12 winners will be given the opportunity to pitch their novels to top publishers and literary agents.
Submit your 10,000 manuscript sample by Sat 30th Sept 2023.
Apply here:
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We're rooting for Northern Irish author Anna Burns for
#ManBooker2018
"a book that sounds the soul of the people and the place it portrays"
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Huge congratulations to
#NovelFair
2022 winner
@orlamackey
who has just been signed with Hamish Hamilton
@PenguinUKBooks
for her debut 'Mouthing' 👏👏
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📣We have an exciting announcement!💫
37 Writers have been selected for the Irish Writers Centre’s
#NationalMentoringProgramme
2023 and will receive literary mentoring over the next eight months from an acclaimed Irish writer of their choice.
🔗
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🔵Applications are now open for Evolution Programme 2023!🟠
An opportunity for 10 published Ireland-based writers to receive a series of sustained supports tailored to their specific needs (inc. courses, clinics, mentoring, performance & teaching opps).
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Opportunities for Writers! 🖋️
Each month we update our Competitions and Submissions webpage, along with our Bursaries and Funding.
Check out our monthly round-up for January✨
🔗
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Happy Hallowe'en! Now for an image sure to strike fear into any Irish heart!!
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We are delighted to announce 25 new Writing Course Bursaries!
These enable writers to develop their skills through funded places at IWC creative writing courses. We particularly encourage applications from writers underrepresented in Irish literature.
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We're delighted to announce the 10 awardees of our Evolution Programme 2022 –
@missflannery
,
@AliceEKinsella
,
@AmandaGeard
,
@somedistortions
,
@debbiemccune
,
@fionasherlock
,
@hilarymcc7
,
@MeganWynneWrite
,
@RachelCoventry
&
@StephanieConn2
! ✨👏
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We are delighted to announce that twelve finalists have been picked for
#NovelFair2020
The finalists were chosen by judges
@NiamhBoyce
,
@kevlcurran
and Christine Dwyer Hickey.
Find out who was chosen for Novel Fair 2020 here --->
#WritingCommnunity
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We're looking for a Northern Irish writer to be Roaming Writer-In-Residence on the railways of the island of Ireland. On their journeys the writer will also work with creative writing university students. Apply by Wed 3 Jan 2018.
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"The only way I can cope with this pandemic at the moment is to write my way through it and read my way through it"
Thanks for sharing your news with us
@Kittycathogan
#WritersInTheirResidence
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Creative Writing Opportunities!🖊️
Each month we update our Competitions and Submissions page, along with our Bursaries and Funding.
Check out our monthly roundup for September!✨
🔗
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NEWS: The Irish Writers Centre are seeking a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
As the national support and development centre for writers on the island of Ireland, the IWC seeks a new CEO to take a fresh perspective on its future development.
More info:
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As COVID-19 precautionary social distancing measures continue, writers and artists are being placed in difficult positions with little income protection.
Here is some information and resources for writers and artists seeking support during this period:
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We are thrilled to announce that 38 writers have been selected for the IWC’s National Mentoring Programme from over 300 applicants. 👏
Selected writers will receive professional literary mentoring over the next 8 months from an acclaimed Irish writer.
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Are you a young writer or arts professional of colour aged 18-30 looking to take your place as a leader in literature? Applications are now open for
#UpLift
, our new mentoring and workshop programme delivered in partnership with
@WordsofColour
.
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Introducing our new team members! We are delighted to welcome:
📕 Jo Morton as our new Communications & Marketing Officer
📗 Emily O’Brien as our new Projects Assistant
📘 Tom Jordan as our new Administrative Assistant
📒 Jack Delaney as our new Arts Administration Intern
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It’s
#IrelandReads
day!
@LibrariesIre
are calling on everyone to go get lost in a good book…
Check out for book recommendations and for events happening today in libraries near you!
Go on…
#getlost
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All the very best of luck to booksellers across the country as bookshops reopen today!
Check out 👉
@gutterbookshop
@BooksUpstairs
@chaptersbooks
@Hodges_Figgis
@NOALIBISBOOKS
@ScealEileBooks
@vibesandscribes
@BantryBookshop
@ravenbooks
@alanhannasbooks
@KennysBookshop
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My first book was written in a public library...libraries are weapons of mass construction - José Eduardo Agualusa
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Powerful and joyful!
#WomenXBorders
is over for another year. Thanks to all the women writers who came together for this amazing day!
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We are happy to announce that we will be offering 20 subsidised entries for
#NovelFair2021
for BIPOC, Traveller, and working class writers living in Ireland. The entry fee of €55 per manuscript will be waived for these writers.
