It’s getting late and time for little rabbit to go to bed. Can you help him with this new bedtime ritual: Clap your hands, plump the pillow, tickle little rabbit’s ears, stroke his back, pull up the covers, and a goodnight kiss.
Rang Beag Scríbhneoireachta series - Online mini-classes in creative writing by Cló Iar Chonnacht in collaboration with guest writers Cló Iar-Chonnacht are delighted to announce that we will be adding new videos to our series of online mini writing classes in collaboration with guest authors. The ‘Rang Beag Scríbhneoireachta’ series will resume on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, and the videos will be posted on our website www.cic.ie, on our YouTube channel and our social media channels. Each week,… Continue reading
We have just published a new collection of short stories by Alex Hijmans! Idir dhá thír is the second collection of stories from Hijmans, following the release of Gonta in 2012 as well as a number of other prose titles. Take a look at the short video Alex put together wherein he speaks about the new book. Continue reading
Alex Hijmans (author of Favela, Aiséirí and more recently An tearmann) has written a piece for Tuairisc.ie about settings in stories, and their importance in creative writing. He also speaks about the imagined setting for his most recent novel, and how he came about constructing it as he wrote. Ach an oiread le duine a mbeadh teach á thógáil aige, mar sin, ní mór don scríbhneoir a bheith cúramach agus suíomh á roghnú aige. Ar ndóigh,…
Tá píosa scríofa ag údair linne, Colm Ó Ceallacháin ar Tuairisc.ie faoin scríbhneoireacht. Seo blaiseadh beag de: Scríobhaim go páirtaimseartha, is é sin, scríobhaim nuair is féidir liom. Glacaim leis gur cacamas a bheidh sa chéad dréacht (is sa dréacht deiridh freisin, b’fhéidir), rud a shaorann mé le scríobh gan srian. Má ritheann an t-ádh liom beidh rud éigin – téama, coibhneas, líne comhrá fiú – le tarrtháil ón bpraiseach seo, rud éigin gur féidir…
Orna Ní Choileáin has recently put together a guest-blog for writing.ie, in which she speaks about the writing process and the difficulties involved in writing for young readers. Writing inspiration I realised that there was a lack of books in the genre of fantasy in Irish, and I wanted to fill that gap. Having decided I would be writing a vampire story, I wanted it to be different from what was already available. There were many books at the…