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.
John Patrick McHugh

John Patrick McHugh

Debut, Fiction, Irish Writing, Short Stories

John Patrick McHugh is from Galway. His fiction has appeared in Winter Papers, The Tangerine, Banshee, Granta and The Stinging…

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Lisa McInerney

Lisa McInerney

Comedy, Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel

Lisa McInerney’s first book, The Glorious Heresies, won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Award and was a…

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Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin

Cork, Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel, West Cork

Danielle McLaughlin is the author of the short story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets. In 2019, she was a Windham-Campbell…

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Alan McMonagle

Alan McMonagle

Essays, Irish Writing, Non-Fiction

Alan McMonagle lives in Galway. In 2015, he signed a two-book deal with Picador, and in 2017, Ithaca, his debut novel was published…

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Paul McVeigh

Paul McVeigh

Editor, Fiction, Irish Writing, LGBTQI+ Writing, Short Stories

Paul McVeigh’s debut novel, The Good Son, won The Polari First Novel Prize and The McCrea Literary Award and was shortlisted…

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Philippa Milnes-Smith

Philippa Milnes-Smith

Agent, Children, Fiction, Non-Fiction

Philippa Milnes-Smith is The Soho Agency’s specialist in children’s books and media as well as its managing director. Her work…

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Jelmer Mommers

Jelmer Mommers

Environment, Non-Fiction, Translation

Jelmer Mommers is a climate journalist based in Amsterdam. He knows most people prefer not to talk or even think…

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Oonagh Montague

Oonagh Montague

Interviewer

Oonagh Montague was the editor of Arts Ireland for five years. She is also a reformed journalist. Now, Oonagh likes…

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Tom Moore

Tom Moore

Cork, Debut, Irish Writing, Poetry

Tom Moore is from Cork and is an academic and scientist at UCC, where he directs the BSc Genetics degree…

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Meet the Writers 2021

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