FINAL CALL - Tangent's Level 9 Postgrad Course in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship! Runs in Dublin and Galway. Limited places. See our open day youtube.com/watch?v=3jW06X…. We have a live chat on our website; we're here to help you apply. Reach out now! bit.ly/CCECourse21F

And the writing prompt for next week, “sitting around the table”. That a table The Martello for CafeWriters. Which is your fav table for ‘the writing chats’?

I have been glued to this little gem of a book since it arrived from Gutter Bookshop it is just so beautiful! ❤️ Faber Books sublime ❤️

Cáit Ní Dhonnchú The Martello CafeWritersWicklow A Monday morning sweet staple to counterbalance some dark writing, a perfect marriage :-)

Here’s Colman Doyle’s photo as Willie Anderson stands resolute. Quite the moment of Irish sporting history to have captured even if New Zealand went on to win the game😊

Finding solutions to all those tricky writing conundrums from thoughtful edits to approaching publishers is less daunting with supportive advice. Writing groups are the best. 😊 Especially when raspberry scones are included The Martello

Great event last night Wonderfest and Children's Books Ireland Find your tribe, for support, encouragement and learn from the rejections. Remember the voice is the heart of the book, and that’s why we write. Fionnuala Meehan Cáit Ní Dhonnchú Siofra O'Donovan Mitch Staunton Moore

Louise O’Neill’s upcoming novel #Idol has arrived and everything shall be dropped. #DoNotDisturb #AmReading #ThisIsIDOL

I have been told that my 📖 ‘The Boy Who Never Came Home’ is now at number 8 in the non-fiction PB charts across Ireland. I’m so happy this book is being read and Philip’s story shared. Somebody knows what happened to him, pls come forward. Mirror Books Eason OMahonys Booksellers

Wonderful writing prompts today. Always a challenge, but that’s part of the writing process. As usual there were fantastic piece of empathy and sensitivity. Such gifted and inspired writers. ❤️📝

Lovely reading of “Small things like these” Claire Keegan on BBC Radio 4 this morning. Looking forward to listening Claire Keegan in conversation with Chris Power for open book at 3:30 this afternoon.

Claire Keegan on Open Book this afternoon. Chris Power has never asked for directions in Ireland, or he’d know to expect a cryptic answer. Claire Keegan revelation that she works 40 drafts, at least, gives pause for thought for any writer. Everything is hard to writer about.

The Heroine's Writing Journey starts Feb 8th. Bring your pens and notebooks to zoom into a brilliant journey of creative writing, myth and meditation. facebook.com/events/1142197…

One month before Russia invaded Ukraine, I stood trial at the High Court. And now I wait, in purgatory, to be judged. But I believe this trial and the silence around it - & all the Kremlin's men - has revealed something profoundly rotten at the heart of the British state. 1/

I’m writing a book, building on the essays Dirty Linen & A Ghost Estate and an Empty Grave, both linked to here. Thanks to everyone who has spoken to me already. I hope I can do justice to their stories and tell some truths about the Troubles Merrion Press irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

⁦ ⁦ ⁦Claire Keegan⁩ at ⁦Bray Lit Fest⁩, 3 Oct with ⁦David Butler 🇵🇸⁩. Got my tickets. 😉 youtu.be/H9nzyTicyDg

Whoops, that should be 2 Oct 😉

Mermaid Arts Centre @SignalArts Dubray CafeWritersWicklow @WicklowLibs dlr LexIcon Venue Wicklow People Kildare Wicklow ETB Kildare and Wicklow ETB Training Services Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB Youthreach Dublin & Dun Laoghaire ETB Some info on a forthcoming #haiku #poetry #workshop which may be of interest (see tweets above). Reasonably priced too!

Sunrise, sunset. Midsummer in Greystones