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ONLINE FULLY INTERACTIVE COURSES – SPRING 2026
Creative Writing: Introduction — ONLINE
Creative Writing: SINGLE PROJECT — ONLINE
Creative Writing: Introduction — ONLINE
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- YOU NEED 3 HOURS A WEEK (INCLUDING COURSE)
- VERY HIGH VALUE FOR REGISTRATION
Join a wonderful online creative writing course enjoyed by hundreds of writers since 2020. The course introduces participants to the craft of creative writing while working in a range of genres such as sci-fi, crime, horror and realism. We will share work, exchange feedback and discuss routes to publication. Suitable for those seeking a rewarding pastime or as an introduction to an exciting professional career as a creative writer. Includes post-course editorial. Limited places.
Designed by Dr Martin Keaveney and provided by MK or an Associate: https://martinkeaveney.com/associates/
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-‘Excellent support from tutor’
-‘Enormously helpful and generous writer’s workshop’
-‘[Martin] takes a genuine interest in his students’
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Next Start Date: Wednesday 14th January 2026 at 8.00-10.00pm on Zoom & for 6 weeks.
(Limited places – Early booking advised )
Creative Writing Course Benefits with Martin Keaveney Creative Writing
-Weekly feedback from class tutor
-Friendly and constructive workshop with other writers
-Weekly tutorial on a range of contemporary & classical writing forms
-Weekly tutorial on elements of writing craft
-Superb addition to CV
-Eligible for Continuing Professional Development activity
-Completion Certificate Available
-Long-lasting connections and friendships
-Post course Editorial Response to your work
-Nourishing social activity
Please book your place — Registration: €219.99 Book here
Creative Writing: SINGLE PROJECT
- MOVE TOWARD PUBLICATION
- GUARANTEED QUALITY INDUSTRY INSIGHTS & PRECISE EDITORIAL
- HIGH VALUE PEER WORKSHOP
- YOU NEED 3 HOURS A WEEK (INCLUDING COURSE)
- VERY HIGH VALUE FOR REGISTRATION
This course is designed for all levels of writer. We provide a weekly tutorial on an aspect of writing craft followed by a lively and useful creative workshop. Writers may develop a current or new project. on this course or instead practice a range of shorter pieces. All submitted writing received expert typed feedback.
Writers may have a formed idea to bring to the course which indicates its proposed overall structure and content. Part of the project might be already written but this is not required. Over the course, writers can submit up to 2,000 word sections for discussion at a weekly workshop with other writers. Less is perfectly fine!
Projects can be in any genre or medium including novels, short stories, poetry, sci-fi, horror, crime, relationships, memoir, comedy, plays, films, TV shows, nonfiction, historical fiction, fantasy and radio plays amongst others.
Alumni of other MKCW courses very welcome as well as writers of some experience.
Includes some discussion of the writing craft, weekly workshop and post-course editorial response to a submission sample of 5,000 words, synopsis and formal query letter to publishers/agents/production companies. Writers receive 6 specialised craft videos plus high level support readings. Limited Places.
All times GMT
Next Start Dates: Wednesday 14th January 2026 at 8.00-10.00pm on ZOOM x 6 weeks
Holidays booked? No problem! Attend all 6 modules over 12 weeks.
Designed by Dr Martin Keaveney & delivered by Martin / Associate
All times Irish Time as currently on timeanddate.com
x6 weeks Registration: €219.99/ Book here Limited Places
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Don’t forget to check out the Testimonials page!
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LIVE VIDEO TEACHING ON ALL COURSES!
Do you have a book in progress, or in conceptual? We have expert 1-1 Mentorships available. All genres accepted. Flexible slots.
