Meet the Writers 2024

Here you find listings of the writers who appeared at our 2024 festival. Click on any writer to see their full biography. The writers appear alphabetically.
Nadine O'Regan

Nadine O’Regan

Interviewer, West Cork

Nadine O’Regan is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and podcaster. Acting editor of The Irish Times Magazine, she also writes about…

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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy

Deirdre O’Shaughnessy

Interviewer

Deirdre O’Shaughnessy is News Editor of the Irish Examiner. She has worked in and contributed to TV, radio and newspapers throughout the…

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Eoghan O'Sullivan

Eoghan O’Sullivan

Interviewer, West Cork

Eoghan O’Sullivan is an arts journalist with the Irish Examiner, covering music, books, and podcasts. He has hosted a music podcast, The…

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Nuala O’Connor

Nuala O’Connor

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel

Nuala O’Connor is a novelist, short story writer and poet, and lives in Co. Galway with her family. She is…

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Leeanne O’Donnell

Leeanne O’Donnell

Cork, Debut, Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel, West Cork

Leeanne O’Donnell started her storytelling career working in radio with RTE and BBC, and has made a number of award-winning…

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Gustav Parker Hibbett

Gustav Parker Hibbett

Debut, Poetry

Gustav Parker Hibbett is a Black poet, essayist, and MFA dropout. Originally from New Mexico, they are currently pursuing a…

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Fleur Pierets

Fleur Pierets

LGBTQI+, Non-Fiction, Translation

Fleur Pierets is an award-winning Belgian performance artist, writer, speaker and LGBTQ+ activist whose work balances between photography and theory,…

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Nita Prose

Nita Prose

Crime, Fiction, Novel

Nita Prose’s debut novel, The Maid, hit the Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller lists, and was a No.1 New…

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Siobhan Rea

Siobhan Rea

Cork, Visual Arts

Siobhan Rea is a Cork-born, Dublin-based artist, teacher and Forest School leader.  Her work spans the disciplines of painting, multi-media…

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Meet the Writers 2024

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