Being immortalised in poetry is a delightful tribute in life and as co-founders of South of France Writing Retreat we were tickled pink...

WARNING - Some people may find the following text and photographs disturbing.  Why fork out hard-earned money to attend our week-long...

Let’s be quite honest here. We can all agree on one thing. Considering all you’ve been through in Life, the Ups and the Downs, the Ins...

Some call it "a wholesome, refreshing and stimulating week," others "felt both their personal development and writing were well nourished...

It’s one of the questions we ask finalists of our Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) . Ida Linehan Young bravely brings back a painful...

What we fear and love, sometimes in equal measure, are endings. But unbeknownst to us, endings arrive often in the guise of beginnings,...

Illustrating the sheer diversity of people entering our Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) , we proudly introduce Shelley Arnfield , a...

WAWA Winners Plus A Chance To Choose Our Next Competition

While hundreds of stories we've received for the latest Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) competition on  the theme of ‘danger’ are...

Books published by participants to Ireland Writing Retreat

Gift to all alumni: we will promote your book on our News site

2025 writing retreats announced with early bird discount

A former midwife living in the Canary Islands paralysed after an accident, a charity volunteer and candidate for local elections from...

We were going to post an article about how much we enjoyed being with writers at our recent Travel and Discovery Retreat. But then we...

As International Day of Celtic Art approaches on June 9, we thought it an appropriate time to tell you more about our new logo honouring...

Four finalist stories from our previous writing competition and a new writing competition on the theme of 'danger'

Have you ever been in a dangerous situation in your life? What was it? How did it happen? How did you deal with it? Did it change you in...

One aged 21 from Florida, now living in Nashville and the other in her 60s from Tyrone, Northern Ireland now living in Berkshire, winners...

First love, last love, murder, adolescence, old age, careers, empty nest syndrome, emigration, war, the environment, illness and...

Ireland Writing Retreat is delighted to highlight some of the finalists in a previous ‘Wild Atlantic Way Awards’ (WAWA) competition on...