News 2026

Much of what makes you the person you are resides in your secret life. It is there in your memory as a story, one that you can at least tell yourself. My hunch is that it is far easier to identify the changes in another person with whom one is involved that it is to do so looking at oneself. Just how well do any of us understand ourselves?
— John Masterson, 'The Column I Never Wrote'.

2026

Editorial service now available from

The Harvest Press

We offer a facility for assessing, editing and critiquing your work - short novels (up to 60,000 words), short story and poetry collections.

Our mentoring service provides you with one-to-one support and guidance. John MacKenna is one of the Irish Writers’ Centre panel of mentors.

As writers with experience of publishing, we can help you navigate the self publishing journey, offering advice on editorial, cover design, blurb writing and publicity.

Please contact us for further information about this service.