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Writing.ie About Writing.ie is an online magazine site for writers and readers of all ages – if you are an author and feel you could contribute to our Resources pages, or would like to discuss your genre in our Magazine section do please get in touch! If you have a book review or feel there is any other part of the site you can contribute to, drop us an email. If you have a literary event, reading or book launch coming up, tell our visitors about it – we have thousands every week – it’s free to add events and a backlink from writing.ie will help your site visability. Contact us by email contact@writing.ie if your enquiry is urgent by phone to 087 2835382. Writing.ie is about all about reading, writing and you – we welcome your suggestions. At the moment we have a strong fiction offering but we are particularly keen to hear from poets, song writers, screen & script writers, and writers who write in the Irish Language who can contribute to the site. Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin Writing.ie has been developed and is run by Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin who founded The Inkwell Group publishing consultancy. She is Ireland’s leading literary scout who has assisted many authors to publication including Jax Miller whose deal for Freedom’s Child was the hot news at the 2014 London Book Fair. Vanessa has been writing fiction since 1999 when her husband set sail across the Atlantic for eight weeks and she had an idea for a book. Vanessa’s novel True Colours was launched on World Book Day 2011. Her non fiction eBook Writing to Get Published: Bringing the Dream Alive (Collca 2011) is available for all eReader devices and as an app. In 2010 Vanessa worked with The Hope Foundation to compile and edit The Big Book of Hope (Poolbeg) a collection of over 40 fiction and nonfiction stories from Ireland’s leading writers, business, politicians and media personalities; in 2014 she curated and edited Taking the Plunge, a short story collection celebrating the launch of the dlr LexIcon library. Vanessa conceived and developed the National Emerging Writer Programme for Dublin City of Literature, and was the lead consultant and presenter for WritersWebTV bringing free, live, online workshops to writers worldwide. Vanessa is the Chair of Irish PEN and the Irish and Eurozone Adviser to the international organisation The Alliance of Independent Authors. Listen out for her writing slot on Sunshine 106.8fm’s Andrea Hayes Saturday Morning Show. Contact Vanessa: vanessa@writing.ie Cathal Póirtéir Cathal Póirtéir is writing.ie’s Eagarthóir Gaeilge. Cathal Póirtéir presented Comhluadar na Leabhar, the weekly book programme, broadcast on both RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta and RTE Radio 1 for the past few years, wrote the bestselling book The Great Irish Famine (Mercier Press,) and researched and edited two compendia of famine folklore: Famine Echoes (Gill and Macmillan) and Glórtha ón Ghorta (Coiscéim). Cathal has also produced a number of spoken word CDs published by RTE including Blasket Island Reflections. His poetry collection Tonnchrith Intinne was nominated for an Irish Times Literary Award, and in 2012 Oireachtas na Gaeilge presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award at their annual media awards. He has also won gold and silver awards at the annual PPI awards. You can follow Cathal online, on Twitter and on Facebook. Kate Dempsey Kate Dempsey runs writing.ie’s Poetic License blog and is our poetry guru. She is a writer and a blogger living in Maynooth. She writes fiction and non-fiction as well as poetry and is widely published in Ireland and abroad, in magazines, anthologies and on the radio. She fits this around her family and a full time job, writing on the sofa, on the train and in that little coffeeshop on the corner. Poetry can be a solitary activity and she appreciates the support she received from the online community, particularly when starting out. She is excited about continuing the dialogue with her blog here. Paul FitzSimons Paul FitzSimons is a screenwriter and novelist and has written the novel ‘Burning Matches’ and a number of scripts for film and TV. He has worked as a storyline writer on RTE’s ‘Fair City’. His short stories are published in ‘Who Brought The Biscuits’ by The Naas Harbour Writers. Paul likes crime