Writing
# writing - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Check out J.K. Rowling’s hand scrawled outline for Order of the Phoenix
So THAT’S how you write a book…
# writing - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Interview: ‘I just want to be seen as an actor, not a Traveller actor’
Starring in the new movie, King of the Travellers, Michael Collins says he wanted the film to be realistic of the Travelling community. Here he tells us about being refused from Dublin pubs, not getting roles in movies, and coming up against everyday prejudices.
9 reasons why Terry Pratchett is an absolute legend
Today is his birthday and he is quite amazing.
# writing - Sunday 14 April, 2013
# writing - Saturday 30 March, 2013
12 incredibly Irish moments from the new ‘bonkbuster’
‘The Cougar Diaries’ is an erotic novel, but not as we know it.
# writing - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Caitlin Moran to speak at Dublin Writers Festival
The acclaimed writer joins Dan Brown in the line up for the festival in May.
# writing - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Fifty Shades of Grey author to publish how-to guide on… writing
‘Fifty Shades of Grey: Inner Goddess (A Journal)’ will offer readers advice on the art of writing and will have a soft leather cover that will be, er, ‘bonded’.
# writing - Tuesday 1 January, 2013
Want to be a writer? New programme urges people to put pen to paper
Three successful Irish authors will offer tips to budding writers through YouTube videos as part of the new National Emerging Writer Programme.
# writing - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
8 of the worst sex scenes you’ll read this year
The nominees for the 2012 Bad Sex Awards have been announced… Brace yourself.
# writing - Sunday 18 November, 2012
The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting
Take a few minutes and treat yourself to some of our favourite pieces from around the world of sport.
# writing - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
10 totally bizarre questions asked by aspiring novelists
How to kill an alien crystal entity? Can you help?
# writing - Sunday 28 October, 2012
The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting
Lance, Keane and Frankel. Get the kettle on and your feet up… here’s some of our favourite writing form the past week.
# writing - Sunday 21 October, 2012
Interview: How I know human decency trumps politics – Fr Brian D’Arcy
Priest and journalist Father Brian D’Arcy discusses how politics and religion were always intertwined in his life, even as a young boy.
# writing - Sunday 9 September, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# writing - Saturday 4 August, 2012
Read Me: Why we shouldn’t harp on our health troubles, by Maeve Binchy
Let’s not endlessly discuss our health worries, wrote Maeve Binchy in 2008 – we should focus on enjoying life instead.
# writing - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
Open thread: What Maeve Binchy book do you recommend?
Readers of the late, great Irish author have been reminiscing on the Binchy novel that touched them – which one would you give to a friend who had never read her work?
# writing - Sunday 10 June, 2012
Eight of the worst film adaptations ever made
Some of Hollywood’s most recent disastrous attempts to convert well-loved books to the silver screen…
# writing - Monday 4 June, 2012
Dublin Writers Festival “getting bigger and bigger”
54 writers from around the world will take part in the festival from June 4-10, in venues across Dublin from Liberty Hall to the Gate Theatre, among others.
# writing - Sunday 3 June, 2012
Nobel Prize winning writer to speak at free event in Dublin
Mario Vargas Llosa has been an important figure in world literature since the 1960s – and will speak to students and some lucky members of the public at Spanish institute in Dublin.
# writing - Friday 18 May, 2012
Want to write to the International Space Station? Here’s the address…
Astronaut Don Pettit has figured out his postal address in case you want to send* him a letter. *It may never get there.
# writing - Monday 16 April, 2012
Best Irish scripts short-listed for ZeBBie Awards
Parked, Love/Hate and Trade – just some of the scripts in the running for awards.
# writing - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Adrienne Rich dies aged 82
An American poet,who declined the honour of receiving the National Medal for the Arts, is remembered.
# writing - Wednesday 26 October, 2011
Column: ‘Constant fear’ – what it’s like not being able to read or write
Chris Potts battled literacy issues until his mid-40s. He told TheJournal.ie how his life has changed since conquering them.
# writing - Tuesday 6 September, 2011
Sebastian Barry misses out on Booker shortlist
Gallery: Check out the final six in the running for this year’s Man Booker.
# writing - Sunday 10 July, 2011
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.
# writing - Thursday 2 June, 2011
No woman writer will ever be my equal, says author VS Naipaul
“I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not. I think [it is] unequal to me,” said the Booker Prize winner.
# writing - Sunday 10 April, 2011
The Sunday Papers: the week’s best sportswriting
Take a minute to click through the most interesting pieces from newspapers, magazines, websites and blogs.
# writing - Thursday 24 March, 2011
Hackers and hoggers: life in the AUL
It’s another eventful Sunday morning between the white lines for Paul Ring.
# writing - Sunday 27 February, 2011
The Sunday papers: the week’s best sportswriting
It has been another good week for sportswriting. We’ve picked out ten of our favourites for you to mull over.
# writing - Sunday 13 February, 2011
The Sunday Papers: the best of the week’s sportswriting
Stick the phone on silent, put the kettle on and chill out with a couple of these gems from the past seven days.
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