Meet the Writers 2022

Here you find listings of the writers who appeared at our 2022 festival. Click on any writer to see their full biography. The writers appear alphabetically.
Cristín Leach

Cristín Leach

Cork, Debut, Irish Writing, Memoir, Non-Fiction

Cristín Leach is The Sunday Times Ireland’s longest-serving art critic. She has written about art for the paper since 2003….

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Marianne Lee

Marianne Lee

Debut, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel, West Cork

Marianne Lee grew up in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, in the heart of the Irish midlands. She studied visual communications at…

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Róisín Leggett Bohan

Róisín Leggett Bohan

Cork, Irish Writing, New & Emerging Writing, Short Stories

Róisín Leggett Bohan’s work can be found in various places including New Irish Writing, Southward and Poetry Ireland’s ePublication 2022….

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Dave Lordan

Dave Lordan

Irish Writing, Professional Development, Young Adults

Dave Lordan is widely acknowledged as one of Ireland’s leading contemporary poets, essayists and literary thinkers. He is a renowned…

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Mich Maroney

Mich Maroney

Irish Publishing, Irish Writing, Literary Journal, Publisher, West Cork

Mich Maroney is a writer and visual artist in watercolour, acrylic, print and film. She has finished her first novel,…

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Mícheál McCann

Mícheál McCann

Irish Writing, Nature, Poetry

Mícheál McCann is from Derry. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Poetry Ireland Review, The Manchester Review, and…

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Jordan McCarthy

Jordan McCarthy

Cork, Irish Writing, Literary Journal, New & Emerging Writing

Jordan McCarthy is a writer from Youghal, currently living and working in Cork city. His writing has featured in the…

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Bernadette McCarthy

Bernadette McCarthy

Debut, New & Emerging Writing, Short Stories, West Cork

Bernadette McCarthy lives in West Cork in Ireland with her partner Emma. She holds a PhD, specialises in Irish literature…

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Rosaleen McDonagh

Rosaleen McDonagh

Debut, Essays, Irish Writing, Memoir, Non-Fiction

Rosaleen McDonagh is a playwright, performer, columnist for The Irish Times and a member of Aosdána. Her plays include The Baby Doll Project, She’s Not Mine, Rings, The Prettiest…

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Meet the Writers 2022

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