Success in Donegal, Now Paris Here We Come
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- Sep 10
- 2 min
Ireland Writing Retreat Welcomes Exciting New Member To Our Diverse Team Of Tutors
With our next creative writing retreat less than three weeks away, excitement is mounting and preparations well underway in Donegal for...
- Aug 21
- 7 min
Driver's Diary- Death at the Mouth of Flowers
a novella by Sean Hillen, inspired by true events August 15, 2022 - Bun na Leaca (Brinaleck), Donegal Colm answered the door on the first...
- Aug 11
- 8 min
Grief, Immortality And Pollution: Themes That Dominate These Finalist Stories In WAWA Competitions
While she grew up in Tennessee, 29-year-old Veronica Shreve - flash fiction finalist in the Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA)...
- Jul 31
- 3 min
Golden Autumnal Leaves of Paris And An Exclusive Literary Salon Beside Notre Dame
If you signed up to our week-long writing retreat in beautiful Paris (October 17-23) you're in for an extraordinary treat - a special...
- Jul 15
- 8 min
From Ohio to Tennessee, more ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ finalists
We’re delighted to highlight the work of two finalists in our previous ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ including one participant, Abby...
- Jun 29
- 3 min
Beauty: Our New 1,000 euro Writing Awards And Paris In Autumn
Perhaps Irish philosopher John O’Donohue best sums up the single-word theme of our next ’Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (WAWA): Beauty. In...
- Jun 22
- 3 min
International Participants Enjoy Latest Creative Writing Retreat In Ireland
Germany, the US, England and Ireland - an array of participants from different countries attended varied writing workshops in our latest...
- Jun 11
- 6 min
Death and devices: winning themes in ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’
Writing about the death of a friend and the emptiness it leaves is never easy but Canada-born Alli Mckenzie found it a cathartic...
- May 26
- 3 min
Flash Fiction Winner And Finalists Are…
Sci-fi and mystery emerged as the most popular genres of stories entered in our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Award’s fiction category on the...
- May 19
- 2 min
Creative Nonfiction Winner and Finalists are…
From Virginia, New York and Florida in the US to Clare and Donegal in western Ireland, from Creswick rural Australia to Lewisham suburban...
- May 2
- 5 min
Pathologist-turned-crime-writer Is Tutor At Upcoming Irish Retreat
Author of novels, short stories, screenplays, as well as a poet and avid Sherlock Holmes fan. Meet Bradley Harper, US-based...
- Apr 22
- 7 min
'Untying the Bracelets' & 'Time Runs Out' Are Two More Finalists
Scotland-born, Christine Colliar whose story Time Runs Out was a finalist in the flash fiction category of our ‘Three Word Headline’ Wild...
- Apr 11
- 2 min
French Countryside Writing Retreat Meets With Success
Under azure blue skies and brilliant sunshine, writers from Iceland, the US, Scotland, England and Canada gathered together for our...
- Mar 19
- 7 min
Ndaga Dancing, God's Particle And Catalonia Trilogy- All In One Lifetime
After a futile attempt to conform to English society by working for the Civil Service - an experience she describes as simply...
- Mar 14
- 7 min
Butterflies And Snakes, Exotic Muses
“I opened the email and almost cried. Unbelievable! And perfect timing. My husband had just undergone cancer surgery. I needed a...
- Feb 26
- 2 min
Catalan dance performance at Spring retreat in Languedoc
For an authentic flavour of Catalonia, visitors to the region must witness the lively traditional dances of the region and we are...
- Feb 21
- 6 min
"Choose Your Reality" and "Live For Today"
Mother of two from Scotland and a finalist in the flash fiction category of our ‘three-word title’ WAWA competition, Julie Shackman (52),...
- Feb 6
- 4 min
Tango and nutrition, theatre and yoga - recipes for happiness
You gotta admit, someone who studied Russian, theoretical mathematics, psychology, linguistics, data science and nutrition - and has gone...
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Lifelong learning expert speaks at Languedoc retreat in March
From bank clerk to band leader, from RAF corporal to international executive and more than a quarter of a century travelling worldwide as...