Madeleine Keane is an editor, lecturer and award-winning travel journalist. She joined the Sunday Independent in 1988 and has been its Literary Editor for the last 18 years. She co-founded the Irish Book Awards and curated two writers’ festivals. In this interview, Madeleine Keane speaks to DBF’s Joyce Dignam about […]
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Doire Press is an award-winning publisher, based in Connemara. The press publishes poetry and literary fiction, including a number of incredible debut authors. Doire Press is owned and run by partners Lisa Frank and John Walsh and 2020 marks 10 years since the official launch of Doire Press. In this […]
The Lilliput Press was founded in 1984 by Antony Farrell in County Westmeath. Jonathan Swift spent his summers in a house nearby, and derived the name Lilliput from a local townland. The office was moved to its present locale in Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, in 1989. More than 600 titles […]
Ian Maleney is a writer based in Dublin. Born and raised in Co. Offaly, he works as a freelance arts journalist, primarily for the Irish Times, and as the online editor at the Stinging Fly. His essays have been published by Winter Papers, gorse, and the Dublin Review. He is the founder of Fallow Media, an […]
We sat down with Nicki Howard, Director of Gill Books, which is part of Gill, Ireland’s largest publisher and distributor in advance of our Writing for Children and Young Adults event. Gill’s origins date back to 1856 when M.H. Gill & Son, whose portfolio included printing and bookselling, was founded […]
We met Ciarán O’Rourke, the newly published poet with The Irish Pages Press, to discuss his selection process for his new collection, his inspiration, working with the Irish Press Pages and advice for aspiring poets. Be sure to watch the interview below!
John Fanning was born in Dublin in 1973. He is the director of La Muse, an artists and writers retreat in southern France. Ezekiel is his debut novel. You can read more about John and his work here: johnfanning.me John talks to us about his new book Ezekiel, his inspirations, the use of […]
David Park has written nine previous books including The Big Snow, Swallowing the Sun, The Truth Commissioner, The Light of Amsterdam, which was shortlisted for the 2014 International IMPAC Prize, and, most recently, The Poets’ Wives, which was selected as Belfast’s Choice for One City One Book 2014. He […]
Arnold Thomas Fanning’s short stories, articles, and essays have been published in The Dublin Review, Banshee, the Irish Times, the Sunday Business Post, Crazyhorse Magazine, The Phoenix Anthology of New Irish Writing, gorse, Longreads.com, and The Lonely Crowd, while a new essay is forthcoming in Paper Visual Art Journal. His […]
Declan Meade is the founding editor of The Stinging Fly. The magazine celebrates twenty years of publishing this year, and Declan will join us alongside current editor Sally Rooney and a host of contributors to mark the occasion at our opening night event, The Stinging Fly 20-Year Celebration. A commemorative short story collection, […]
Danielle McLaughlin previously worked in local government, and practised as a solicitor in the public, private and voluntary sectors, with a particular interest in Housing Law. She holds BCL and LLM degrees from UCC, and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 1996. Her stories have appeared in newspapers […]
Patrick McCabe was born in Clones, Co. Monaghan in 1955. He has published many novels, including The Dead School and The Butcher Boy. His movies include The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto, both directed by Neil Jordan. His novel Heartland, which he describes as an ʻoutlaw country songʼ, an […]