"I have come home, not only to this dramatic, stunning, land, but to myself, claiming once again, 'I am a writer.'" This is how Sheryl...

A Canadian woman who survived an experimental bone marrow transplant, an Austrian researcher who studied polar bears and...

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Two retired Canadian mounted police, an English scientist, an American pastor and a nurse were among interesting participants at our two...

Ever enjoyed creative writing workshops in an ornate 300-year-old library surrounded by valuable vintage books including a rare first...

Meet Julia James Burns , who once lived on an exotic island in the Indian Ocean and VJ Bauer , a proud great-grandfather - winners of our...

Growing up in Belfast and living through what is colloquially termed ‘the Troubles,’ the decades-old war in Northern Ireland, co-founder...

You could win the next WAWA competition . It's on the theme of 'secrets.' Secrets mean many things to many people but one thing is...

Murder, love, family break-up, abortion, dementia, revenge, depression, even ghosts and moonwalking - these were some of the diverse...

Many were sad, some bittersweet, others held a hint of humor. Still others, hope. With the theme being ‘ endings ,’ it was only natural...

Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, succulent chocolate blended with sweet Banyuls wine from vines cultivated on the terraced slopes of the...

A retired clinical biochemist in Dublin, a freelance journalist in Belfast, a poet in Oxford and a pharmacist in Cork are among ....

Being immortalised in poetry is a delightful tribute in life and as co-founders of South of France Writing Retreat we were tickled pink...

WARNING - Some people may find the following text and photographs disturbing.  Why fork out hard-earned money to attend our week-long...

Let’s be quite honest here. We can all agree on one thing. Considering all you’ve been through in Life, the Ups and the Downs, the Ins...

Some call it "a wholesome, refreshing and stimulating week," others "felt both their personal development and writing were well nourished...

It’s one of the questions we ask finalists of our Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) . Ida Linehan Young bravely brings back a painful...

What we fear and love, sometimes in equal measure, are endings. But unbeknownst to us, endings arrive often in the guise of beginnings,...

Illustrating the sheer diversity of people entering our Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) , we proudly introduce Shelley Arnfield , a...

WAWA Winners Plus A Chance To Choose Our Next Competition