Literary Residencies

Europe offers plentiful opportunities for writers to immerse themselves in their craft and develop their skills in inspiring settings. Browse current residency opportunities here.

Selected literary residencies

The Cill Rialaig Project, founded by Dr. Noelle Campbell Sharp, is a voluntary body whose main aim is to develop and maintain a retreat for artists, poets, writers, film makers and composers from Ireland and abroad. The city of Cill Rialaig includes Seven studios, which consists of a meeting house, a library and a utility space for artists who are thus able to live and work in self-catering individual house-studios.

The Tyrone Guthrie Centre promotes excellence and innovation in the arts by providing residential opportunities and workspaces for artists, designers, directors, critics, translators and others in the arts sector with a proven record of achievement. Applicants can work individually or as part of a collaboration and there is an international fee structure for applicants from across the world.

The Heinrich Böll Association invites writers and artists of all disciplines to this residency for a quiet and inspiring retreat. The Heinrich Böll Cottage is located on the outskirts of Dugort village on Achill Island, Mayo in Ireland. The Achill Heinrich Böll Association is dedicated to the memory of Heinrich Böll, who spent his holidays here with his family.