All Courses Presented by Martin or Associate Lecturer. MEET OUR ASSOCIATES HERE
1-1 MENTORSHIP
1-1 MENTORSHIP
- MOVE FASTER TO PUBLICATION OR COMPLETION
- GUARANTEED PRECISE & PLEASANT EXPERT MENTORSHIP SUPPORT
- YOU NEED 3 HOURS A WEEK (INCLUDING SESSION)
- VERY HIGH VALUE FOR REGISTRATION
Would you like high-level personalised attention to your writing journey? Meet Martin or Associate each week for a 60 minute 1-1 session via interactive video link or In-Person at a mutually convenient time and discuss your progress, your weekly submission and your options in publishing or producing. Includes weekly written feedback, a final project submission of 5,000 words which will receive full editorial feedback and support with publication.All projects/mediums at any stage.Choose an expert to work with here or MK (limited)
1-1 MENTORING – SUMMARY
- 8×60 minute sessions on Zoom
- Submit up to 2,000 words / 200 lines of poetry / 20 pages of drama per week
- Receive Editorial comments on each submission
- Receive Editorial Response on final draft submission
- Specialist critique and development of Overall Project
- Personalised Career mentoring Preparation for Industry Submission
- Strategic selection of publishing resourcesSuper high energy
- Unrivalled flexibility
- Enjoy University level learning management suite — all your work and supplementary reading in one place!
- World class expertise
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1-1 Mentorship
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IN-PERSON SERVICE
MKCW – IRELAND’S NATIONWIDE PROVIDER OF IN-PERSON CREATIVE WRITING COURSES!
UPDATE *****. ALL COURSES START JANUARY 14th 2026 ! BOOK BELOW!
Enjoy a creative writing course in your local area!
We now have wonderful In-person options for your writing progress all over Ireland.
Are you part of a group that would enjoy a writing course in your area? Get in touch here for a quick response and course arrangement. Your group will be delighted with the course!
Email: info@martinkeaveney.com / call 0876007100
Choose your area:
Connacht · Leinster · Munster · Ulster (ROI) · Ulster (NI) (Forthcoming)
FULL IN-PERSON CATALOGUE — NEW YEAR TERM 2026
All courses unless marked otherwise: Wednesday 8 pm, 14 January 2026 (8–10 pm)
There is a course near you!
We are delighted to present our new-year catalogue of in-person creative writing courses in your local area. MKCW are the only course provider in Ireland that runs a writing course within an hour’s drive throughout the country. If your area is not yet served, let us know!
Our courses are of the highest quality, developed over years of experience and student feedback. Tutors hold M.A. or Ph.D. qualifications and are fully trained in MKCW’s unique method.
In-person courses are a wonderful way to meet like-minded writers in your local area.
Queries: info@martinkeaveney.com
Creative Writing: GENERAL
Join this wonderful general course in Creative Writing — a blend of weekly tutorials on writing craft and enjoyable creative workshops. Read your work, receive expert feedback, and learn how to publish in international magazines or even complete your own novel.
- Modules: Start to Write · The Writing Life · Publishing · Feedback & Support
- Includes refreshments
- Open to all levels — beginners and experienced writers welcome
Bookings close Monday, 12 January 2026 at 12 pm
Find Your Nearest Course
Jump to: Connacht · Leinster · Munster · Ulster (ROI) · Ulster (NI)
Connacht
- Galway City — Starts 14 Jan 2026 at 8 pm (Brazco Coffee Academy / TBC) — Book here
- Leitrim: Carrick-on-Shannon — Parish Centre — Book here
- Mayo: Claremorris — The Western Hotel — Book here
- Roscommon: Tulsk — Parish Centre — Book here
- Athlone — Monksland Community Centre — Book here
- Sligo Town — Book here
- Enniscrone — Kilglass Community Centre — Book here
Leinster
- Carlow Town — St Catherine’s — Book here
- Dublin City — St Joseph’s Church, Caledon Rd — Book here
- Swords — Book here
- Ballyfermot — Parish Centre — Book here
- Dublin South — St Joseph’s Glasthule — Book here
- Skerries — Community Centre — Book here
- Kildare: Naas (Town Centre) — Book here
- Kilkenny City — Bollard’s — Book here
- Laois: Portlaoise — St Peter & Paul’s — Book here
- Longford Town — Temperance Hall — Book here
- Louth: Drogheda (Scholar’s Hotel) · Dundalk (The Oriel) — Book here
- Meath: Navan (Newgrange Hotel) — Book here
- Offaly: Tullamore — Book here
- Westmeath: Athlone (Monksland CC) · Mullingar (Congress Centre) — Book here
- Wexford: Church of the Annunciation, Clonard Rd Y35 YV0F — Book here
- Wicklow Town — De La Salle Pastoral Centre, Wicklow Book here
Munster
- Ennis — St Flannan’s College — Book here
- Cork City — SMA Wilton — Book here
- Tralee — Shanakill FRC — Book here
- Limerick City — Book here
- Clonmel — Place4U — Book here
- Nenagh — Parish Centre — Book here
- Waterford City — Book here
Ulster (Republic of Ireland)
- Cavan Town — Book here
- Letterkenny — Raphoe Parish Centre — Book here
- Donegal Town — Methodist Church — Book here
- North Donegal (Carndonagh) — Colgan Hall — Book here
- Monaghan Town — St Joseph’s — Book here
Ulster (Northern Ireland)
Coming soon — register your interest via info@martinkeaveney.com.
