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Meet the authors face-to-face. We have hundreds of interviews across multiple genres in our archives. the latest two interviews in each genre are shown below, just click on the title to follow the link. Or click on the genre title to be taken to a full archive of interviews in that section.
Ag Scríobh ›
Seal sa Dorchadas: Nóinín le Máire Zepf
Tá mo ghairm mar scríbhneoir go dtí seo péinteáilte i ndáthanna geala: béiríní...
Cití na gCártaí le Réaltán Ní Leannáin
Mar seo a chuirim síos ar an phobal léitheoireachta a bhfuil mo chéad...
Interviews › Anthology ›
The Broken Spiral: Short Stories for Healing by R.M. Clarke (Ed.)
How do we decide what to believe? Is it the way words link...
Thinking Outside the Box – Guadalupe: Prose and Prints by Dylan...
In May 2015 the archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara, in concert with a Spanish...
Interviews › Children & Young Adult ›
Historical Fiction and the War of Independence: The Sound of Freedom...
In October 2016, I sat in a theatre in Kilkenny among an audience...
Becoming Jessica: Mageborn by Jessica Thorne (Ruth Frances Long)
When Bookouture made an offer to publish The Queen’s Wing, my strange little...
Special Guests › Children's and Young Adult ›
The 100 Society: Carla Spradbery
After working with teenagers for more than a decade, Carla Spradbery decided to...
Out of the Darkness with New York Times Bestseller Leigh Bardugo
It was a moment of pure terror that set Leigh Bardugo onto a...
Interviews › Crime ›
The Sleeping Season by Kelly Creighton
When my first novel The Bones of It came out in 2015, crime...
Confidence in Myself as a Writer: Grace is Gone by Emily...
Before I signed a contract with Little, Brown in 2014 I was fairly...
Special Guests › Crime Fiction & True Crime ›
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer: Long Days; Short Sprints...
When I finally gave up work to write full-time almost nine years ago,...
Interviews › Non-Fiction › Food Writing ›
Crowdfunding Ireland’s Green Larder by Margaret Hickey
Not long after I’d moved from central London to a house beside the...
Artful Eating: The Psychology of Lasting Weight Loss by Karina Melvin
As a child, I remember dreaming of writing a book. Diagnosed with dyslexia...
Special Guests › General Fiction ›
Echoes of Grace by Caragh Bell
The idea for my most recent novel, Echoes of Grace, came from years...
Ghostwritten: Hazel Gaynor Talks to Isabel Wolff
Hazel Gaynor spoke to author, Isabel Wolff to find out more about her...
Interviews › General Fiction ›
The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven
Writing funny fiction is hard. Not, like, coal mining hard. I’m fully aware...
Interviews › Non-Fiction › General Interest ›
The PEN International Women’s Manifesto launched by Anne Enright
Irish PEN Award recipient, Man Booker prize winner Anne Enright launched the PEN...
Daring to Call Myself a Writer: Bully-Proof Kids by Stella O’Malley
The most disconcerting aspect about writing books for me is feeling so exposed...
Interviews › Historical Fiction ›
How I came to write The Lost Lights of St Kilda...
It was a small advert for a white cottage by the sea on...
Improbable Adventures: Eagles Hunt Wolves by Robert Craven
In 2006, I started writing an adventure story in the vein I grew...
Special Guests › Historical Fiction ›
The Long and Winding Road to Publication by Vivienne Kearns
The path from writing to publication has been a long one for me....
Fanning the Flames of History: The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
After the phenomenal success of her 2005 multi-million copy bestseller Labyrinth, and the...
Interviews ›
Drawing Fictions: A Sabbatical in Leipzig by Adrian Duncan
By late spring 2018 I had begun work with my friend Feargal Ward...
Confessions of a Failed Script Writer: The Forgotten Sister by Caroline...
There are thousands, if not millions, of wise words written about failure in...
News for Writers › Irish Bestseller Lists ›
Irish Bestsellers 21st March 2020
Whilst Europe struggles to adjust to widespread lockdowns and wakes to a world...
Irish Bestsellers 14th March 2020
Welcome to another week in the Irish Bestsellers: trying to be a constant...
Interviews › Literary Fiction ›
Drawing Fictions: A Sabbatical in Leipzig by Adrian Duncan
By late spring 2018 I had begun work with my friend Feargal Ward...
Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
If you’ve ever gorged yourself on food – anything from an exquisite eight...
