KIT DE WAAL FANS’ DELIGHT AT HER VISIT TO KILMORE QUAY
With her latest novel The Trick To Time set in Kilmore Quay and her native Birmingham, fans of Kit de Waal are already looking forward to her appearance at Write By The Sea 2018 when she and Rob Doyle will be interviewed by RTE presenter Rick O’Shea. The Trick To Time has already
DONAL RYAN COMPARED TO JOYCE
The team here at Write By The Sea are delighted to see that Donal Ryan’s new novel From A Low Quiet Sea (love the marine connection!) is garnering such favourable critical responses, especially as we recall how Donal enthralled many with his interview at our festival last year. The Irish Times compared
SEASCAPES DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
On two upcoming Fridays, March 9 and 23, the Seascapes programme on RTE Radio 1 at 10.30 pm will broadcast two more winning entries in our writing competitions for attendees at last year’s Write By The Sea festival. Marie Noonan will read her victorious short story, while the winning piece in the
WRITE BY THE SEA WINNERS ON RTE
The three winners of last year’s Write By The Sea writing competitions have recorded their winning entries for broadcast on RTE Radio 1’s Seascapes programme that airs every Friday night at 10.30 with presenter Fergal Keane. This is the second year the programme has given invaluable support to the Kilmore Quay festival.Marie
WRITE BY THE SEA 2018
We are delighted to announce that the third Write By The Sea Festival will take place from Friday, September 28th to Sunday, September 30th 2018. Further details will be announced in the near future.
DONAL RYAN SHORTLISTED FOR MAJOR AWARD
Donal Ryan, who made a very stimulating contribution to Write By The Sea in 2017, has been shortlisted for the 2018 international Dublin Literary Award for his novel All We Shall Know. The top prize is €100,000, and we are delighted to note that among the other nominees is Liz Nugent who
CAT HOGAN’S WRITING CLASSES
Crime author Cat Hogan, who made significant contributions to the first two Write By the Sea festivals, has announced details of her Creative Writing classes at the Stella Maris Centre in Kilmore Quay. The series runs from Tuesday February 6, 2018 to March 13, from 7pm to 8.30, and costs €30 per
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards
Congratulations to Sarah Webb, who won Children’s Book of the Year (Junior) with her book A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood illustrated by Steve Mc Carthy a the recent Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards. Also nominated in the category Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book
Competition Winners 2017
We are delighted to announce the winners of our writing competition at Write By The Sea 2017 are:Non-Fiction: Nanny Water Cottage by Theresa RyanFiction: Island by Marie NoonanPoetry: Island Paradox by Mary KavanaghDetails of when the winning entries will be broadcast on RTE Radio1 Seascapes will be published once arrangements have
A Word of Thanks to our Sponsors
It takes a lot of hard work and commitment by a great many people to bring an event like this together. We would like to say a special thank you to our sponsors for their generous and unwavering support which helped us turn our vision of a literary festival into a reality.
