Horses by Sally Jubb Inspired by Grant Wood’s ‘American Gothic’ (1930) Word had it Pastor Manton once said a woman with eyes like hers could have no soul and that it wasn’t possible for a woman with a mouth like hers to enter the gates of Heaven. Word had it …
Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award Shortlist: Angel of Chartres by Lorcan Byrne; Time Heals by Pamela Hobbs; Bitter Truth by Tricia Hagan; The Handshake Men by Robert Barrett; A Simple Loss of Balance by Anne O’ Leary; The Sniper by Michelle Coyne, and To Memorise a Skylark by Niamh …
The following poems have been shortlisted in the Anthony Cronin International Poetry Award 2017: Brooch, by AM Cousins Alma Mater by Dolores Walshe Inside the wall by Aaron Corless Milking time by Clare O Reilly To Lady and to Tramp by Grainne Daly Allegheny Man by Joe Neal Highly …
Wexford Literary Festival is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award. This year’s festival runs from Friday, May 19 to Sunday, May 21 in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, with its short story award honouring one of the town’s most lauded literary figures. The winner, as …
Wexford Literary Festival is delighted to announced that the shortlist for the Wexford Literary Festival One-Act Play Competition 2017 is as follows:
Wexford Literary Festival is delighted to announce that the longlist for the 2017 Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award is as follows: Searching For Elephants by Sinéad Slattery Nugger Keating and The Red Louse by Declan Byrne Light At The End Of The Tunnel by Anne McKeefe A Window …
We are delighted to announce that the Wexford Literary Festival International Poetry Award has been renamed, to honor one of Wexford’s great literary talents. From immediate effect, the award is now called: ANTHONY CRONIN INTERNATIONAL POETRY AWARD Anthony Cronin was a poet, novelist, biographer and critic. He was among …
Today is World Book Day! A chance to celebrate books and the wonderful worlds they allow us to conquer. At WexLitFest HQ we thought today was the perfect day to run a giveaway to win two tickets to attend our Saturday 20th May workshops! So head over to our twitter …
DETAILS OF OUR FESTIVAL LINEUP FOR 2018 WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON … Madeleine Keane is a writer, the Literary Editor of the Sunday Independent and an award-winning travel journalist. Sunday Independent & Irish Times Bestseller, Carmel Harrington is an award winning author from Co. Wexford, translated into eight …
