Writing a work of fiction is one thing. Selling it is quite another, Alex Hijmans writes in the eleventh episode of his guest blog on creative writing. Tá do scéal curtha ar pháipéar agat agus oiread eagarthóireachta déanta agat air agus is féidir; tá an toradh léite ag duine nó beirt a bhfuil muinín agat as a dtuairim agus bhí a dtuairim fabhrach. Bhí do leathanach bán, anois tá sé lán. Tá sé in am… Continue reading
Congratulations to …. us, actually! Well, very particularly to Áine Ní Ghlinn. At a ceremony in Belfast’s arts venue, Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich tonight it was announced that Áine’s book Daideo (published by Cois Life) has won Gradam Réics Carló – basically Irish language Book of the Year for Young People. Daideo tells the story of a young boy running away from his parents – and an old man running away from his children. They meet on a Dublin-bound train,…
