Celebrating Arlen House at 50 & WEB Writers’ Group at 40

We welcomed a large audience to the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon for a double milestone event - celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the literary publisher Arlen House, and celebrating forty years of the WEB women writers’ group, which still has strong ties to Arlen House.

 An inspirational panel of women writers read from their work, discussed writing as women in Ireland, and the legacy of literary press Arlen House. The panel of speakers was introduced by Alan Hayes, editor and publisher at Arlen House since 1999. The panel was made up of the following authors - Mary Rose Callaghan, Celia de Fréine, Tanya Farrelly, Liz McManus, Helena Nolan, Nessa O'Mahony, Nell Regan, chaired by Lia Mills.

Recorded 12 September 2026 in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon