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News Dublin Writers festival will also be online 2023

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I went to two of these before Covid hit and found them very value for money. I dont know what the new incarnation would be because what I liked was the intimacy of the workshops. Twenty writers in the room with the guy who wrote Vikings or a fairly successful producer is different than 50 on a zoom call. So who knows what this year will bring. However I like this year's emphasis on editing.

 
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I went to two of these before Covid hit and found them very value for money. I dont know what the new incarnation would be because what I liked was the intimacy of the workshops. Twenty writers in the room with the guy who wrote Vikings or a fairly successful producer is different than 50 on a zoom call. So who knows what this year will bring. However I like this year's emphasis on editing.

Wow. Loved Dublin (with all that James Joyce vibe). Would love to go...
 
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