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Inkslingers is a Dublin writing Group who get together on a weekly basis to write at Irish Writers Centre . We write for half an hour to a prompt and then read out what we’ve written. You will be nicely surprised by the encouragement, but you don’t have to read, you can just sit back and listen. We don’t insist that you restrict yourself to the prompt or that you read what you’ve just written, you can read something you brought along that you’ve been working on.

We provide our own prompts, usually of our own invention. Often, they take the fairly standard form of a phrase, an image, a story beginning etc. However, we have also used photos/paintings; curios; items of clothing etc!

We are not a group in the sense of a members’ list and criteria for entry, or terms of reference. A lot of us are just regulars at the Writers Centre but other than that we are a mixed group in terms age, gender, city/country, nationality and so on. We are drawn together by our desire to write and to be in the company of others who share our passion. New people will be asked to adhere to GDPR rules and confirm that they agree to having their email addresses added to our mailing list.

Different members have evolved to have different roles e.g., the person who usually organises the room and manages the session; the person who usually takes care of this site; the person who usually organises extracurricular activities, but there is no leader or committee etc.

Our writing sessions are firstly, all about the writing and secondly, positive and encouraging. We seek out what we like in each other’s work and if we’ve nothing good to say, we say nothing.

We meet at the Writers Centre on Saturdays at 1 o’clock for a 1.30 start. the cost of the sessions is free to Writers Centre members, though some contributing between €3 and €5. The charge to non-members is €5 per session. At other venues, when the Centre is closed (for bank holiday Saturdays normally) a small charge for a room may apply.

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Creative writing workshops events in Dublin, Ireland

Culture Night 2024: Creative Writing for Beginners with David Butler

Fri, Sep 20, 5:30 PM

Irish Writers Centre

Poetry Portraits - adult workshop

Sat, Sep 14, 10:30 AM

Hugh Lane Gallery

Greystones Writing Class

Sat, Sep 14, 3:30 PM

Ballyroan Teen Creative Writing Club

Tue, Sep 10, 5:00 PM

Ballyroan Library

September Writing Class

Sat, Sep 14, 1:45 PM

Culture Night Writing Workshop - Baltinglass Library

Fri, Sep 20, 5:00 PM

Baltinglass Library

Family Poetry Fest - Féile don gClann - 2024

Sat, Sep 14, 2:00 PM

Floraville Public Park

Creative Writing

Tue, Oct 1, 10:00 AM

Women's Collective Ireland - Tallaght

Pre Festival Poetry Launch Party - Ceiliúradh Sheoladh na Féile - 2024

Friday at 8:00 PM

The Watermill Café

Speechwriting: Crafting your speech for a special occasion

Friday at 9:00 AM

Abbey Theatre

Paint Your Own Mandala Workshop

Thu, Sep 12, 6:30 PM

This Must Be The Place

Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making 2 Days Training in Bray

Thursday at 9:00 AM + 3 more

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Newscheck 4-Week Writers Workshop

Wed, Sep 11, 7:00 PM

Newscheck HQ

Proposal Writing 1 Day Training in Bray

Mon, Oct 7, 9:00 AM + 2 more

Deborah Donnelly Oils workshop**

Sat, Sep 21, 10:30 AM + 2 more

Marlay Park

Jewellery making for Beginners. Beading and wirework.

Fri, Sep 20, 6:30 PM

Cantwell Lane Creative Hub

Create Your Own Vulva Workshop (inc tea+coffee)

Thursday at 6:30 PM

Thu, Sep 26, 6:30 PM

1 Windmill Ln

Business Writing 1 Day Training in Drogheda

Mon, Sep 9, 9:00 AM + 3 more

Get to Know Your Sewing Machine - Beginner's Sewing Workshop

Sat, Sep 14, 1:30 PM

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DCU Library Creative Writing Competition

21st anniversary 1999 - 2020.

In 2020 DCU Library celebrated 21 years of its Annual Creative Writing competition. The hugely popular competition is open to writing groups throughout North County Dublin. By 2020 it had attracted over two thousand submissions since its first outing.

It is one of the highlights of the year for DCU library staff. They are delighted to take the role of judges in the competition. They read all of the wonderful submissions and get to be part of the awards ceremony. The awards night is always a special evening as we join the winning authors, the writers and tutors in the celebration of their achievements.

