Sean Canning prepares for his role

 

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Barking Mad escapes

Brendan's collection of ten-minute tales Barking Mad: Tales of liars, lovers, loonies and layabouts was published on November 6, 2008.
It's a selection of tales told by Brendan on communty radio in the past year.
See the website for detail and a sample story. A new story will be posted there each month.
Right: Brendan assures the attendance that the outlaw and postman Jesse James knew his Granny, personally.

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Thrilling Frankfurt

Party Animal

Mary Malone was a featured contributor to Party Animal a collection of short stories by 36 top women writers. Each author contributed animal themed stories.
"It's a great book and in aid of top charities, available from Amazon and in all good bookshops. It's published by Dodder Books," said Mary. Whiskas sponsored publication as part of its 50th anniversary celebration.

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Selling your work

Writing Club offers members books for sale from the website.
We list book(s) for sale on the general shop page.
We accept orders and payment on a member's behalf.
The member then ships signed copies of the book(s) directly to the customer.
For details, see here

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Lights, camera, dynamite

Esme saw publication of Lights, Camera, Dynamite. Imelda was associated with ghosting the book.

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Just Another Miracle

J.A.M. is a gentle coming-of-age drama told with social realism and humour. Set in a 1970s-built housing estate, it focuses on a fourteen-year-old-boy, his father, and his best friend, and how one unforeseen event forces the teenagers to confront the reality of adolescence - and discover that friendship and love are not always what they seem.
The original screenplay is by our own Felicity McCall, whose credits include the prestigious Tyrone Guthrie Scriptwriting award. Felicity’s documentary-drama Agnes proved a highlight of UTV’s summer schedule in 2007.
J.A.M. had a screening at the Academy-linked Foyle Film Festival on November 23, 2008 as part of the new Irish films section. The production team is seeking television markets and film festivals that accept DVD HD.

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Daniela's series of UN political thrillers went to Frankfurt where the Canadian publisher Mosaic Press offered translation rights to foreign languages.

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Day out at Swanwick

We were happy more

A quick fix

The winner of the parting short story competition was Michelle McCartney, Donegal, with her story A Quick Fix more

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A starter
The starter for this month is:
Get me out of here.
Each month, we post a writing challenge to stimulate inspiration. We added a pictorial element to the challenge. See here

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Poet Carol reads

Carol (left) and her extended family were in Allihes, West Cork, in July on holidays, and also to remember their late brother, Dave, who died there last year. A Memorial Arts Festival was held to celebrate Dave's contribution to the life and culture of the area, and two of the regular poets, Paula Meehan and Tony Curtis attended. They invited Carol to read some of her poems in between their readings, an act of generosity which Carol said had her floored.more