That Summer Feeling: Chasing the Shy Town by Erika McGann
I grew up in a housing estate that was on the very edge of our
Children & Young Adult
Who Watches This Place by Amy Clarkin
The idea for What Walks These Halls came from a joke. The plot for Who
Diversity and Mixed Ethnic Narratives: Looking for Lucie by Amanda Addison
Author Amanda Addison on celebrating multiple ethnicities in YA storytelling. Looking for Lucie is a
Myths, Forests and Childhood Stories: Into the Witchwood by Méabh McDonnell
Walking Into the Witchwood . . . ‘When you’re in the dark forest, you’re afraid.
Writing The Case of the Vanishing Painting by Brian Gallagher
Producing fiction for Irish children is something that I find very satisfying, and I loved
Keep Aiming: The Chestnut Roaster by Eve McDonnell
Recently longlisted for a Yoto Carnegie award, Eve McDonnell tells us how determination and inspiration
The Light Thieves: Search For The Black Mirror by Helena Duggan
Author Helena Duggan on how her experience as a child feeds into her writing for
The Girl who Fell to Earth by Patricia Forde
The Girl who Fell to Earth: A Thriller With a Pinch of Philosophy The Girl
Something Terrible: Sam Blake’s YA Debut
Something Terrible Happened Last Night (Gill Books) is bestselling crime writer Sam Blake’s YA debut. Here she reveals the thought process behind the cast and setting.
What Walks These Halls by Amy Clarkin
Amy Clarkin on the inspiration behind her debut YA novel, What Walks These Halls. The
Buttons, Doodahs & Wotnots: A Young Poet’s View of Today’s World by Francesca Thorscott
Greetings, fellow bookworms, poetry lovers, writing enthusiasts and readers! My name is Francesca Thorscott, and
Jay A. Fortune – Finding my Magic: Snowlands Book I: Zak and The Wanderer
‘Each and every moment we have the opportunity to choose our own life and create
Girls Who Slay Monsters: Daring Tales of Ireland’s Forgotten Goddesses by Ellen Ryan
Some years ago, my husband and I took a tour of the Rathcroghan archaeological site
The Song of Brigid’s Cloak by Catherine Ann Cullen (Illust. by Katya Swan)
‘There was a wise woman, we’re all agreed, some call her Brigid, some call her
Glorious Goddesses of Ancient Ireland by Dr Karen Ward (Illustrated by Paula McGloin)
The Art of Writing and Illustration – complimenting and enhancing each other They say that
The Fox’s Tower by Sam Thompson
Deeper into the woods: returning to the world of Wolfstongue At the beginning of The
Finding The Lost Girl King by Catherine Doyle
The final book in the Storm Keeper trilogy, my magical middle-grade saga set on Arranmore
The Demands of Writing for Children: The Light Thieves by Helena Duggan
I never set out to write for children, it just happened that way. My first
Neon’s Secret Universe by Sibéal Pounder
The process of writing Neon’s Secret Universe was a bit strange because I started writing
Truly Magical: Spellstoppers by Cat Gray
When I was growing up in the Irish countryside, the only holidays my family ever
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