2019 winner Victoria Uí Bhraoin is pictured with guest writer Mia Gallagher 

As part of the celebrations, we produced an online anniversary booklet where you can read a selection of winning entries and memories spanning the previous 21 years.        

Each year, the Library welcomes a guest writer to speak at the event. We’re delighted to be able to share videos, messages and reactions from guest writers, library staff and participants since 1999.

One of the best parts of my job is working on the Creative Writing Competition and attending the awards ceremony. What a special night that always is - the quality of the writing and the enthusiasm of the participants never ceases to amaze me. The fact that the competition has been running now for over 21 years is testament to all involved - the library staff, the tutors in the writing groups and all of the writers who take the time to enter - long may it last. Orla Nic Aodha, Associate Director, Public Services & Outreach, DCU library  

Margaret Doyle

St. Helena's Creative Writing Group (CDETB)

Eileen O'Donnell

CDETB Adult Education Service - Cabra

Sandra Jackson

CDETB Adult Education Service - Finglas

Martin Donnery

Myra Murphy

Larry Greene

Pat Hilliard

Margaret Kelly

It was a great privilege for my story to be shortlisted for the DCU writing competition. Everyone complimented me on my story which made me want to cry with happiness. It opened up a whole new world for me. On the night of the event, it was amazing that I could get up and read my story in front of all those people because this was my first time ever reading aloud like that. I also enjoyed hearing all the other stories. I was able to see the other side of learning and it gave me great independence. Being able to put pen to paper gave me a new lease of life and also being able for people to hear me as I am. I am reading with confidence and I have written other stories for the scheme book and for the newsletter. I have come on in leaps and bounds. Thelma McDonnell Ballymun Writing Group

So many thoughts have come to mind as I look back on the role of the DCU competition for our literacy service; the importance of sitting down and writing for our literacy students; the development of confidence; literacy and writing skills developing and improving; the amazing sense of taking part in a public competition; the joy of being nominated for a prize; the pride of family, friends and student colleagues attending the prize-giving event; and the positive affirmation of being published in both the DCU booklet and the next KLEAR student writing anthology!

The students’ writings over the years have been so varied; from basic, to interesting, well-written, and above all, to so very personal.  They represent hard work, inspiration, first writing attempts, perspiration, editing, reading to other students and tutors for comment, and eventually they become the final typed version of a piece of writing each student can be so proud of. 

The DCU librarians’ special guests at the awards events, including Roisin Ingle, Dermot Bolger, Anthony Galvin and Christine Dwyer Hickey, just to name a few, have joined in praise of the writings of the literacy students around the Dublin region.

Rebecca O’Rourke and Jane Mace, carrying out research some years ago on the value of literacy student writing and publication, said in their final report that we should ensure that all students improving their basic skills should have the opportunity to explore their potential in the full range of literacy, including the possibility of writing for publication.

They added that such writing complements the new era where accreditation can be seen as the only way to evaluate learning. 

Published work gives great personal satisfaction to students and demonstrates their range of abilities, points they also reported from their research. 

Let’s hope, for all these positive reasons, that we can continue to offer students the opportunity to see their own work celebrated, both in print and also celebrated at such auspicious occasions as the DCU annual creative writing awards!

Many thanks to the ongoing interest, dedication and enthusiasm of the DCU librarians for the annual awards.  Ar aghaidh libh!  

Rose Brownen Retired Adult Literacy Service Organiser at the KLEAR Adult Education Centre, Kilbarrack for 31 years.

It was a wonderful feeling knowing that a short story I wrote and submitted in to the DCU Creative Writing event, would be selected, shortlisted and chosen as the winning entry.

It was my first time contemplating a story but once started the story wrote itself. I was overjoyed and elated and felt very proud of myself and my achievement.

It was my first time to stand on a podium and having the pleasure of reading my winning story to a live audience including my family and friends. There was a great reaction with applause and roars of laughter to the story. It was a great experience I will treasure.

Winning the event was a great booster for me. It helped to overcome my lack of confidence. It gave me the urge to propel myself forward and to take up further education.

I continue to write short stories at every opportunity. Especially when a good story comes to mind it has to be written down before it gets lost. Most of my stories are posted online to Finglas Memories. Two of my stories are featured in the Finglas Memories book “Through Our Eyes”. Three more stories will be featured in the Finglas Memories book volume two this August/September.  

