When my latest novel, A Tibetan Girl Called Ata, was published, I was fully aware of the risks it entailed. Why was it risky? Because the novel tells a contemporary love story between a Tibetan ...

Submission deadlines: 15th/20th August 2026 Fresh Words – an International Literary Magazine, an independent global literary platform – has announced a series of open calls for ...

Competition deadline: 1st September 2026 The Milk House and The Daily Yonder invite submissions to the Best in Rural Writing Contest. $700 in Prizes $10 Entry Fee Fiction and Nonfiction (7,000 ...

Submissions deadline fast approaching: 28th June 2026** Hodder and Stoughton are on the lookout for new and exciting authors in the commercial fiction space. If you’ve written a romance, crime ...

Liam O’Connor, author of The Sailor and the Seamstress, on how a book emerged from serendipity and childhood tales. May 21st 2026 was an exciting day for me. My book, The Sailor and the ...

The Queen’s Park Book Festival is thrilled to reveal an exceptional line-up of authors for its 2026 – and final – edition, showcasing an assorted range of established and emerging talent to celebrate ...

Eason, Ireland’s leading book retailer, is thrilled to announce a significant partnership with Macmillan Children’s Books and Children’s Books Ireland to launch a heartwarming “Buy ...

Pam Lecky on the inspiration for The Clew Bay Detectives, Book 1 in The Wild Atlantic Murders Series. Talk about the past catching up with you! In a way, it has. Don’t get me wrong; I love ...

The winners of this year’s Society of Authors’ Awards have been announced. The awards recognise authors at all stages of their careers, for works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, across a variety ...

Things we say: author Mo Fanning on the writing of his grown-up romantic comedy about love, Lisa Doyle is Absolutely Fine. Nobody asking how you are expects you to say anything other than ...

Competition deadline: 1st July 2026 Entries are now open for the 2026 Darby Ryan International Poetry Contest. Poets in Ireland and abroad are invited to submit original unpublished poems on the ...