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Falling in love with Georgette Heyer

18 November 2024

‘She was my favourite author, then and now. It might as well have been science fiction. That world was so alien to my world that I was lost in it, and I've never come out again...  Read more

The Moth Poetry Prize 2024

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Closing date: 
31 December 2024
Entry: 
Open to all poets over 16 for an unpublished poem. Entry fee €15 per poem and you can enter as many poems as you like
Prize: 
1st prize €6,000, plus three runner-up prizes of €1,000 and eight commended poets will each receive €250

With €111,000 in prize money, The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for unpublished poems. The prize is open to anyone, and each year it attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 countries worldwide.

The four shortlisted poems appear in the Irish Timesonline, and the overall winner will be announced in the spring of 2025.  Read more

‘In a children's book, the child must be the agent. You mustn't take the meat and potatoes of the story away from the child.'

— Michael Rosen

4 November 2024 - What's new

November 2024
  • ‘I usually go back a little bit and then move forward. The objective is that I want the reader to be transported. Writing is like a ride - you're getting into a spaceship and you're going somewhere where you're going to have an adventure. It takes you away from the moment that you're in and your real life... It's a strange thing when I start a book.
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