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Activate Youth Theatre was established 21 years ago in the old Graffiti Theatre premises in 50 Pope’s Quay, Cork. Since...
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Juno Dawson is the multi award-winning author of 12 books, including the best-selling CLEAN, Meat Market and adult memoir, The...
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Dave Lordan is a multi-genre writer, performer, editor, and pathbreaking multimedia educator with four acclaimed books & twenty years experience in...
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Kelly McCaughrain is a YA writer from Belfast. Her first novel, Flying Tips for Flightless Birds won the Children’s Books Ireland...
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Murder Manor was devised, written and performed by members of Activate Youth Theatre, with support and mentoring from Dave Lordan. ...
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Since graduating in 2007, Julie has worked extensively as a facilitator and director for a range of companies both nationally...
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Deirdre Sullivan is an award-winning writer from Galway. As well as the Primrose Leary trilogy (Prim Improper, Improper Order and...
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Imogen Russell Williams is an editorial consultant and a children’s literature critic, reviewing and writing on trends in children’s and...
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Malak Bouod grew up in the Libyan city of Benghazi and became involved in human rights activism in her teenage...
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John Boyne was born in Dublin in 1971, and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and creative writing at...
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Flavia Camejo spent her childhood in the northern Venezuelan city of Coro and moved to the city of Maracaibo after...
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Cethan Leahy is a writer, filmmaker, and editor of Irish literary magazine The Penny Dreadful. His short stories are published...
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Dave Lordan is a multi-genre writer, performer, editor, and pathbreaking multimedia educator with four acclaimed books & twenty years experience in...
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Growing up in the apartheid ghetto of Khayelitsha in Cape Town, Bulelani Mfaco became involved at an early age in...
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Elizabeth Rose Murray writes novels for children and young adults and short fiction. Her books include The Book of Learning – Nine...
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Sorcha Pollak is an Irish journalist based in Dublin working for the Irish Times with a specific focus on migration...
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Stephen James Smith is a Dublin poet and playwright central to the rise of the vibrant spoken word scene in...
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Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer. He is a Complete Works...
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Louise O’Neill’s second novel Asking For It won Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2015, enjoyed widespread...
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Mary Watson is from Cape Town and now lives on the West Coast of Ireland with her husband and three...
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Joseph O’Neill was born in Ireland, grew up in several different countries and now lives in New York where he...
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Fiona is a graphic artist based in Kinsale, Ireland. Her background is in Fine Art but her work has always...
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A unique brand of drama and theatre work for young people. Since 1984 Graffiti Theatre Company has provided a unique...
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Fiona Kelly is an Irish Artist whose practice primarily investigates demolition and ecology. She holds a MA from the Crawford...
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Muhammad Khan is an engineer, a secondary-school maths teacher, and now a YA author! He lives in South London and...
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Dave Lordan is a multi-genre writer, performer, editor, and pathbreaking multimedia educator with four acclaimed books & twenty years experience in...
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E.R. Murray writes novels for children and young adults as well as short fiction. Her books include The Book of Learning –...
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Colin is a freelance comic book editor. He also provides creative writing and comic-making workshops for all ages. Website •...
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Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1991. Her first novel, The Spider King’s Daughter, won a Betty Trask...
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