Meet the Writers 2021

Here you find listings of all the writers that appeared at our 2021 festival. Click on any writer to see their full biography. The writers appear alphabetically.
Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak

Interviewer

Sorcha Pollak is an Irish journalist based in Dublin working for the Irish Times with a specific focus on migration and immigrant…

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Jess Raymon

Jess Raymon

Fiction, Irish Writing, Short Stories

Jess Raymon moved to Dublin in 2015 from Montreal. She was awarded Arts Council bursaries in 2019 and 2020 and…

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Jaap Robben

Jaap Robben

Fiction, Novel, Translation

Jaap Robben is a Dutch poet, playwright, performer, and acclaimed children’s author. You Have Me to Love, his first novel…

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Tanya Rosie

Tanya Rosie

Editor

Tanya Rosie joined Walker Books in 2014 as an intern, and is now a Commissioning Editor of picture books, working…

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Eimear Ryan

Eimear Ryan

Cork, Debut, Fiction, Irish Publishing, Irish Writing, Novel

Eimear Ryan is a writer, editor and camogie player. Her fiction has appeared in Granta, The Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly,…

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Fíona Scarlett

Fíona Scarlett

Debut, Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel

Fíona Scarlett is from Dublin, now living in Co. Kildare with her husband and two children. She holds an MLitt…

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Lize Spit

Lize Spit

Debut, Fiction, Novel, Translation

Lize Spit gained a master’s degree in screenplay writing and has also written prose and poetry, published in several magazines….

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David Stevens

David Stevens

Children, Publisher

David Stevens is Associate Director at Knights Of – a commercial children’s publisher based in London. He is co-founder of…

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Susanne Stich

Susanne Stich

Essays, Irish Writing, Non-Fiction

Originally from Nürnberg, Susanne Stich has lived in Donegal for many years. Her writing has appeared in The Stinging Fly, Ambit, Bristol…

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Meet the Writers 2021

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