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We are just blown away by the reaction to the 2024 Fighting Words supplement in The Irish Times! 👏👏 to every young writer across the island of Ireland! Copies have been delivered to every school in Ireland. Read it online or contact us for a copy. fightingwords.ie/news/fighting-…

A wonderful piece. No one better than Tessa Hadley to write about Alice Munro’s beautiful gift.

Fighting Words is proud to present its first-ever Creative Summer Camp for LBGTQIA+ Youth in conjunction with Dublin UNESCO Apply today: fightingwords.ie/news/creative-…

What an inspiring, energising, creatively dynamic day. Huge congratulations to the magnificent ⁦⁦Sonya Gildea*⁩ & to ⁦The Stinging Fly⁩ Wendy Erskine⁩ ⁦Sheila Armstrong, Danielle McLaughlin, Stephen Sexton ⁩& all the GBGSSE writers. A truly extraordinary event

"When I was nine, I had an eye operation. It took place under general anaesthetic, and when I came round in the recovery room, I asked the nurse why there was a crow at the end of my bed..." Lucy Caldwell is next Lucy Caldwell #WaysofSeeing Belfast BookFestival RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ

And Eoin Rogers - fantastic slideshow, fantastic work! Congratulations again, all, looking forward to the next GBGSSE! Sonya Gildea* The Stinging Fly dlr Arts Office

A heads’ up that booking will open for my Faber Academy short story courses tomorrow (Tuesday 25th June). Places are limited and sell out fast, so do move quickly if you think you might be interested!

My residency has been a joy and a privilege. So grateful to dlr Arts Office for the many wonderful opportunities, to Sonya Gildea* for the fantastic support, to all the writers I’ve worked with, to the hugely dedicated staff & librarians dlr LexIcon Venue dlr Libraries. Thank you 🐚🐚🌊🌊❤️❤️

Last views from the Residency sea-tower. The greatest happiness & privilege Huge thanks dlr Arts Office dlr Libraries dlr LexIcon Venue The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Joanne Hayden All thanks The Stinging Fly for a residency-long collaboration on the GBGSSE & to dear writer friends who make it all possible💙

Very happy to have a story in Fictive Dream today. A big thank you to editor Laura Black!

Stellar flash with deft hints to the gut punch ending. A fantastic read. 👏👏👏

My story, Whatever You Wish to Keep, in today’s Fictive Dream

New online! We've published Kimberly Campanello's essay, 'Essential Material', originally published in Tolka Issue Five, now free for all to read. tolkajournal.org/read-online/es… Kimberly Campanello

Tonight! Radio! Me & others! Talking about plays!

It’s great to see a copy of this substantial new book, pub. next week The Stinging Fly on the importance and legacy of editor David Marcus, full of provocations and wisdom. I have an (unusually personal) essay in it on accent and voice...

The Cormorant is now open for submissions. This is a beautiful old-school broadsheet with a single panel for each contributor, and that makes room for new writers alongside those more established. See pic for submission details...

Delighted to have an article in this excellent resource and looking forward to the signing on Saturday.

This is the longread I wrote for the catalogue to go with artist Debbie Godsell’s show, Flail, The Source Arts Centre in Thurles. Now available to read online Culture on RTÉ. You can catch the show until this Saturday 19 Oct #art #irishart #artwriting

Nov. 12th @ 7pm✨ Please join Joanne Hayden & myself for a celebratory reading in conversation w/livisoffline to mark the closing of our 2023-24 @dlrarts Writer's Residencies dlr LexIcon Venue The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon dlr Libraries Link to register: eventbrite.ie/e/sonya-gildea… @Eventbrite

On Tuesday November 12, in dlr LexIcon Venue Sonya Gildea* and I are celebrating our dlr Arts Office writing residencies in conversation with livisoffline - we’d love you to join us! To register: eventbrite.ie/e/sonya-gildea…