Lynn Buckle.
A voracious, indiscriminate reader, Lynn’s first love has always been art. “Painting was my thing.” Lynn spent a year after university working for the civil service, then the county council as a groundsman, before attending art […]
Dacre Stocker
With our minds on Halloween ghouls, comes a prequel about Dracula, the vampire invented by the Irish writer Bram Stoker back in 1897. An old Count who drank the blood of his victims; killing some, and […]
Seymour Cresswell
Whilst he’s always loved to write, early on, Seymour tinkered more with acting. “At Trinity, after two years of dodging Players, I was asked to do a part. I got noticed and did a number of […]
Adrian Harte
Adrian came from a bookish family of five kids. “I’ve always loved reading. We went to the library in Ballybay at least once a week.” Wanting to be a writer, he remembers sending short stories out […]
Breda Joy
Breda has always had a good imagination, and she’s been writing for most of her life. “I’ve been tinkering with poems, plays and short stories. And I tried my hand at two novels which are now […]
Patrick Gale
A few years ago Patrick Gale gave a reading in Weston-Super-Mare in the West Country. Walking around, it struck him that that it was a peculiar town – full of institutions like drug rehabilitation centres and […]
Louise Hall
Louise always read. “I read anything going. I started with Judy Blume and went on to Marian Keyes.” During college holidays Louise worked in a travel agency, and when she graduated the company gave her a […]
Dermot Bolger
In Dermot Bolger’s new novel, An Ark of Light, a teenage poet visits Eva Fitzgerald – a free spirit, who is living out her old age in a caravan in a field in County Mayo. Finding […]
Atoosa Sepehr
Atoosa was always interested in food, she was never allowed into the kitchen. “Mum said education was my job and cooking was hers. She loved food. So much love went into it.” After university Atoosa did […]
Wendy Erskine
Wendy had a wonderful English teacher in primary school. “An afternoon each week was dedicated to story writing. She would put up a picture to inspire us, and bring in mars bars for us to eat.” […]
Hannah Begbie
Hannah discovered the power of narrative aged 8. “I wrote a story about, ‘X’ and my classmates thought it was about one of them. It wasn’t.” She wrote a journal, every day from aged nine until […]
David Rice
David Rice is a name I know well. In journalistic circles his name is mentioned with respect verging on awe. I’ve a treasured copy of his Rathmines Stylebook, and have read Song of Tiananmen Square, his […]