thrillers, good coffee and Cadbury’s chocolate. He doesn’t like country-and-western music or people who don’t indicate on roundabouts. Paul also runs the Script Editing service Paul | The | Editor. paulfitzsimons.com Derek Flynn Derek Flynn runs writing.ie’s SongBook blog, and is an Irish writer and musician. He has an Honours Degree in English Literature and Philosophy. He’s been published in a number of publications, including The Irish Times, and was First Runner-Up in the 2011 J. G. Farrell Award for Best Novel-In-Progress. His writing/music blog – ‘Rant, with Occasional Music’ – can be found on his blog and on Twitter. You can follow Derek online, on Twitter and on Facebook. Hazel Gaynor Hazel Gaynor runs writing.ie‘s Carry on Writing blog and is an author and freelance writer. Her writing success has been featured in The Sunday Times Magazine and Irish Times and she was the recipient of the 2012 Cecil Day Lewis award for Emerging Writers. She has also interviewed many authors for writing.ie, including Philippa Gregory and Sebastian Faulks. Originally from Yorkshire, England, Hazel now lives in Ireland with her husband, two young children and an accident-prone cat. Hazel’s debut, THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME (William Morrow/HarperCollins) was a USA Today and NYT best seller. Her second novel, A MEMORY OF VIOLETS, will be published in February 2015. To keep up-to-date with Hazel’s news, visit her website www.hazelgaynor.com or her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ ER Murray Elizabeth Rose Murray lives in rural Ireland where she fishes, grows her own vegetables and lives for adventures and words. Her children’s trilogy, Nine Lives, is to be published by Mercier Press, with Book 1 scheduled for summer 2015. Elizabeth has had poetry and short fiction published in journals across the UK and Ireland, and has been shortlisted for several awards for her writing including Francis McManus Short Story and Aesthetica Creative Works competitions. Follow Elizabeth on Twitter @ERMurray, Facebook: ERMurray. Author or visit her Green Fingered Writer blog to find out what she’s up to next. Louise Phillips Born in Dublin, Louise Phillips is the crime writing mastermind behind writing.ie’s Crime Scene blog. She began writing in 2006 when her youngest son turned thirteen. Since then, Louise has won the Jonathan Swift Award with her story Last Kiss. She was a winner in the Irish Writers’ Centre Lonely Voice Platform, short-listed for the Molly Keane Memorial Award, Bridport UK, and long-listed twice for RTE Guide/Penguin short story competition. Louise has been published as part of many anthologies, including County Lines from New Island, and various literary journals. In May this year she was awarded an Arts Bursary for Literature from South Dublin Arts Council. Hachette Books Ireland bought Irish and UK Commonwealth rights for Louise’s debut psychological crime novel Red Ribbons, which was shortlisted in this year’s Irish Book Awards for Best Crime Novel of the Year 2012. Louise’s second novel The Doll’s House will be published in 2013. Red Ribbons centres on the abduction and murder of a 12-year-old school girl and the main character Kate Pearson, a criminal psychologist who is drafted in by the police to help them find the killer. Ciara Doorley of Hachette likened Phillips to Sophie Hannah and Tana French, and said: “Louise is a supremely talented writer. She subconsciously creates parallels between her characters, and this really challenges the reader. Her writing is tense, atmospheric and we’re really delighted to have launched this a new voice in Irish crime.” Emma Tobin is writing.ie’s From the Front Row teen blogger, bringing you news and views for young writers of all ages. Emma is 16 and from Newbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland where she lives with her parents, one brother, two cats, a hamster and some fish. Emma writes prose, poetry and fiction and she is currently editing her first novel which has the working title ‘Specimen 941‘. Emma blogs at abcofbeingateenager.blogspot.ie. She is a member of the WriTeen Scene, a creative writing group for young people based in Newbridge, Co Kildare, and is a regular contributor to the arts show Artyfacts on KFM Radio in Kildare. Emma writes a monthly column for News and Views a local newsletter in Newbridge. In May 2013 Emma had a piece of