Special Guests › Literary Fiction ›
‘How to Build a Space Rocket’: Writing.ie Short Story of the...
‘How to Build a Space Rocket’ by Roisin O’Donnell was selected by public...
Hazel Gaynor Meets Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of...
Interviews › Non-Fiction › Memoir ›
From Lucifer to Lazarus: A Life on the Left by Mick...
Writing my memoir began with a phone call. After retiring from the Trade...
Special Guests › Memoir ›
Barbara Scully Talks Life, The Universe, Cats & Alligators with Homer...
I read to escape. Not that my life is full of drudgery and...
A Walk on the Wild Side with Cheryl Strayed
At the age of twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In...
Special Guests › Non Fiction ›
Telling Tales: The Fabulous Lives of Anita Leslie by Penny Perrick
Biographers are not universally loved. James Joyce called us ‘biografiends’ and Edmund de...
Finding Wilde’s Women by Eleanor Fitzsimons
These days I’m often described as the woman who spent three years living...
Interviews › Non-Fiction ›
On Being a Writer, Editor, and Nature-Lover by Tim Wenzell
Reflections on editing and publishing Woven Shades of Green: An Anthology of Irish...
The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit by Eleanor Fitzsimons
When I was a child, my favourite author by far was E. Nesbit....
Interviews › Our Literary Heritage ›
A Very Merry Christmas From All of Us & Galway City...
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from the team at www.writing.ie, with lots...
At it Again! Romping Through Dracula
At it Again! design and create pocket guides to classic literature. It all...
Interviews › Poets ›
Breathmark: a unique and immersive experience
Breathmark is a sonic art piece born out of curiosity, tradition and technology....
Berries for Singing Birds by Eileen Casey
On 15th October 2019, together with three other gorgeous Arlen House collections, my...
Special Guests ›
Moonfish Theatre’s Adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s Redemption Falls
Picture a chilly rehearsal room in February, rain falling from a grey sky...
‘How to Build a Space Rocket’: Writing.ie Short Story of the...
‘How to Build a Space Rocket’ by Roisin O’Donnell was selected by public...
Interviews › Speculative Fiction ›
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
Like so many things, it began with my tonsils. In the summer of...
Becoming Jessica: Mageborn by Jessica Thorne (Ruth Frances Long)
When Bookouture made an offer to publish The Queen’s Wing, my strange little...
Special Guests › Speculative Fiction ›
Out of the Darkness with New York Times Bestseller Leigh Bardugo
It was a moment of pure terror that set Leigh Bardugo onto a...
Hugh Howey talks ‘Dust’ to Catherine Ryan Howard
An entire society dwells in an enormous, underground silo. Their only view of...
Interviews › Stage & Screen ›
Thoughts on Homer and the Making of Gym Swim Party by...
Gavin Kostick writes about Gym Swim Party, a contemporary riff on the Trojan...
Reflecting on Burt Reynolds by Wayne Byrne
When Burt Reynolds passed away on September 6th, 2018 I was three-quarters way...
Special Guests › Stage & Screen ›
Moonfish Theatre’s Adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s Redemption Falls
Picture a chilly rehearsal room in February, rain falling from a grey sky...
From Script to Screen: Paul FitzSimons Meets Pilar Alessandra
‘On The Page – The Path To Screenwriting’ was a seminar run at...
News for Writers › The Big Idea ›
Lift the Sink: New Short Story Podcast
Lift the sink is a new podcast hosted by Paddy Doherty which will...
Selling What You Love: The Dubray Personal Shopper
It easy to sell what you love. I don’t mean that the task...
Interviews › Where I Write ›
Martina Devlin on How to Time Travel Without a Time Machine
Short of stepping into a time machine, how do writers think themselves into...
Where I Write: Michelle Jackson, Sarah Harte & Caroline Finnerty
The summer is well and truly in full swing and we’ve asked three...
Interviews › Women's Fiction ›
Confessions of a Failed Script Writer: The Forgotten Sister by Caroline...
There are thousands, if not millions, of wise words written about failure in...
An Ocean Between Us by Ann O’Loughlin
Write like nobody is ever going to read it. Give yourself the freedom...
Special Guests › Women's Fiction ›
Introducing Alvina Knightly: One Mad, Bad B*itch by Chloé Esposito
My debut novel, Mad, has been described as “this summer’s raciest read” and...
Launching Twenty7 Books (No Pressure!): Sofia Khan is Not Obliged
I’ve always wanted to be a writer – no other career choice was an...
