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2,000 artists to receive 325 euro every week in pilot scheme

A new scheme will see 2,000 artists given a basic income of 325 euro per week, after plans were rubberstamped by the Government. The Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme was launched by ministers on Tuesday. The scheme is to open for applications ...

05 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Winner of Sunday Times young writer award unveiled

A novel which explores “abandoned places” and “nature reclaiming its place” has won a £10,000 literary prize, with judges saying it will “make you look up, look around and see the world and humankind’s place in it in entirely new ways”. Scottish ...

24 Feb 2022 at 20:55

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Shortlist revealed for Sunday Times young writer prize

Women dominate the shortlist for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. The nominees for the prize, which celebrates the best emerging talent in the UK and Ireland, this year include one male and four female authors. A member of the ...

23 Jan 2022 at 10:25

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Waterford native makes shortlist for £10,000 UK writing prize

An Irish writer is one of five people to make the shortlist of a £10,000 UK writing prize. Novelist Megan Nolan - originally from Co Waterford and now based in London - is nominated for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her ...

24 Jan 2022 at 12:33

Alex Rider author Anthony Horowitz made CBE

Author Anthony Horowitz has been made a CBE in the New Year’s Honours. The author, 66, creator of fictional teenage spy Alex Rider, was recognised for services to literature. Horowitz is well known for his young adult fiction and has ...

31 Dec 2021 at 23:55

National News

President leads tributes after passing of Ireland's most famous travel writer

President Michael D. Higgins has paid tribute to a beloved Waterford travel writer following her passing aged 90. Dervla Murphy wrote over 25 books throughout her life documenting her travels across the world by bicycle. Born in ...

24 May 2022 at 22:33

Arts & Entertainment

'A real feat' - Waterford museum selected as only Irish finalist for 2022 World Tourism Awards

The team at Waterford Treasures are in celebratory mode as it has been announced that the Irish Museum of Time has been selected as the only Irish finalist for the esteemed British Guild of Travel Writers International Tourism ...

20 Oct 2022 at 20:33

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Kildare author will guest at Readers Festival in Naas

Naas author Wayne Byrne will be a guest of this year's Kildare Readers Festival, appearing at Naas Library for a special literary event on October 4th at 7pm. The acclaimed writer will be interviewed by screenwriter and ...

27 Sept 2022 at 17:33

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Kildare author will guest at Readers Festival in Naas

27 Sept 2022 at 16:33

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Arnolds Hotel marks its centenary with the publication of a new book by the Dunfanaghy Writers Circle

Arnolds Hotel in Dunfanaghy, which is well-known to thousands of Northern Ireland guests, is celebrating its centenary this weekend with the publication of a new book by the Dunfanaghy Writers Circle. Titled The ...

02 Nov 2022 at 19:33

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Calling Waterford writers! Submissions to competition honouring late novelist now open

Writers are invited to submit short stories to a creative writing competition created in honour of a prominent Waterford novelist. The 25th annual creative writing award celebrates the rich literary life of the ...

09 Apr 2023 at 09:33

Writers room for new Game Of Thrones spin-off shuts down amid US strike action

The writers room of a recently ordered Game Of Thrones prequel series has been shut down “for the duration” amid the ongoing Hollywood strike, George RR Martin has said. The veteran US author said that despite ...

09 May 2023 at 02:15

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