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CONGRATULATIONS TO FELICITY!

I am delighted to congratulate Resident MKCW School Writer, Felicity Dempsey on the forthcoming publication of  Granny Bridget’s Fairy Tales. Her debut book will be published on Saturday 6th September 2025 at  Artane Beaumont Family Recreation Centre.

More about Felicity & Granny Bridget

Felicity Dempsey has been immersed in the scientific world all her working life. On retirement a couple of years ago, she challenged herself to explore her creative side! She enrolled in a creative writing school and over the last 2 years has been developing her writing craft. Although she originally wanted to write her family memoirs, she discovered she really enjoyed writing stories for children. With the encouragement and support of the course director at MKCW and some inspiration from her grandchildren, she started to write a collection of four stories about a magical granny and her two young grandsons. She has previously had two short stories published in The Ocean magazine and is currently working on a screenplay adaptation. Granny Bridget’s Fairy Tales follows the amazing adventures of  the magical Granny Bridget and her grandsons Jamie and Danny in a wonderful collection for 7-10 year old readers and all ages.

You can pre-order a copy of Granny Bridget’s Fairy Tales  here

Granny Bridget’s Fairy Tales is published by Atlantic Papers.

Moore Hall

See Moore Hall in Carnacon, Ballyglass, on the shores of Lough Carra in Co. Mayo. This was the home of George Moore, novelist and short story writer. The house was burnt down during the civil war in Ireland in 1923. I will be discussing Moore, his life and his short story ‘In The Clay’ tonight as part of my new program Irish Literature: From Death to Life.

See more on the course here

I am delighted to congratulate School Manager Holly Goose on the launch today of the first MKCW Franchise School,  Essex Creative Writing — ECW.  Our new franchise program allows us to reach far more writers and literature enthusiasts  and ensures they can easily access MKCW courses and mentorships and our support with writers’ goals in publishing.   ECW will offer online courses from today and in-person courses will be introduced later in 2025.  I am sure Holly would love to hear from you! Further franchise schools are coming soon!

Please check out http://www.essexcreativewriting.com

I am delighted to announce that Penniless Publications will shortly release my new collection of stories. Several of these were published over the last few years in various magazines. I have also included 3 new tales. I hope you all enjoy the book. Do let me know what you think!

Singsong is available to pre-order at the MKCW shop and can be ordered at your local bookshop/online.

It will be available to buy from 6th December 2024.

Singsong is published by Penniless Press, Warrington, UK.

I am delighted to announce the publication of my new short story ‘Singsong’ with Singapore-based online magazine The Eunoia Review. You can read ‘Singsong’ below.

Let me know what you think!

‘Singsong’. The Eunoia Review.     (April 2024): Online. Read here