Meet the Writers 2023

Here you find listings of the writers who are appearing at our 2023 festival. Click on any writer to see their full biography. The writers appear alphabetically.
Oonagh Montague

Oonagh Montague

Interviewer

Oonagh Montague is a writer whose fiction has been published in Winter Papers. A former editor of Arts Ireland she worked as a journalist for the Sunday…

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Majed Mujed

Majed Mujed

Irish Writing, Poetry, Translation

Majed Mujed was born in Iraq in 1971 and has lived in Ireland since 2015. One of the founders of…

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Gráinne Murphy

Gráinne Murphy

Cork, Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel, West Cork

Gráinne Murphy grew up in rural west Cork, Ireland. At university she studied Applied Psychology and forensic research. In 2011…

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Elizabeth Rose Murray

Elizabeth Rose Murray

Interviewer, Irish Writing, West Cork

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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Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan

Interviewer

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan is a Dublin-based writer and performer from India. Her work has been published by Dedalus Press, Lifeboat Press,…

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Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Environment, Irish Writing, Poetry

Annemarie Ní Churreáin is a poet from the Donegal Gaeltacht. Her books include Bloodroot (Doire Press, 2017). Town (The Salvage…

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Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

Cork, Irish Language, Irish Writing, Poetry

Ciarraíoch í Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh. Tá a cuid filíochta léite aici i bPáras, i Nua Eabhrac, i Montréal agus ar an…

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Megan Nolan

Megan Nolan

Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel

Megan Nolan was born in 1990 in Waterford, Ireland and is currently based in London. Her essays and reviews have…

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Graham Norton

Graham Norton

Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel, West Cork

Graham Norton’s three previous novels, Holding, A Keeper and Home Stretch, became instant bestsellers both in the UK and Ireland…

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Meet the Writers 2023

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