'Tis that time of year. The doors to the literary season are being kicked open. Two superstars in the same week - Bret Easton Ellis at the O'Reilly Theatre and Edna O'Brien at the Mansion House. Huge crowds at both events.
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Greywood Arts, Killeagh, Co. Cork.
I won this. Still can't believe it. It's beautiful, quiet and there's a babbling brook outside the window. It's like a fairytale. Good work is going to be done in the writing room! I'm armed with ideas, notebooks, laptop and loads of books to read.
Kanturk Arts Festival – My Story
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Kanturk Arts Festival – A Prize
https://kanturkarts.ie/2019-flash-fiction-winners/ Well...there's been a lot of shortlists lately, which is of course a good thing. Benedict Kiely in October, Iceland Writers Retreat in December, Centre Culturel Paris in February and this - the Kanturk Arts Festival. With twenty-five on the shortlist, I had resigned myself to my mantra of 'being shortlisted is a win'. And… Continue reading Kanturk Arts Festival – A Prize
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. Another Shortlist
Le prochain fois, je te jure!
Kanturk Arts Festival Flash Fiction Competition 2019 Shortlist
First piece of flash I've ever written.
Downhill Beach House Writing Retreat
The house twinkles in the dark. The heat rushes to meet you as you open the front door. It's warm, cosy rooms relax and inspire and the fresh air on the beach clears the head. It's my first writing retreat. I've always been terrified of them. Afraid I would get there and my creativity would… Continue reading Downhill Beach House Writing Retreat
