Spotlight on Flash Writer Pierre Perera
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
Spotlight on Author Sheena Wilkinson
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
SOLD OUT – Zoom Room to Write – Memoir Writing with Hilary Fannin
SOLD OUTTickets are sold out, but please add your name to the waiting list here - https://ti.to/wbts/stepintostoryAre you ready to tell your story? Join award-winning memoirist, playwright and newspaper columnist Hilary Fannin on May 6th for a two-hour workshop on the art of memoir.PLACES ARE LIMITED. RESERVE YOURS HERE.Workshop DetailsMemoir: Stepping into
Spotlight on Poet, Deborah Finding
Our March 2023 Zoom Room to Write Poet talks about Winning the 2022 Write By The Sea Poetry Competition.On Saturday the 18th of March, Poet Deborah Finding will lead our first Zoom Room to Write session of 2023 with a workshop entitled Modern Love Poems. It's a theme close to
How Fiction Works with Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan's beautiful interview was a highlight of the 2022 festival.We're thrilled to report that she'll be running one of her acclaimed workshops in Wexford Town to coincide with the 2023 festival.You can study with Claire Keegan in the morning and catch the afternoon and evening events in Kilmore Quay!Places are
March 18th Zoom Workshop – Modern Love Poems with Deborah Finding
The Contemporary Love PoemWe all love a good love poem, but, surely all the love poems have already been written?How can we find new ways to talk about a topic - a feeling - so omnipresent? And how can we pin down a word that can mean something different to everyone?
Announcing our 2023 Writing Competitions
WBTS 2023 Writing Competition with €3,200 in prize money!
Our video archive of the 2022 festival is now online.
We were thrilled to be back in person in Kilmore Quay for the 2022 festival.But we know that not everyone was able to join us in person, and so we are pleased to be able to make a portion of the 2022 programme available on our website and on YouTube.Thirteen entertaining, educational, edifying
Happy Christmas From the WBTS Crew
We wish all our festival-goers, writers, funders, sponsors, supporters, volunteers, the Kilmore Quay community and friends of Write By The Sea a very happy and peaceful Christmas and a joyous 2023. A huge thank you from us to everyone who made WBTS 2022 possible. Here at the Quay we are busy preparing
Happy Christmas From the WBTS Crew
We wish all our festival-goers, writers, funders, sponsors, supporters, volunteers, the Kilmore Quay community and friends of Write By The Sea a very happy and peaceful Christmas and a joyous 2023. A huge thank you from us to everyone who made WBTS 2022 possible. Here at the Quay we are busy