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TAKE A REST FROM THE PEN AND READ SOME OF IRELAND’S FINEST WORKS
IRISH LITERATURE: WINTER SESSIONS
Join us for unique and delightful Winter journey through some of Ireland’s finest writers interspersed with key insights into many writer’s process and projects. Enjoy a lovely and engaging 2 hour live session from the comfort of your home on these winter evenings!
Topics & Speakers
Dec 1 – The Long Form Novel – A Seminar & Writer’s Questions
We will discuss the challenges of the long form with a guest speaker
Dec 8 – Introduction to James Joyce
A general introduction to Ireland’s most celebrated writer with exploration of key works
Dec 15 – Modern Focus: Contemporary Novelist Ryan Dennis
We look at one of most contemporary of contributors to Irish literature, New York State native Ryan Dennis who has made Ireland his home and often his subject.
Dec 22 – Christmas texts with Dr Martin Keaveney / Guest Lecturer
We explore classic seasonal texts and discuss the role of the calendar in writing.
Jan 5th – The Start of The Book – Special Seminar on Project Commencements in Irish & World Literature
In this special session, we look at different ways writers start projects and reflect on the practice of project concept.
Feb 9th – Spring Guest Speaker & Class Writing Projects
Special Guest Speaker
Reading lists available in advance of each session
with Dr Martin Keaveney / Associates & Guests
Registration: €389.99 Book here
IRISH LITERATURE: FROM PLUNKETT TO ROONEY
This carefully structured course is a general introduction to critically reading some of Ireland’s best-known literature in the context of a progressing Ireland. We will begin in the 20th century with short stories by James Plunkett, Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds, and Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls. We take in John Banville’s The Book of Evidence and then move to contemporary literature through Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones, Claire-Louise Bennett’s Pond, Sara Baume’s Spill Simmer Falter Wither, and Sally Rooney’s Normal People.
By the end of the course, participants will have read and discussed a number of Ireland’s authors and critically analysed their themes. Irish Literature is an exciting and highly enjoyable new course, which would be ideal for the literary enthusiast or anyone preparing to study English at the third level. Limited places.
Next Start Date: Monday 12th January 2026 at 8-10pm
Concludes 23rd March 2026
(No sessions 2nd/9th February, 2nd March)
Duration:
8 weeks
Venue: Online (Zoom)
With Dr Martin Keaveney / Associate Lecturers.
About the course designer:
Dr Martin Keaveney is an Associate Lecturer in Irish Literature at University of Galway. His sixth book, Singsong, was published by Penniless Press in 2024. Schoolboy was published in 2023 by Penniless Press. This followed the novella Caravan in 2023, the second novel The Mackon Country (2021), the debut novel Delia Meade (2020) and a collection of stories, The Rainy Day (2018) all by Penniless Press, Warrington, UK. Fiction has previously been published in Ireland, UK and US. His current film ‘Superhurl’ is in development with The Film Fountain. Previous screen and stage credits include RTE, Scripts Ireland Playwriting Festival, Fastnet Film Festival (Irl) and Wasteland Film Festival (US) amongst many others. He completed a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Textual Studies (John McGahern) at NUIG. He has a B.A. in English and Italian and an M.A. in English (Writing) and an advanced certificate in media production. He was awarded the Sparanacht Ui Eithir in 2016 and the NUIG Write-Up Bursary in 2018 for academic research. He has presented at national and international academic conferences and recent scholarship has been published in the peer-reviewed journals New Hibernia Review, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies , Estudios Irlandeses, Liverpool Postgraduate Journal of Irish Studies and the Journal of Franco-Irish Studies.
Registration: €389.99 Book here
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