Full details here 👇
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A big congrats to our very own Jan Carson, Niamh Boyce, Bernie McGill and Rosemary Jenkinson on being shortlisted for the EU Prize for Literature! 🥳The winner will be announced 22 May
@NiamhBoyce
@rosemaryj77
@berniemcgill
@JanCarson7280
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Happy New Year Writers ✨
Thank you for your valuable support in 2020. We look forward to welcoming you back to the Irish Writers Centre in calmer times to come.
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In 2024 we want to help celebrate some of the wonderful bookshops and booksellers in Ireland📚
With February right around the corner we're trying to find out which is the most romantic bookshop in Ireland! 💘
Comment your answer below!💌
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Each month we update our competitions, bursaries & funding listings to ensure we're connecting writers with the best upcoming opportunities. Here are our highlights for the New Year🖊️📚
@cc_irlandais
@cbcreative
@ButchersDogMag
@CuirtFestival
@poetryireland
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Did you know...we are especially looking for entries *as Gaeilge* for our Writing for a Change flash fiction competition! Spread the word to any creative writers out there who write in the Irish language. Be in with a chance of winning some fab prizes!
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I'm not sure the Irish Writers Centre has ever been this cool.
@TheStrypes
headline our Cavan showcase!
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And they’re off! ✍️
Our
#NovelFair2022
winners are currently pitching their work to top publishers and agents -
@NewIslandBooks
@Epoque_Press
@johnmurrays
@PoolbegBooks
@PenguinIEBooks
@BIGPictureBooks
@HachetteIre
@GreeneandHeaton
@panmacmillan
@StorylineLit
@fletcherco
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It's a full house today at the
@IrishWritersCtr
!
We are very excited to begin the first session of our
#WritingTheEarth
programme in partnership with
@iCRAGcentre
, where scientists and writers will be collaborating on writing projects.🌍
#ClimateWriting
#EcoCriticism
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We're in full swing here at the centre, celebrating our Members' Christmas Party 2022 ✨️🎄 We began the evening with readings from our New Irish Community writers, IWC Ambassador Mike McCormack & music from Alain Servant 🎶🥂
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'Ireland is the place of the greatest writers in the world'. The brilliant
#ArundhatiRoy
at
@ILFDublin
#ilfdublin
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Each month we update our Competitions & Submissions page, along with Bursaries & Funding, to ensure that we are connecting our writers with the best upcoming opportunities. Our blog post below highlights some exciting deadlines upcoming this November! 📚🖊️
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And that's a wrap! Well done to our 12 finalists. They were passionate and hard-working and it certainly paid off! And thanks as well to all the publishers and agents who were so supportive during the day.
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🎄Nollaig shona dhaoibh!🎄
Thank you to everyone who supported us this year!
✏️357 writers took part in 20 development programmes
📒1,259 writers took a creative writing course
🎪1,580 people attended our events
Read our blog for a snapshot of 2023
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Our next guest in our Ambassador series is none other than
@MarianKeyes
Here in a vivacious interview, Marian gives her views on love, mental health and the male midlife crisis. We look forward to welcoming her on June 28th!
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We have 25 new
@artscouncil_ie
supported Writing Course Bursaries on offer!
Bursary recipients will receive course credit towards a course at the IWC. We encourage writers from backgrounds typically underrepresented in Irish literature to apply.
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Need some time off to write?🖊️
We're offering Cill Rialaig Residencies for 7 professional writers. Spend 10 days (26 Oct – 5 Nov 2023) in the writers studios
@crsiopa
.
Supported by
@artscouncil_ie
@ArtsCouncilNI
@ForasnaGaeilge
. 💫
Apply by next Wed!
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We are delighted to announce the migration of the National Mentoring Programme to the Irish Writers Centre!
Previously run by
@WordsIreland
the call will be open for applications from Fri 1 April - Mon 2 May.
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We are incredibly saddened to hear of the death of Eavan Boland. Our thoughts are with her friends and family. The impact she has had on Irish literature and Irish women's writing is immeasurable. Her death is a profound loss for Irish poetry.
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TODAY.
The atmosphere is buzzing at Novel Fair 2024!
12 aspiring novelists are speed-dating with publishers and literary agents.
#NovelFair
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A great night with our wonderful members reading at our Christmas party, a reading from John Banville, and the announcement of the Jack Harte Bursary, Jan Carson! Big congrats!
@JanCarson7280
@ArtsCouncilNI
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NI writers and Irish language writers are in luck!
We are piloting our first ever course bursaries, which will offer writers funded places on IWC courses.
We encourage writers from backgrounds typically underrepresented in Irish literature to apply. 👇
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🖋️OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS 🖋️
Read blog for upcoming competitions, submissions, bursaries and more!
📸Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl anois so this month we are celebrating Dublin’s very own Irish language bookshop,
@ansiopaleabhar
!
#SnaG24
Read blog 🔗
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