The Retreat West (now WestWord) Microfiction competition is great fun! https://westword.substack.com/p/monthly-micro Early in the month a...

(Published originally in anthology A Pint and a Haircut: True Irish Stories by Londubh Books , 2010) The Liar My parents lived in two...

I'm beyond delighted to have my unpublished Novella in Flash "My Mother Didn't Want Me to Get a Tattoo" highly commended in the AAWP & Spineless Wonders Novella Prize 2024 in Australia. https://aawp.org.au/news/opportunities/ The judges' report was very encouraging. The next challenge is to find a (publishing) home for it! Highly Commended: My Mother Didn’t Want Me To Get A Tattoo – Kathryn Crowley Judges’ Report: The judges enjoyed immensely this understated, but brilliantly

I was honoured to be asked by the chairperson of the Knocklyon Literary Festival, Carolann Copland, to be the judge of the inaugaural...

The unexpected glorious weather of the past few days has raised my spirits. Then I got an email! To open it to read that my Novella in...

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

Wonderful news! The renowned author and creative writing teacher Carolann Copland https://carolanncopland.ie/ is organising a literary...

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

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

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

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

These eight creative writing workshops are for writers who want to make the best of their writing potential. Writers will produce new and...

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....

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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