Jimmy Conway Ballymun Writing Group, winner 2015

I had no intention of submitting a story because I didn’t know I was capable of writing as I left school at 14. I thought about my wife’s second anniversary coming up and the words just flowed into a poem. I never thought in my wildest dreams that my poem would be picked to go into the DCU Competition let alone be shortlisted!

My family and neighbours couldn’t believe that I could write such beautiful words about my wife. I have to write the way I feel, I am a very private person but my writing comes from the heart. Since then, I have written five more poems. It has given me great confidence and pleasure with my writing.  

Richard Murray Ballymun Writing Group

Sheila O'Flanagan

I recall the huge sense of privilege I felt at being asked to present DCU Library Creative Writing Competition Awards in 2003 and 2009 and to chat with the winners as they nervously – and courageously – prepared to read their work in public for the first time.

It is always special to witness the start of a journey and I was listening to the start of so many imaginative journeys into lives that were real and lives that were fictionalised, all captured in uniquely conjured words.

If some writers went on to be published elsewhere, that is great, but if others continue to just write solely for their own pleasure that is equally important.

Because we live in an age when we are constantly bombarded with advertising that tries to spoon-feed us fashion choices, political opinions and imaginary wants; a world that sees us only as consumers.

But for twenty-one years this DCU competition has encouraged people to begin to write, and once anyone begins to write – be they writing poetry or fiction or short memoirs or song lyrics or even a diary – then they are making a declaration of independence.

The act of writing is when we stand up and think for themselves – and look back at our lives and our world – not as consumers but as individuals with our own opinions to express. I hope that the DCU Library Creative Writing Competition Awards continue to be an important launch pad for people to do this for years to come.  

Dermot Bolger 

Can it really be ten years since I was invited to your DCU library event to celebrate creative writing?

People often tell me that time is the biggest obstacle to writing a novel. If only they had more time! Between work, family obligations, school runs, supermarkets, commutes etc – there simply is not enough of it. I understand, I really do. I need time too. In fact, I spend my whole life trying to find more of it. I also waste quite a lot of it. And this is why I always keep this reminder close to hand.

Dear Very Busy Christine, If you wrote for half an hour each day for six days a week, you would have 3 hours of work done. If you did 3 hours of work a week for 50 weeks in a year that would be 150 hours of work. If you did 150 hours for ten years that would be 1,500 hours of work. If you wrote as little as 50 words during each of those half-hours that would make 100 words an hour. You would have written 150,000 words. The average novel is between 70,000 and 120,000 words long. 

You would have written a novel with plenty left over for cutting. If you increased your time to an hour a day, you would have written two novels. If you could stretch yourself to two hours a day – that’s four novels in ten years including ample space for editing.

So, please don’t come complaining to me that you don’t have the time. Instead, why don’t you turn on your laptop, sit down for half an hour. And start Writing.  

Christine Dwyer Hickey

I had a number of different Library roles, during my time in DCU.

It was as Humanities Librarian that I found myself part of the University adult education committee. An outreach adult learning festival for North Dublin was in the planning and I was asked to contribute some ideas from the Library.

I was a bit stuck at what to suggest but having some experience of writing competitions at the time, I thought that a focused competition around literacy might work. 

My awareness of adult literacy went back to my summers in London working on building sites. A number of the older Irish emigrants struggled with literacy and their day-to-day problems affected me greatly.  But I also know that competitions like this are an encouragement for people. The act of entering should be as important as winning. It is a statement in itself.

DCU Library was (and is) one of those encouraging places where you could run with an idea and the competition came together easily enough in terms of promotion, staff support and finding the all-important money for the book vouchers. I had an assistant Simon McGarr who helped greatly with the logistical issues (Simon subsequently went on to great things in Law).

Marina Carr was the DCU writer in residence at the time and a notable judge to start with. The awards ceremony itself was in the old Library reading room.

I found myself as MC, a new experience for me but overall, the night went well. I do remember one young woman was particularly nervous and we had trouble hearing her as she read. Afterwards her aunt, admonished me for not having a basic PA system in place.  I had to accept that this was an oversight. Then the woman softened notably and pointing to her now smiling niece, said "Look at her. Before tonight she's never won a thing in her whole life."  

