So much fun being in New York with the Friday morning Writing Workshop. This week we wrote to prompts, edited, polished and compiled...

Our next Hooks & Reels is March 14th Thursday doors open at 7pm at THE BOATHOUSE, West Pier, Howth.

The Thurday Zoom Group will begin a new 6 week writing session, next Thursday. If you've been meaning to start writing, or are thinking...

Hooks & Reels Feb 8th 2024 It's taken a few days to get through the messages and support for what was certainly a great start to 2024 and...

We've added a Zoom Thursday 10am US time, 3pm Irish time for those who can't be in beautiful Howth. Starts tomorrow. Email me for the...

We have a number of writers joining us on Thursday 25th from overseas to begin crafting their stories. Join us for a 3-hour workshop for...

Friends, We are delighted to announce our next Hooks & Reels. We had a tremendous night at St. Mary's and it was such a pleasure to step...

Join us for a candlelit evening of story and song. www.laraobrien.com for tickets on the home page.

As a writing workshop facilitator, I've had the pleasure of working with a diverse range of writers with unique voices and stories to...

Finally, and slowly, I'm feeling grounded after working on my memoir over the summer. It took one brilliant beta reader to shine a light...

Publishing is a business, writing is an art. When we share our stories together it is communion. (the sharing or exchanging of intimate...

A fortune-teller once told me that I knew my husband in a past life. That we were married and had died in a ditch of hunger together....

Good morning, The summer bell tent is nearly ready, the boys are laying the platform. It's big ... but the platform will eventually be...

I'll be honest, I woke often in the middle of the night wondering how we'd meet expectations after the first fantastic Hooks & Reels...

I have an affinity for small islands and our new home of Vinalhaven is the absolute perfect place to get away from it all and take in the...

The Bonny Men gave a beautiful tribute to our dear friend, Daragh Aherne Clarke, (who passed away so suddenly last week) on St Patrick’s...

I'm offering two Saturday Workshops; May 13th and May 20th 10-1pm 80 EUR For anyone who was ever thinking of writing and presenting a...

HOWTH Writing Workshops go off the hook. BIG and joyous news: we are taking the writing out of the workshops and into the community with...

I waited for him to visit me in my dreams. I wasn't in a hurry. I've heard friends speak of lost loved ones returning, of a blink of a...