Four dynamic, challenging and supremely talented poets treated the Write By The Sea 2023 audience to an interesting conversation and some extraordinary readings. It was our pleasure to welcome Mary O’Donnell, Ben Mac Caoilte, Rosamund Taylor, and Ronán P. Berry to the stage and we are pleased to be able to share a

Benjamin Wood took to the stage of the Stella Maris Centre as part of our 2023 festival to deliver a lively, educational, and entertaining lecture on the role research plays in fiction writing.  Benjamin Wood is the author of four acclaimed novels: The Bellwether Revivals (2012), The Ecliptic (2015), A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better (2018), and,

It was our sincere pleasure to host 13-year-old Ukrainian author, Yeva Skalietska and Wexford-based children’s author Caroline Busher in St Peter’s Church, as part of our 2023 festival. Yeva Skalietska is a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl who grew up living with her granny in Kharkiv, near the Russian border. She loves learning languages, bowling,

Write By The Sea was honoured to welcome Booker-winning author John Banville and celebrated filmmaker Alan Gilsenan to the stage as part of our 2023 festival. John Banville is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright and book reviewer. He worked in journalism for many years, and was literary editor at The Irish Times from 1988 to 2000.