These are the things that you remember. It is wonderful and amazing to me that the awards are still running in 2021.  

I was so pleased to be guest author at DCU Library’s Creative Writing Awards 2016, while I was the university’s Irish language writer-in-residence/ Scríbhneoir Cónaithe. Writing stories, poems and memoir helps us to add shape and sense to our lives; and it can also help us to escape a while from the daily grind, to imagine ourselves somewhere different, to be someone else, to turn words into music, and to live our lives more fully and deeply. And just as important, we can have a lot of fun while we’re doing it! Comhghairdeas leis an leabharlann agus leis na scríbhneoirí go léir a ghlac páirt sna comórtais. Here’s to all the past and future writers involved in the competition! Anna Heussaff

Reading the stories and choosing our favourites was a very enjoyable yet not an easy task. Some of the stories, poems and experiences put forward were just amazing. We would form a picture of the person who put all their thoughts and feelings down on paper. Then on the awards night we got to meet and chat with them. Julie Whyte  

Being a member of the Creative Writing Competition judging panel has been a hugely rewarding experience. I've loved reading all the different entries, though choosing a shortlist from so many incredible submissions has been a challenge! Eilís O’Neill 

I have always enjoyed being part of the Creative Writing team and choosing entries for the Competition. On the Awards night it has been great to meet the entrants from different writing groups and to hear the reading of the chosen stories. Sharon Ryan  

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10 Top Writing Groups in Ireland

By Kevin Chan

If you’re an Irish writer who feels you would benefit from joining a writing group, this post is for you. Below we’ve featured 10 top writing groups in Ireland.

1. Writepace

Writepace is a writing group based in Limerick, Ireland. Membership to Writepace is free, and the writing group welcomes writers who are serious about improving their ability and are looking for a supportive community that will provide honest feedback and encouragement.

Writing meetings at Writepace take place both in person and online. Writepace’s writing meetings offer support and resources for writers, no matter their skill level or background in writing. Writing meetings are times for members to work on their own writing. There are also services available at Writepace, including peer mentoring to help writers and opportunities for a public reading of their work-in-progress.

Take a look at Writepace.

2. Limerick Writers’ Centre Writing Groups

Based in Limerick, Ireland, Limerick Writers’ Centre is a not-for-profit foundation created in 2008. Limerick Writers’ Centre organizes services such as readings, workshops and publishing-related activities, as well as three different writing groups that support local writers.

Writers passionate about writing fiction, non-fiction, scripts and screenplays or poetry can benefit from participation in one of the Limerick Writers’ Centre Writing Groups. Limerick Writers’ Centre Writing Groups consist of professional and amateur writers who are looking to advance their writing and meet other like-minded individuals. Limerick Writers’ Centre Writing Groups also hosts a monthly public reading at their “On the Nail” Literary Gathering.

Contact Limerick Writers’ Centre.

3. Millstreet Library Creative Writing Group

Millstreet Library Creative Writing Group in Millstreet, County Cork is a writing group that welcomes adults from all backgrounds and skill levels. Available spots at the writing group are limited, and interested writing group participants are encouraged to reach out to Millstreet Library Creative Writing Group quickly.

Millstreet Library Creative Writing Group welcomes writers who love writing and seek feedback from other group members. Writing group meetings take place at Millstreet Library on Wednesday afternoons. For additional information about Millstreet Library Creative Writing Group, connect with staff at Millstreet Library.

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4. Tramore Library Online Writers Group

Hosted through the public library system of Waterford, Ireland, Tramore Library Online Writers Group is a writing group that regularly meets online. Interested writers can email their interest to the library directly and learn more about when Tramore Library Online Writers Group’s next writing meeting will take place.

Writers are encouraged to join Tramore Library Online Writers Group to meet others who are passionate about writing. Writers will benefit from Tramore Library Online Writers Group, where they can practice different aspects of writing such as writing point of view, developing characters, constructing engaging dialogue and basic narrative structure.

Learn more about Tramore Library Online Writers Group.

5. Scribblers Creative Writing Group

Scribblers Creative Writing Group is a writing group based in Waterford, Ireland. Writing meetings happen in person in The Hub at the Central Library and are organized by Tom Mullane. Scribblers Creative Writing Group meets on the first Wednesday of each month and runs from 2 PM to 4 PM.

