women writers

SELF

‘This is what comes to mind when I think of my twenties – being at sea’

For the better part of her twenties, Lucy Sweeney Byrne travelled the world in search of happiness and…

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LIVING

‘The crime itself is usually always the focus… I was interested in the trauma afterwards’

By Jennifer McShane

EDITORIAL

I spent two weeks at a virtual writers’ retreat. This is what I learned

A virtual writers' retreat gave Patricia Tsouros the push she needed to return to a book she had long abandoned…

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EDITORIAL

Author Cathy Kelly talks imposter syndrome, inner critics and being yourself

She's a beloved Irish author who has sold millions of books worldwide, but even she struggles when it…

By Jennifer McShane

EDITORIAL

A silent majority: Eithne Shortall on those minor sexual assaults that leave a major impact

Sometimes, regardless of how we think we’ll react in a situation, we’re caught off guard. Eithne Shortall looks back…

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EDITORIAL

‘When I write about Dublin now, I feel like I’m writing about a city that doesn’t exist’

Ahead of her appearance at Body & Soul later this month, we talk to Sarah Maria Griffin on luminaries,…

By Erin Lindsay