Completed Courses

DCU’s MA in creative writing is an intensive year-long course. I undertook modules on Fiction, Poetry, and Screen writing. The central module, Reading Like a Writer, covered 20th century protest poetry, non-fiction, and drama.

As part of the Irish Writers Center National Mentorship Programme, I was paired up with a published author.
My mentor was Colin Barrett, the author of Young Skins, Homesickness, and Wild Houses.

This course explored the process of editing a novel-in-progress from a publisher’s perspective. Focusing on elements such as structure, voice, character, narrative perspective, setting and plot.

Brian Langan is an editor and agent with over two decades of experience in publishing. He has worked with authors including Donal Ryan, Hilary Fannin, Colm O’Regan and Conor O’Clery.

This is a practical course for writers who are part way through writing a novel. Participants will workshop together to further the progress of their manuscripts, as well as engage in discussions on a weekly topic such as characterisation, dialogue, drama, etc., which are designed to strengthen the quality of their writing.

Conor Kostick is the author of a number of successful books. In 2009, he was presented with a Special Merit Award by the Reading Association of Ireland; in 2010 he was the Farmleigh Writer-in-Residence. Conor is often asked to judge literary competitions and in 2016 and 2019 was the president of the Irish jury for the EU Prize for Literature.

Taught by Warehouse author, Rob Hart, this course taught participants how to bring their ‘Big Idea’ to life.

This course, hosted by LitReactor, was taught by author, Richard Thomas. It covered the keys parts of short fiction writing.