Scottish author & media professor to teach feature writing & blogging at ‘Travel Writing Retreat’
Author and experienced international print, radio and broadcast editor-cum-columnist Simon Pia will be a guest tutor at our special retreat
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Jan 24, 20202 min read
Explore the world through travel writing
special week in May devoted to teaching participants how to travel the world, for free.
Strictly limited to ten participants only...
Dec 29, 20192 min read
Welcome to the World of Yolds
celebrate by treating yourself and your partner to a special combined ‘learn by travel’ package offered by ‘Ireland Writing Retreat.’
Dec 22, 20195 min read
Meet A Legendary Artist And Writer On Celtic Legends
Based in Donegal, the beating heart of Celtic legend, we delighted to announce that Sean Fitzgerald will be a special guest speaker ...
Dec 9, 20192 min read
"A Gift That Gives Right Back? The Giving Itself"
Give the writer in your life a memorable gift this winter holiday, a voucher for a writing retreat in Ireland, Romania or France...
Nov 12, 20194 min read
Bzzz… our saviours, the bees, make Donegal their home
We're already hard at work preparing unique Irish 'cultural immersion' activities for next year's Ireland Writing Retreats in legendary...
Oct 30, 20191 min read
So, How Was Paris? La Vie En Rose!
...what a terrific time we all enjoyed together in the City of Light, the success of the inaugural ‘Paris Writing Retreat’
Oct 8, 20192 min read
2020 Writing Retreats
Ireland Writing Retreat 2020 from the ‘Forgotten Land’ of Donegal to sandy beaches on the shores of the Black Sea to the romantic Paris...
Sep 18, 20192 min read
Iconic bookstore creates close community in the heart of Paris
...delighted to announce that participants to Ireland Writing Retreat will have the pleasure of an exclusive visit to ‘The Red Wheelbarrow’
Sep 14, 20191 min read
Hypnosis Unlocks Creative Magic
Let’s be perfectly honest. We’ve probably all faced it. And we’ve managed to overcome it. Until it returns. Again. And again. And yet...
Aug 28, 20192 min read
Full steam ahead
Reflecting growing, widespread international response, next month’s writing retreat is one of the most popular yet in our five-year history.
Aug 20, 20193 min read
Sunday Literary Cafe Salon in Paris with Author and Singer
Lined with restaurants, quaint cafés, bakeries, as well as cheese, wine and flower shops, picturesque Rue Montorgueil was once a popular...
Aug 11, 20193 min read
Good news for writing retreat coach, Sean Hillen
Many congratulations go to one of Ireland Writing Retreat’s leading trainers, Sean Hillen, who has just signed a contract for translation...
Aug 1, 20192 min read
What’s in a name?
Writer? Some readers have contacted us about their interest in attending our international writing retreats but adding a caveat – that...
Jul 22, 20194 min read
Literary lunch hosted by author John Baxter in his historic Paris home
Watching acclaimed author Umberto Eco sucking delectable juice from the heads of shrimp while discussing his first best-selling novel...
Jul 19, 20195 min read
How Does it Feel to Be Inspired by an Island?
Magical, mysterious! And strangely, no-one knows how it got its name. It's steeped in Celtic Legend and Lore. Gabhla, or Gola Island,...
Jul 13, 20193 min read
Why Oh Why, Do I Love Paris?
‘A magnet,’ a ‘Mecca,’ an ‘incubator,’ a ‘hothouse’ for writers – all these things Paris has been called, and rightly so.’ This is the...
Jul 1, 20193 min read
So, what exactly happened last week?
Talking deer, love and romance, ghostly apparitions, magical dancing boots, pirates and smugglers, alien takeover of Earth – these were...
Jun 8, 20192 min read
Welcoming international award-winning performer later this month
While practical guidance on creative writing techniques is a hallmark of ‘Ireland Writing Retreat,’ we also like to provide quality...
May 27, 20193 min read
Faery Magic At This Summer’s Writing Retreat
Faery folklore is woven into the social fabric of rural west Donegal with wondrous tales of magic handed down from generation to...
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