Elvis, Herbs and Princess Anne
One of the most powerful newspaper editors in Europe who is also an author of several books, a leading feature writer whose interviewees...
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- Jul 10
- 2 min
Chocolates, Irish Music, A Castle And A Thatched Cottage Make Donegal Retreat A Memorable One
An exclusive traditional Irish music performance under the rafters of a century-old thatched cottage by the sea, an evening of...
- Jun 26
- 7 min
Giant Furry Hamster And Catastrophic Earthquake, Contrasting Themes Of WAWA Winners
Two women in southern England - Emma Frances Simpson and Annie Percik - emerged as winners of the latest ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’...
- Jun 14
- 4 min
Let Paris Ignite Your Passion For Writing
‘A magnet, a Mecca, an incubator, a hothouse for writers. No other city has attracted so much literary talent or produced such a wealth...
- May 18
- 12 min
Life Experiences Shape Dramatic Stories
Aside from the sheer reading pleasure they provide, one of the delights of receiving stories for our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ is...
- Dec 13, 2022
- 7 min
Yorkshire & Texas Writers Emerge As Winners Of WAWA On Beauty
Winners of WAWA on Beauty
- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min
Beauty in Flash Fiction and Creative Non Fiction: Winners and Finalists
From a wide range of highly imaginative stories, we are delighted to announce the winners and finalists in our latest ‘Wild Atlantic...
- Aug 11, 2022
- 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)...
- Jun 22, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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...
- Apr 22, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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 1, 2022
- 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...
- Jan 19, 2022
- 3 min
Don’t Miss This Offer:
Time To Travel To The ‘Hidden Jewel’ Of France With Covid travel restrictions now eased, ‘Ireland Writing Retreat’ is delighted to...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
‘Time’ For A New Writing Competition
Welcome to the fifth ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (WAWA) competition to welcome the New Year which we hope will provide challenge,...
- Aug 16, 2021
- 6 min
Mother Of Two Achieves A Double
As it has never happened before in our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ competitions, we simply had to highlight it - a single writer...
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Hot News: How-To Workshops On Memoir & Travel Writing
With participants and authors from Germany, the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland taking part, our inaugural Virtual Writing Retreat...
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