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Creative Writing for Beginners

Find your voice. Start writing.

Join my six-week course starting 14 April 2026

Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm

Three Little Birds Café, D07 AX94

“Kathleen Murray is an original and wonderfully gifted writer and I cannot imagine that her workshops would be anything less than encouraging, informed and filled with her brilliance and good humour.

Claire Keegan, Author of Small Things Like These

NEWS AND EVENTS

Readings, panel appearances, festivals and other exciting stuff.

THE DEADWOOD ENCORE

Frank Whelan, the seventh son of a seventh son, who by now should have inherited his father’s legendary healing power, still hasn’t managed to graduate beyond small-time skin afflictions. He already feels adrift when his twin, Bernie, reveals a life-changing decision that calls into question everything Frank thought he knew about his place in the family. And then he discovers his father had been keeping secrets of his own.

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Brilliant, full of vitality and voice ... Kathleen Murray is a masterful writer of dialogue

​Kevin Barry

ABOUT KATHLEEN MURRAY

Originally from Carlow, Kathleen was the first Irish winner of the Fish short story prize in 2007, and has since been a finalist for the prestigious Davy Byrne's short story award. Her debut novel, The Deadwood Encore, was published in 2022.

© 2026 Kathleen Murray

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