Meet the Writers

Here you find listings of the writers who are will appear at our 2026 festival. Our 2026 festival will run from 10-17 July 2026. Priority booking for WCLF Festival Friends will open at 10am on 7 April. General booking for workshops will open at 10am on 7 April and for all other events at 10am on 14 April
Clare Bohane

Clare Bohane

Cork, New & Emerging Writing, Short Stories

Clare Bohane is a writer from Cork. She won Cork County Library’s Age Friendly Short Story Competition in 2025. Her writing…

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Elinor Bonifant

Elinor Bonifant

Cork, New & Emerging Writing, Speculative Fiction

Elinor Bonifant is a speculative fiction writer and graphic novelist best known for her comic Ride Scare. Her work has…

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Sarah Bowie

Sarah Bowie

Children, Illustrator, Irish Writing

Sarah Bowie is an Irish writer and illustrator. She is also an arts educator and runs workshops in schools on…

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Niamh Boyce

Niamh Boyce

Irish Writing

Niamh Boyce’s debut The Herbalist (Penguin 2013) was an Irish Writer’s Centre Novel Fair Winner. An instant bestseller, it also…

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Rebecca Braun 

Rebecca Braun 

Fiction, Translation

Rebecca Braun is Established Professor of German and World Literature at the University of Galway, Ireland, where she is also currently Executive…

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Sarah Breen

Sarah Breen

Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel

Sarah Breen co-authored the Aisling series of books alongside Emer McLysaght. Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling was the…

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Ellen Brickley

Ellen Brickley

Essays, Irish Writing, Non-Fiction, Professional Development

Ellen Brickley is an essayist and creative writing facilitator based in Dublin. Her work has appeared in Banshee, Sonder, Trasna…

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Dean Browne

Dean Browne

Cork, Debut, Irish Writing, Poetry

Dean Browne is from Tipperary and lives in Cork. He received the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2021 and his pamphlet,…

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Margaret Busby

Margaret Busby

Essays, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Publisher

Margaret Busby CBE, Hon. FRSL (Nana Akua Ackon) is a major cultural figure around the world. Her career has spanned…

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Meet the Writers

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