LeabhairCOMHAR is delighted to announce the publication of a new book for young readers by Áine Uí Fhoghlú, Bilal agus Cócó.

Competition deadline: 21st May 2026 The inaugural Pushbike Prize for Flash Fiction will be judged by Nuala O’Connor. The Pushbike Prize Terms and Conditions Eligibility Open to writers aged ...

Maurice Jackson, a friend and poet of Jamaican heritage, has the authenticity that Zach craves, and the bravery Vincent needs ...

Bernie McQuillan, author of the just-published novel, The Lobster Pot, on how her life experiences have informed her writing over the years . . . Reading my first story in front of an audience in ...

Chris Ricketts’s YA trans story You Don’t See Me has won the senior prize at the Great Reads Awards. The Great Reads Awards was set up by a group of school librarians working in a variety of Irish ...

The idea of writing is at times associated with a person tapping out word after word, bent over a typewriter, in a dusty old attic, alone. But for many who come to writing through a writing group ...

Wuthering Heights is not created for an audience, therefore it is only fitting that its review is also created as a vessel to my scattered thoughts. This story is a dollhouse tale you invented as ...

The Journey to my Debut Novel, The Pretenders I began The Pretenders at a point in my life where I was sure I couldn’t write a novel – after all aren’t such works the product of young and ...

From our archives: this piece from Caren Kennedy on how best to go about NOT winning a writing competition is consistently ...

Hannah Brennan, author of Nothing Left Behind, tells us: half-finished novels aren’t failures – they’re making you a better writer. I always find it interesting when writers “confess” to having a ...

Competition deadline: 30th May 2026 The cultural association Energheia of Matera (Italy), under the patronage of Embassy of Ireland in Italy and the regional administration of Basilicata, is proud ...

Competition deadline: 30th May 2026 Kate O’Riordan is a multi-award-winning writer of six novels. She has also written for theatre and screen. Her many television credits include Mr Selfridge, and ...