The Anthology Poetry Competition is open to original and previously unpublished poems in the English language.

Children of the Volcano: Making a Life for Three in Sicily. Ros Belford’s uplifting, humorous memoir building a new life on a beautiful Sicilian island.

As an author of speculative thrillers, world-building is a critical skill in my armoury - one of the aspects of writing I enjoy most.

The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality would like to invite submissions to the July 2025 edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times ...

And see here for David French talking about his previous book, Mefloquine Dream.

SON: how did this project come about, and how on earth did we do the actual writing – one of us being Norwegian, and other French?

Mary O’Donnell, author of Walking Ghosts, on the short story: how I approach it, and why emotional honesty matters . . .

The Society of Authors (SoA) has announced shortlists for the 2025 Awards that 'celebrate and reward the work of a huge range of talent’.

Author Pamela O'Cuneen on the writing of her memoir, With All My Soul: A Pilgrimage to Love. Writing a memoir can come from many directions.

CrimeFest, one of Europe’s leading crime writing conventions, has announced the winners of the final CrimeFest Awards.

The European Union Prize for Literature jury has awarded Sheila Armstrong a Special Mention for her debut novel Falling Animals.

The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li is published in hardback at £22 by Dialogue Books on 8 May 2025. And you can read other recent Meet the Author articles on Writing.ie here.