The Frustrated Writers’ Group is a writing collective based in Dublin. We host free, twice monthly workshops for our members – one in person at Unit 44 in Stoneybatter and one online – where members have the opportunity to present and critique work. Founded in April 2022, the FWG has grown to include 300+ members.  We also host regular artist talks  with Ireland-based writers and readings of our members’ work. We’ve been featured in the Dublin Inquirer, in Totally Dublin, and on Dublin Digital Radio.

In addition to our workshops and artist talks, we edit and publish a regular anthology, featuring prose, poetry and visual art from group members, created through a collaborative editing process. Our latest anthology Frustrated Writers’ Group, Vol. 2 has sold over 200 copies, and is stocked at Books Upstairs, The Library Project, Marrowbone Books, and Connolly Books. It is also available to order directly, by e-mailing us.

FWG is built upon a collaborative, community-focused and DIY ethos. We hope to provide a space for writers that resists the competitive nature of publishing and the structural inequalities of the literary establishment. We hope to offer a remedy to the often solitary nature of writing. And we aim to foster work across a wide range of genres that is experimental, playful with form, less polished, and directly addresses contemporary life in Dublin.

Editorial Committee

Claudia Dalby (she/her) – prose editor. Claudia is a fiction writer based in Dublin. She worked previously as a staff reporter for Dublin Inquirer, and currently works as a language teacher. Her creative work has been published in the Irish Times, Caveat Lector and FWG Vol II, and she participated in the Stinging Fly summer school 2024. She is a recipient of the 2024 Arts Council Agility Award.

Isabel Dwyer – prose editor. Isabel’s short fiction debut is forthcoming from gorse; her poetry has been published in The Stinging Fly and Poetry Ireland Review. She was awarded an Arts Act Grant by Laois County Council and the Agility Award by the Arts Council of Ireland in 2024. She is currently working on her first novel. She works as Deputy Publisher at The Dublin Review.

Emily Featherman (she/her) – drama & performance text editor. She has an MPhil in Theatre from Trinity and works as a literary scout at CTL, finding books for film/TV adaptation. She writes short fiction and plays. She was a finalist for the Iowa Review Fiction Award and her work is forthcoming in the Iowa Review.

Sam Furlong – lead editor. Sam Furlong’s first poetry collection, Crowd Work, was published by Macha Press in 2025. Their writing has been published in Poetry Ireland Review, Catflap, The Pig’s Back, and elsewhere.

Rafael Mendes – poetry editor. Rafael’s work has appeared not only in a range of publications from Banshee to RTE, but also, in a park in Cowk city. He has recently had his pamphlet, The Migrant Dictionary, published by Howl New Irish Writing, which was a co-winner of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Pamphlet Series in 2025. His poem ‘A Remedy for Homesickness’ was published in Frustrated Writers’ Group, Vol 2.