The origins of EL are varied and complex. The novel began slowly and germinated over time before the serious process of writing began. I do remember an initial starting point though – an absurd ...

Erik S. Meyers, author of the Sally Witherspoon mystery series, on how the key to writing lead characters is to ‘be unique’. When I was planning my murder mystery series, the most ...

I pursued this journey with a purpose: to represent my generation. I wanted to portray what it means to be a teenager. In this novella, I acknowledge the trials we face and the obstacles we all ...

Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books, where World Book Day is sending sales surging and dominating the Top 20 – but there are a few other books doing very well too, including ...

Mark Ellis has been awarded the very first Cob and Pen Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction of 2025 at the inaugural Bloody Barnes Crime Festival, a standout new prize in the crime fiction world.

Competition deadline: 2nd April 2026 The June Fest National Short Story Competition invites writers aged 18+ from across Ireland to submit original, unpublished work in English. Open to all ...

An Post is to donate and deliver over 40,000 books to children in hospitals, care settings and Direct Provision Centres for World Book Day on Thursday, 5th March – in partnership with Children’s ...

Poet Marion Lougheed with some invaluable tips for putting together and publishing a collection of your poetry. In the last few years, I crafted various versions of what eventually became Baggage ...

Author Nicole Liang on her fascinating life journey and how she came to write her novel, The Deflector . . . Growing up, I’ve always been intrigued by fantasy and storytelling. Sometime in primary ...

Chris Bridges, author of psychological thriller, The Death Bed, with some top tips when it comes to writing about health care in your fiction . . . I aspired to be a writer from a young age but ...

Estrela Lourenço, illustrator of Mimi the Dancing Bee, on her fascinating journey from science to animation to storyboarding and on to writing and illustrating children’s books. I think I’m ...