{"id":4234,"date":"2022-12-21T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writebythesea.ie\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2023-01-27T09:53:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:53:08","slug":"happy-christmas-from-the-wbts-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writebythesea.ie\/happy-christmas-from-the-wbts-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Christmas From the WBTS Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <p>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 a stellar line-up for next year&#8217;s festival which will take place from 22-24 September 2023. Early in the new year we will be announcing some exciting news about our 2023 Writing Competitions, and we look forward to receiving a bumper crop of new stories and poetry. So, lots to look forward to! And finally, if you are giving the gift of reading this Christmas, do support your local bookstore and delight your family and friends with a book by one of our 2022 festival writers.   <\/p>   <p><strong>Join the Crew in 2023<\/strong><\/p>   <p>Would you like to help us to make Write By The Sea 2023 a success? Perhaps you would like to join our committee or one of our sub-committees and help us to plan and organise the festival. Or maybe you would like to help out during the festival weekend. Simply click here <strong>https:\/\/writebythesea.ie\/volunteer-with-us\/ <\/strong>to complete the Volunteer Application Form and get the new year off to an exciting start. 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