#2014 Readwomen - Red Line Festival Civic Theatre Tallaght Friday 17th October

Are literary women writers undersold and undervalued by the current literary universe?

In 2014 a small American literary journal vowed to cover women writers for a full year. Then, artist Joanna Walsh’s #readwomen2014 project became a popular meme on social media.

As part of the RED LINE festival, you can join three Hennessy award winning writers, Valerie Sirr, Geraldine Mills and Eileen Casey in this lively debate as they assess and redress male writers’ dominance in the literary world. 

The event is facilitated by local writer Sue Hassett.

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Writing and Marketing Tips!!

"When a fictional voice doesn’t go away, it usually means they have more to say..." Chatting with writer Valerie Sirr about LAST KISS, along with some marketing and writing tips!!! Visit HERE

The 2nd Leg of The Doll's House Blogtour - Cracking Crime Fiction Research!!

It's great calling over to sites like friend and writer Valerie Sirr as part of The Doll's House blog tour. There are some interesting question which you might enjoy, including how to do your research as a crime writer with the police.

You can visit by clicking HERE

VALERIE SIRR, has had short fiction and flash fiction widely published (Ireland, UK, US, Australia and Asia). Awards include 2007 Hennessy New Irish Writer Award, two Arts Council of Ireland bursaries and other national and international literature prizes. She holds an M. Phil in Creative Writing from Trinity College,Dublin. She teaches creative writing, and she hopes to find a publisher for her flash and story collections soon and is working on a novel.

Follow Valerie on Twitter @ValerieSirr

Word Association - RED RIBBONS & The Subconcsious Mind!

Right, it's time to reveal some SECRETS - or at least words drawn from my subconcsious mind!

In this very interesting Word Play Game with Valerie Sirr on Day 7 of the RED RIBBONS Blog Tour, even I got some surprises:)

I tried to write the words down as quickly as I could, before my concsious mind got in the way. Some interesting answers, and it's also a really clever and fun way to get instinctive reactions.

So go have a visit HERE, and test the Word Association game out for yourself on any subject.

 

 You too might get some surprises!!!

While visiting Val's site - have a good look around. This is one very talented lady, and there is plenty to read if you're interested in the writing world!!!

 

So you've been told - Go get reading!

 

 

 

 

 

VALERIE SIRR, has had short fiction and flash fiction widely published (Ireland, UK, US, Australia and Asia). Some poems are forthcoming in anthologies from Revival Press, Ireland. Awards include 2007 Hennessy New Irish Writer Award, two Arts Council of Ireland bursaries and other national and international literature prizes, most recently a flash fiction award (2011) from The New Writer Magazine (UK), judged by Catherine Smith, British poet and writer. Valerie’s flash fiction appears on the National Flash Fiction Day 2012(UK) website.

She holds an M. Phil in Creative Writing from Trinity College,Dublin. She teaches creative writing, and she hopes to find a publisher for her flash and story collections soon and is working on a novel.

Visit Valerie at http://www.valeriesirr.wordpress.com/ And on Twitter@ValerieSirr