her writing included in a new HeadSpace magazine for young people focusing on positive mental health. Her piece was called Blinking Out. In May 2013 Emma won the bronze medal in the National Mock Law Trials Finals for her role as TV Court Reporter. On Valentine’s Day 2013, Emma had an opinion piece on Love and Saint Valentine published in the Irish Times newspaper. Emma won the Kildare County Council Stories for the Ear Competition in 2012 for a piece of prose called Guardian Angel. Alison Wells Alison Wells runs the Random Acts of Optimism blog and lives in Bray, Co. Wicklow with her husband and four children. Her short fiction been published in many magazines and online and print anthologies and she has been featured on Sunday Miscellany. Shortlisted for the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, Bridport and Fish Prize’s she has just completed a themed short story collection Random Acts of Optimism and a literary novel The Book of Remembered Possibilities. To read Alison’s full blog, visit Head Above Water. Find out in her Random Acts of Optimism how she manages to juggle writing, children and life.
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Féile Fuíoll Feá! Chuir Aonghus Ó hAlmhain an blog seo ar aghaidh chugainn óna leathanach blogála féin, Smaointe Fánacha Aonghuis http://aonghus.blogspot.ie/ Aonghus sa lucht éisteachta ag seoladh An Fuíoll Feá Bhí mé san Eaglais Úinitéireach ar Faiche Stiabhna aréir don ócáid ag comóradh shaothar Liam Ó Muirthile agus an saothar is déanaí uaidh – dánta nua agus rogha dánta óna shaothar foilsithe in aon leabhar amháin maille dlúthdhiosca – An Fuíoll Feá. Tá na dánta aistrithe; mórchuid acu aistrithe ag Gabriel Rosenstock a chreideann go diongbháilte go bhfuil gá le haistriúcháin isteach agus amach sa Ghaeilge chun an litríocht a oscailt amach. Spás ana dheas is ea an Eaglais Úinitéireach dona leithéid de ócáid ina raibh ceol agus filíocht á reic. Bhí Cathal Póirtéir ina fhear an tí agus flúirse eolais aige ar gach a bhí ag dul ar aghaidh agus na pearsan. An píobaire Peter Browne a d’oscail na himeachtaí; ansin léigh Liam agus Gabriel rogha dánta. Bhí na leaganacha Béarla ag tacú leis na leaganacha Gaeilge (agus thug mé suntas arís eile don difear dhéanann teanga do bhlas agus meon!). Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh a chur a ealaíon faoinár bhráid ansin; tá stíl ar leith aige. Ní fear ceoil mé, agus níl an friotal agam le cur síos ar an ceol a bhain sin as an fidil ach le rá go raibh an ceol diamhair thart an gnách; shamhlófá gur ag caint seachas ag canadh a bhí an uirlis, ach i dteanga nár thuig mé ach na mothúcháin seachas na focail. Léigh Liam agus Gabriel arís ansin; ag tabhairt chun cuimhne beirt atá imithe, duine acu Robert Welch (Corcaíoch eile!) le fíor déanaí, agus Michael Davitt (filí INNTI an triúr acu dar ndóigh) Gabriel Rosenstock ag léamh ag seoladh An Fuíoll Feá Iarla Ó Lionair d a chur clabhsúr leis an ócáid foirmiúil le dhá amhrán; ceann acu macarónach mar a d’oir don ócáid filíochta dhá-theangach seo. Bhí slua suntasach i láthair agus bhí deis agam roinnt comhráite spéisiúla a bheith agam sula raibh orm teitheadh go tobann d’fhonn breith ar mo bhus! Agus, sea, cheannaigh mé an leabhair agus táim ag súil le súil a a chaitheamh air anois is arís mar is nó liom le filíocht (mar is mó prós a léim) ach tá an CD ann freisin agus beidh sin ar mo sheinnteoir póca agam. Ócáid phléisiúrtha le smaoineamh maith a sheoladh. Follow Cathal online, on Twitter and on Facebook. Writing.ie is delighted to welcome Cathal Póirtéir as our Eagarthóir Gaeilge. Cathal Póirtéir presented Comhluadar na Leabhar, the weekly book programme, broadcast on both RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta and RTE Radio 1 for the past few years, wrote the bestselling book The Great Irish Famine (Mercier Press,) and researched and edited two compendia of famine folklore: Famine Echoes (Gill and Macmillan) and Glórtha ón Ghorta (Coiscéim). Cathal has also produced a number of spoken word CDs published by RTE including Blasket Island Reflections. His poetry collection Tonnchrith Intinne was nominated for an Irish Times Literary Award, and in 2012 Oireachtas na Gaeilge presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award at their annual media awards. He has also won gold and silver awards at the annual PPI awards. Read Cathal's previous/next post chronologically.