Vanessa O'Loughlin

Join our Challenge: Writers Ink Has Moved! Goodbye Facebook, Hello Mighty Networks Ready to find out what kind of writer you really are? Can you believe it? Writers Ink is 6 years old this month… Six years on, we’ve: 1. Run 16 5-day challenges 2. Seen members longlisted and shortlisted in major competitions 3. Watched 7 debut novelists launch their books (with more on the way) 4.

Due to a glitch in the matrix we’re a bit late with this week’s top 20 for you – huge thanks to book elves Meabh McDonnell of Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop and author Liz Nugent who were on the job just as the correct crucial data arrived! Without further ado, huge congratulations to Edel Coffey who has followed her No 1 bestseller, Irish Book Awards winner Breaking Point and leapt into the top 20 at Number 5 with her fabulous new thriller In Her Place, here’s the blurb: Who is the other woman?

Ireland has a wealth of literary magazines, many of which are interested in spotting and developing new talent, so if you are an unpublished writer, they offer a superb platform and a publishing opportunity. Many are available by mail order so check their websites for details. If you publish a magazine in print or online, tell us about it! vanessa@writing.ie Poetry Ireland Review: Poetry Ireland Review is a highly-regarded journal of poetry.