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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 ›
A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
Aisha Bushby was born in the Middle East and has lived in Kuwait,...
My Story (So Far): Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick
We writers are ever curious about other writers’ habits, histories, fears and hopes....
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 ›
From Novel Fair to Publication: I Will Make You Pay by...
My first novel, I Will Make You Pay, is a police procedural set...
Failure is not an Option: Someone Else’s Baby by Ruby Speechley
Once I’d told myself this, I knew it was only a matter of...
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 Path to the Sea by Liz Fenwick
People often ask where book ideas come from…a tough question because in my...
Enjoying the Ride: Something to Live For by Richard Roper
I really wish there was a lightning-bolt moment where I realised I wanted...
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 ›
From ‘Date with an Agent’ to Publication: Odin’s Game by Tim...
Last year I boarded the train for Dublin, clutching the manuscript of my...
Cití na gCártaí by Réaltán Ní Leannáin
I introduce the target readership of my first published book, Turas Ailse (A...
Special Guests › Historical Fiction ›
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...
History in the Making: Hazel Gaynor Meets Kate Mosse
Historical Fiction is definitely having a moment and as a writer and reader...
Interviews ›
A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
Aisha Bushby was born in the Middle East and has lived in Kuwait,...
News for Writers › Irish Bestseller Lists ›
Irish Bestsellers 17th August 2019
The big news this week, of course (in book terms, anyway), is the...
Irish Bestsellers 10th August 2019
This week we’ve still got David Walliams at the top of the charts...
Interviews › Literary Fiction ›
Writing What I Worry About: Skin by E.M. Reapy
Skin is a story about a woman, Natalie, who struggles with binge eating...
Night Swimming by Doreen Finn
Book 2 was actually Book 1. Night Swimming, out this month, was the...
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 ›
The Shepherd and the Morning Star by Willie Orr
The Shepherd and the Morning Star is inspired by rejection. My father’s life,...
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 ›
Cracking the Puzzle Book Challenge: Conundrum by Brian Clegg
Sometimes as a writer, the spur to start on a project is frustration...
Interviews › Our Literary Heritage ›
At it Again! Romping Through Dracula
At it Again! design and create pocket guides to classic literature. It all...
The Discovery of Truth: Mary Lavin’s Short Fiction
With the closing date for the Writing.ie Short Story of the Year Award...
Interviews › Poets ›
Going to the Dark Side: Nóinín by Máire Zepf
My writing career so far has been painted in primary colours: think bears...
The Poetry of the Waiting Room by Nessa O’Mahony
Nessa O’Mahony on the inspiration for her latest collection of poems. Another year,...
Special Guests ›
‘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...
Barbara Scully Talks Life, The Universe, Cats & Alligators with Homer...
I read to escape. Not that my life is full of drudgery and...
Interviews › Speculative Fiction ›
Where, When and How: Widow’s Welcome by D.K. Fields
Where, when, and how Widow’s Welcome, our political fantasy novel, started life is...
Writing A Novel As A Books Journalist: The Familiars by Stacey...
Every day I open countless jiffy bags, and I’m always excited to see...
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 ›
The Maternity Monologues by Catherine Higgins-Moore
Today American women are 50 percent more likely to die in childbirth than...
Indie Film Going Strong: Graham Jones’ ‘Sunshine Ukulele’
Graham Jones is an award-winning Irish filmmaker who made his first feature film...
Special Guests › Stage & Screen ›
From Script to Screen: Paul FitzSimons Meets Pilar Alessandra
‘On The Page – The Path To Screenwriting’ was a seminar run at...
Robert McKee Part Three – Unfold the Story
Robert McKee, a Fulbright Scholar, is the author of the international bestseller STORY. STORY won the...
News for Writers › The Big Idea ›
Getting Paid for your Writing
Ghostwriting Opportunities: The Pros & Cons by a Real-Life Ghost “So, you write...
Read, Inspire, Connect: The Pigeonhole Digital Bookclub
Sometimes it can be a struggle coming up with original and inventive ways...
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 ›
Being Published: The Journey and the Destination by Faith Hogan
Every writer dreams of that first phone call – you know the one,...
Bride Squad Runaway by Lisa C. Carey and Caroline Grace-Cassidy
Co-writing a Transatlantic Novel – The Truth! Co-writing a novel 6,456 miles apart...
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...
