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Creative Writing Classes at Knocklyon Adult Education
I'm delighted to be invited back as tutor for Creative Writing classes for beginners in St Colmcille's Community School in Knocklyon this...

Kathryn Crowley
Aug 24, 20241 min read


Knocklyon Literary Festival in October 2024
Wonderful news! The renowned author and creative writing teacher Carolann Copland https://carolanncopland.ie/ is organising a literary...

Kathryn Crowley
Aug 9, 20241 min read


Writing Opportunity!
https://www.knocklyonliteraryfestival.ie/enter-competition I am delighted to have been asked to judge the Flash Fiction section of the...

Kathryn Crowley
Aug 9, 20241 min read


Join me for a Workshop on Writing Memoir
https://www.knocklyonliteraryfestival.ie/festival-programme Writing Memoir with Kathryn Crowley - COST €30 Sat 5th Oct 2:30pm - 4:30pm...

Kathryn Crowley
Aug 9, 20241 min read


A New 'Circus' Publication with Westword in the Autumn
I am delighted to be published in the Westword anthology in the Autumn with some established and renowned writers of the flash fiction...

Kathryn Crowley
Aug 9, 20241 min read


Ruby Literary Press Publications
Ruby is a bi-annual literary magazine that publishes short-form food narratives that strive for voice, artistry, and character. I'm so...

Kathryn Crowley
Dec 6, 20221 min read


Booking Now Open for Creative Writing Classes
These eight creative writing workshops are for writers who want to make the best of their writing potential. Writers will produce new and...

Kathryn Crowley
Dec 6, 20222 min read


Kenny's Bookshop, Galway
I was delighted my cousin James found me in exalted company on the shelves of the wonderful Kenny's Bookshop in Galway earlier this week....

Kathryn Crowley
Jun 29, 20221 min read


Short Story 'Forgetting' Published in Anthology
I'm delighted to announce that a new short story of mine called Forgetting has been recently published in an anthology by Pure Slush...

Kathryn Crowley
Aug 29, 20211 min read


Stockists for My Books and Stories
I've had a few queries lately as to where readers may purchase my books. Kenny's Bookshop online stocks the paperback versions of...

Kathryn Crowley
Aug 29, 20211 min read


Shortlisted in Retreat West Microfiction Competition
There was a visual prompt of a knight in armour for the Retreat West Microfiction Competition in June 2021. The piece had to be 100 words...

Kathryn Crowley
May 26, 20211 min read


Shortlisted in Fish Poetry Competition
I was delighted to get some good news today from Fish Publishing. My poem Coaxing was shortlisted in this year's competition. It's an...

Kathryn Crowley
May 26, 20211 min read


Creating Historical Artefacts for Future Primary Education
The blogpost below appeared on the Emu Ink website today: Both as a learner of history, in primary and secondary school, and as a young...

Kathryn Crowley
May 11, 20213 min read


Children's Writing
The blogpost below appeared on the Emu Ink website today: A Discovery – why children breaking the rules in writing really works. Like...

Kathryn Crowley
Apr 18, 20213 min read


Lockdown. Day 368.
This poem was published in the International Women's Club (IWC) Newsletter in Amsterdam in March 2021. Seán and I lived in Amsterdam...

Kathryn Crowley
Mar 18, 20211 min read


My Special Valentine's
This little memoir piece below was published in the International Women's Group Contact (IWC) magazine here in Amsterdam yesterday. For...

Kathryn Crowley
Feb 14, 20213 min read


To Dryrobe or Not to Dryrobe?
Dryrobe? That is the question. Well, our answer is we don’t want dryrobers or their type here If you step into the Irish Sea in December,...

Kathryn Crowley
Dec 4, 20201 min read


Let’s Party
A poem I wrote during the Covid pandemic lockdown: On 22nd October 2020, the first day of the 6-week ‘Lockdown2’ in Ireland He said...

Kathryn Crowley
Oct 21, 20201 min read


Literary Taxidermy New - A 'Huxley Honorable Mention'
I'm delighted to share some good news on my writing endeavours ... We're pleased to announce the thirty-four Huxley Honorable Mentions in...

Kathryn Crowley
Oct 18, 20202 min read


Medical Recruitment Policies: Letter in Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/medical-recruitment-policies-1.4368678 This is the text of my letter in today's Irish Times ....

Kathryn Crowley
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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