Hennessy Literary Awards 2015

Congratulations to Sara Baume who was recently named as Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015. The First Fiction Prize went to Henrietta McKervey and the award for Emerging Poetry went to Simon Lewis.  Poet Paula Meehan was inducted to the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame.

Congratulations and wishing continued success to Paula, Simon, Sara and Henrietta!    


                   

A Poem for Ireland

A Poem for Ireland celebrates the wealth of Irish poetry over the past one hundred years in Ireland. The shortlist consists of ten poems which shall be featured on RTÉ One's The Works (Friday 8.30p.m.) and RTÉ Radio One's The John Murray Show (9.00a.m. weekdays).

So visit apoemforireland.rte.ie and vote for your favourite poem. The deadline for voting is Sunday 8th March and the winner will be revealed on Friday 13th March.

                                 

Laureate of Irish Fiction

Congratulations to Anne Enright who has become Ireland's First Laureate of Irish Fiction. Anne begins her three year post which is an initiative that has been developed by the Art's Council. Anne will be lecturing in University College Dublin and New York University. She also hopes to support the short story form and the translation of Irish work into other languages during her time as Laureate. 

We wish Anne every success in her new position!

        

The Artist's Way

The Artist's Way - A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity  by Julia Cameron.

The Artist's Way provides a twelve-week course that guides you through the process of recovering your creative self. It's step by step approach enables you to start out on your own path to creativity and dissolve the barriers that are preventing your creative impulses from finding expression.

As we begin a new year why not make The Artist's Way part of your 2015!

                                       

Original Writing from Irelands Own 2014 Edition

The fifth Anthology of Original Writing from Ireland's Own includes over 40 short stories and memories pieces from the latest annual writing competitions run by Ireland's leading family magazine, supported by Dublin self-publishing company, Original Writing. Twenty two Irish counties are represented, with stories also from England, France and South Africa. 

These stories touch on many aspects of Irish life from the past and in the present day, with joyful themes interspersed with bereavement and emigration, told with pathos, nostalgia and often a dash of humour. The diverse memoirs will certainly strike a chord and evoke a response from many people. 

Some of the writers have been published before, but for the first-timers this book may represent a small but significant first step on the road to a literary adventure.

Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year 2014

Academy Street the debut novel by Mary Costello has been voted the  'Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year' for 2014.

The  'Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year 2014' was chosen by public vote from the list of category winners announced at the recent Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards. Previous winners of this award include Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding in 2013, The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan in 2012 and Solace by Belinda McKeon in 2011

Academy Street has also been shortlisted for the Costa Book Award 2014.

Guardian First Book Award 2014

Congratulations to Colin Barrett who has won this year's Guardian First Book award with his collection of short stories, Young Skins.