To kick off the 2023 festival, Doire Press writers, Fergus Cronin (Night Music), winner of the 2022 Maria Edgeworth prize, and novelist, dramatist and poet Órfhlaith Foyle (Three Houses in Rome) read from their remarkable new short story collections. Following their passionate and compelling performances, Fergus and Órfhlaith answered questions from the audience. https://youtu.be/MLtl0l2saL8

Award-winning playwright and national treasure Marina Carr (Audrey or Sorrow, Girl at the Altar, Hecuba, The Bog of Cats) appeared in St Peter’s church on Sunday, September 24th, 2023 to read from a selection of her works and answer questions from the audience. https://youtu.be/uYDPsSZKxOY

On Sunday, September 24th, 2023 celebrated memoirists Helen Macdonald (H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights, Prophet), Suad Aldarra (I Don't Want To Talk About Home) and Arnold Thomas Fanning (Mind on Fire) took to the stage in St. Peter’s church for a lively discussion about the hows and whys of telling their

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.

Write By The Sea caught up recently with our 2022 Flash Fiction prize winner Pierre Perera to find out about his winning experience. His story is very encouraging, particularly for writers who may be coy about entering writing competitions. As well as winning in his category of Flash Fiction, Pierre won our

It has been an exciting year for fiction writer Sheena Wilkinson whose first novel for adults, Mrs Hart’s Marriage Bureau, a feelgood feminist romance set in 1934, was published by HarperCollins Ireland in March 2023. We feel a particular glow of pride for Sheena as she is also the winner of the