Scribblers Creative Writing Group offers value to beginner writers as well as writers with a bit more experience. It can be challenging to get started on the path to publication for someone with a passion for writing, but at Scribblers Creative Writing Group, beginning writers can build valuable relationships with other group members and will be able to learn skills and get feedback on their writing.

Speak to Scribblers Creative Writing Group.

6. Spectrum Dublin Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers

Situated in Dublin, Ireland, Spectrum Dublin Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers is a writing group that welcomes writers working on anything from science fiction and fantasy to horror novels and short stories. Writing meetings happen monthly, both in person and online.

Writers interested in submitting their work-in-progress can email their writing to Spectrum Dublin Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers. Entries should include the writer’s name and should be somewhere near the word count of 1,000 and 5,000. Writers are asked to participate in at least one meeting before submitting a story for feedback.

Discover more about Spectrum Dublin Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers.

7. Clonbur Writers Collective

Clonbur Writers Collective is a writing group based in Galway, Ireland. Co-organizers Thomas Gorman and Ashland Pym are excited to welcome local writers in the area of Galway and Mayo to join them at their writing meetings.

Writers can look forward to join Clonbur Writers Collective. Writing meetings happen in person in different venues in Clonbur, such as the All Saints Heritage Centre. Meetings happen on the second Monday of every month and will change times between morning and evening meetings.

For more information about Clonbur Writers Collective, check out their website.

8. Inksplinters

Dublin, Ireland is home to Inksplinters, a writing group run out of the Irish Writers Center. Participation in Inksplinters is free for members of the Irish Winters Center and costs only €5 for non-members interested in joining Inksplinters. Inksplinters is a group that welcomes all writers and is a welcoming group full of creative minds that are willing and eager to help any new members.

Writing meetings consist of a dedicated time of writing, followed by feedback on every writer’s work-in-progress. Writers can look forward to receiving both encouragement and also constructive criticism from other members, which is sure to help advance their writing.

Check out Inksplinters’ website!

9. Shut Up & Write! West Cork

Shut Up & Write! is a writing group with chapters located in multiple locations worldwide, including their West Cork chapter in Schull, Ireland. Currently, Shut Up & Write! West Cork has over 80 members, all writers coming from different backgrounds and of varying skill levels.

Shut Up & Write! West Cork meetings happen online weekly on Wednesday afternoons. Writers will be able to connect with other local writers and benefit from Shut Up & Write! West Cork’s dedicated writing time for them to make progress on any manuscripts they might be working on.

Plan a visit to Shut Up & Write! West Cork.

10. Dublin City Libraries Writing Groups

Serving writers in Dublin, Ireland, Dublin City Libraries Writing Groups are a number of writing groups welcoming local professional, amateur and aspiring writers to join the men and women who make up one of the several writing groups that make up Dublin City Libraries Writing Groups.

Offered by Poetry Ireland, Dublin City Libraries Writing Groups encourages interested individuals to visit a writing group in one of the eight branch libraries of Dublin City Libraries. Between the eight branches, Dublin City Libraries Writing Groups meet just about every day of the week. Prospective writing group members are encouraged to reach out to the writing group they’re most interested in joining by phone or email.

Find out more about Dublin City Libraries Writing Groups.

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It’s Lit: Creative Writing Workshop for Teens & Showcase

Date: June 23, 2018

Saturday 23 June 2018

12.30 – 3pm

Irish Writers Centre

Both events are free but workshop places should be booked in advance

Join us in the Irish Writers Centre as we celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg for It’s Lit: A Day of Creative Writing for Young Adults!

Workshop 12.30 – 2.30 | free |  booked out.

The free workshop for young adult writers with writer Claire Hennessy will work on creating pieces of writing – fiction, poetry, fantasy, every type of writing is welcome!

For ages 13 – 17. Writers are welcome to bring already-written work to hone and perfect.

Showcase 3pm | Free

The workshop will be followed by a showcase where host  Dave Rudden will present new and exciting work from our teen writers and participants from the It’s Lit: Creative Writing Workshop as well as special guest  Claire Hennessy!

Dave Rudden’s  first trilogy,  Knights of the Borrowed Dark , was published worldwide by Puffin in March 2016. He has taught at Big Smoke Writing Factory, the Centre for Talented Youth, Wild Words and Mountains to Sea.

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