Siobhán MacDonald
Siobhan was born in Cork where she learned to read, and she moved to Limerick where she entertained notions of becoming a writer. Educated at Laurel Hill…
Catherine Kirwan
Catherine Kirwan grew up on a farm in the parish of Fews, County Waterford. She studied law at UCC and lives in Cork where she works as…
Alice Lyons
Alice Lyons is a writer whose work embraces the visual arts. She is a recipient of the Patrick Kavanagh Award for Poetry (2002) and the inaugural Ireland…
Elaine Feeney
Elaine Feeney is an award-winning writer from Galway. Feeney teaches at The National University of Ireland, Galway. She has published three collections of poetry, including The Radio…
Alan McMonagle
Alan McMonagle lives in Galway. In 2015, he signed a two-book deal with Picador, and in 2017, Ithaca, his debut novel was published and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Award…
Rose Servitova
Rose Servitova is an Irish writer. Her second novel, The Watsons, won Bronze at the International SPR Book Awards 2019 while shorter works were runners-up in the…
Melissa Shiels
Since 2013 Melissa Shiels has been a Heritage Expert on the Heritage in Schools panel. She researches and recreates historic clothing from a 1,000 year period of history…
Rick O’Shea
Rick is an RTE broadcaster, currently on RTE Gold and The Book Show on RTE Radio 1. He’s also the host of Shelf Analysis – the live…
Andrew Flynn
Andrew Flynn is the director of Theatre at Galway Arts Centre and the Artistic Director of Decadent Theatre Company. He also works as a freelance theatre director.…