The Irish Writing Co-op is a collaborative, not-for-profit, member-driven community, focused on shared activities such as writing workshops, readings, networking support and publishing support.

The co-op operates within its own resources and without hiring expensive external services. Key approaches include structured workshops , sharing promotional activities, networking events with eg agents and publishers and organizing literary events such as readings etc.

Annual membership of the Irish Writing Co-Op is currently (2026) free of charge.