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Announcement. In November 2024, Howth Writing Workshops, led by writing facilitator and creative powerhouse Lara O'Brien, will publish an...

Wednesday at 4pm-6pm and Friday morning are our final workshops as we head into summer break. For those that want to keep writing, write...

Traditionally we break for summer at Howth Writing Workshops. This year I’ve two amazing projects to work on over the summer. One is our...

Taking a moment to recap and remember. Next month will be the 5th year of Howth Writing workshops and retreats. We have written to...

Our 7th Hooks & Reels is on Thursday 25th at 7pm. We will feature four younger writers and two adults. Music will be provided by 6 year...

Tir na nOg. We are delighted to be working with local secondary school and university students for our next Hooks & Reels. We had a...

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...