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Barbara Byar

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27 Cnoc Gorm Tralee County Kerry Tralee MD Professional Yes All Ages Mobile: (087) 6152806
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Biography

Barbara Lovric is a novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and editor.
Her debut novel won the Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair and is currently being edited for submission. She’s had short fiction published in The Fiction Pool (Jan ‘17) and The Incubator (Aug ‘17) and was selected as a participant in the Irish Writers’ Centre’s inaugural X-Borders programme (2017).
Co-founder and Facilitator of local writers’ group—Thursday Night Writers, Tralee, which meets every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m., upstairs at the Abbey Inn, Tralee—Barbara encourages the development of writers from complete beginners to published authors.
Barbara teaches creative writing workshops and has organized various Culture Night and Open Mic events. She has also completed numerous writing residences. Administration experience includes: Tralee Coder Dojo, Chess Moves for Life and the refurbishment of CBS The Green’s school library.
Barbara is available for: creative writing workshops for all ages; editing and detailed critiques on novels and short prose; advice on query writing and preparation of pieces for submission to publishers and literary journals.