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Here you find listings of our Children and YA writers.

Pragya Agarwal

Interviewer

Pragya Agarwal is an academic and writer, and founder of a research think-tank investigating global inequalities. She is currently a...

Oein DeBhairduin

Children, Irish Language, Irish Writing

Oein DeBhairduin is a creative soul with a passion for poetry, folk herbalism and preserving Traveller stories, sayings, retellings and...

Kristen Gehrman

Fiction, Online, Translation, Young Adults

Kristen Gehrman is a literary translator from Dutch to English. Recent translations include Ironhead by Jean-Claude van Rijckghem (Levine Querido), The History of...

Yorick Goldewijk

Children, Fiction, Translation

Yorick Goldewijk is a Dutch author and illustrator, as well as a musician who writes music for films, television and...

Aga Grandowicz

Children, Illustrator, Irish Writing, Nature, Publisher

Aga Grandowicz is a highly prolific, proactive, entrepreneurial, and multi-award-winning art director, graphic designer, illustrator and artist. She studied graphic...

Meg Grehan

Children, Irish Writing, LGBTQI+

Meg Grehan is a young writer living in Donegal in the northwest of Ireland. The Lonely Book was published in...

Shane Hegarty

Children, Irish Writing

Irish author Shane Hegarty has been shortlisted for an abundance of awards. His younger, middle grade title Boot was shortlisted...

Kel Menton

Cork, Interviewer, Irish Writing, LGBTQI+, Young Adults

Kel Menton (they/them) is a non-binary writer from Cork, Ireland. They did both their degree in English literature and MA...

E.R. Murray

Children, Fiction, Irish Writing, West Cork

E.R. Murray writes novels, short stories and poetry for children and young adults. Her novels include Caramel Hearts and the...

Natalie Ní Chasaide

Children, Irish Language, Irish Writing, Music

Natalie Ní Chasaide is a Primary School Teacher and multi-instrumentalist from Dublin and a member of traditional Irish bands The...

Tristan Rosenstock

Children, Irish Language, Irish Writing

Tristan Rosenstock is an author, editor, broadcaster and bodhrán player. He presents RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta’s arts series An Cúinne...

Mike Ryan

Cork, Interviewer

Mike Ryan is the Artistic Director of Briery Gap Cultural Centre in Macroom; a brand new, state of the art...

Jen Wallace

Children, Cork, Debut, Fiction

Jen Wallace is an author and mother from Cork who loves stories. She works in both verse and prose and...

Sarah Webb

Children, Irish Writing, Professional Development

Sarah Webb is an award-winning Irish children’s writer and creative writing teacher. She is also the Events Manager at Halfway...

Mark Wickham

Children, Illustrator, Irish Language, West Cork

Mark Wickham is a designer and illustrator living in West Cork. He has worked in the publishing industry for over...

Sasha de Buyl

Interviewer, Irish Writing

Sasha de Buyl is a writer and programmer from Cork. They are currently Literature and Ideas Programmer at International Literature...

Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem

Fiction, Translation, Young Adults

Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem is a Belgian writer and producer. He has a master’s degree in languages. He has written or...