Meet the Writers

Here you find listings of the writers who are appearing at our 2024 festival. Click on any writer to see their full biography. The writers appear alphabetically.
Hisham Matar

Hisham Matar

Fiction, Novel

Hisham Matar was born in New York to Libyan parents, spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo and has lived…

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Mícheál McCann

Mícheál McCann

Irish Writing, Poetry, Workshop

Mícheál McCann was born in Derry City, and has published poems in The Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging…

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Mary McCarthy

Mary McCarthy

Interviewer, West Cork

Mary McCarthy is the Director of Crawford Art Gallery one of Ireland’s National Cultural Institutions. She was appointed Director of the Crawford Art…

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Mike McCormack

Mike McCormack

Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel

Mike McCormack is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer whose work includes Getting it in the Head, Crowe’s Requiem, Notes…

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Michelle McDonagh

Michelle McDonagh

Cork, Crime, Fiction, Irish Writing

Michelle McDonagh is an Irish journalist with over twenty-five years’ experience. She is married with three children and lives in…

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Ruth McKee

Ruth McKee

Interviewer, Irish Writing, Podcast

Ruth McKee is editor of Books Ireland, a writer and reviewer.   Ruth McKee’s attendance at West Cork Literary Festival…

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Laura McKenna

Laura McKenna

Cork, Editor, Fiction, Irish Writing, Short Stories

Laura McKenna is a writer of fiction and poetry. Her debut novel, Words to Shape My Name, (New Island, 2021), was…

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Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin

Cork, Fiction, Irish Writing

Danielle McLaughlin’s short story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets was published in 2015 by The Stinging Fly Press. In 2019,…

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Paula Meehan

Paula Meehan

Irish Writing, Poetry

Paula Meehan is among the best-known and most admired of contemporary Irish poets. Born in 1955 in Dublin where she…

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Meet the Writers

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