Meet the Writers

Here you find listings of the writers who are will appear at our 2025 festival. Click on any writer to see their full biography. The writers appear alphabetically.

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Sue Leonard

Interviewer

A journalist and ghostwriter, Sue Leonard is the co-author of more than twelve books including two number one best-sellers. If Memory Serves…

Sarah Long

Autofiction, Cork, Debut, Fiction, Performance

Sarah Long is an artist and writer based in Cork. Her work focuses on suppressed female archetypes, the politics of…

Shaunna Lee Lynch

Cork, Irish Writing, Poetry, Spoken Word

Shaunna Lee Lynch is spoken-word poet, writer, and performer from Cork, Ireland. She has performed her poems at arts events…

Aifric Mac Aodha

Irish Language, Irish Writing, Poetry, Translation

Aifric Mac Aodha was born in 1979. Her first collection, Gabháil Syrinx, was published in 2010. She has taught in St Petersburg,…

Antain Mac Lochlainn

Fiction, Irish Language, Novel, Translation

Scríbhneoir agus aistritheoir is ea Antain Mac Lochlainn. Ar na saothair is déanaí leis, tá Éanna Corr (úrscéal do dhéagóirí)…

Cauvery Madhavan

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Irish Writing, Novel, West Cork

Born in India, Cauvery Madhavan moved to Ireland 38 years ago and has been in love with the country ever…

Annie Mar

Cork, Illustrator, Irish Writing, Professional Development, Zine

Annie Mar is a Cork-based visual artist with a focus on animation, painting and drawing. As a person of Scottish-Catalan…

Katherine May

Memoir, Nature, Non-Fiction

Katherine May is an internationally renowned writer, podcaster and speaker whose work touches on nature, spirituality, slow living and neurodivergence….