Listowel Writers Week

This episode of WriteStuff features a chat, a laugh and a song from Cork national treasure John Spillane. John tells us about his recent goings on, how his songwriting has changed through the years and he plays us a lovely version of…

The always engaging Michael Harding reads from his latest book ‘On Tuesdays I’m a Buddhist’ and goes on to talk to WriteStuff about the importance of storytelling and his experiences of therapy, both of which are central themes of the book.…

Colm Tóibín is one of Ireland’s most prominent writers. A prolific writer of plays, essays, articles, poetry and many much-loved novels. In this wide-reaching discussion, Colm talks to WriteStuff about change in Ireland, writing his recent…

Where might you see a member of the Dubliners one minute and a member of Led Zeppelin the next, an American Poet Laureate amid two Dames and an ex-priest passing an ex-prisoner? This might seem strange anywhere else but in the Listowel Arms…

This is the first of a number episodes recorded at this year’s Listowel Writers’ Week for WriteStuff. Through a writing career spanning 55 years, Margaret Drabble has written such novels as A Summer Bird-Cage, The Millstone, The Red Queen,…

Welcome to this fortnight's Lit Review, packed with competitions and submission calls. Don't forget that the closing date for this year's Listowel Writers' Week competitions is 1st March. Competitions & submission calls The Stinging…

Time and fevers burn away individual beauty from thoughtful children, and the grave proves the child ephemeral. But the Lit Review is forever. Events Kerry is destination literature as this Listowel Writer's Week starts tonight.…