Dr. Mai Yamani was born in Cairo to an Iraqi mother and a Hijazi father. Her articles have appeared in newspapers around the world, and she frequently appears on CNN, Al Jazeera, and BBC World. Dr. Yamani is an established commentator on Muslim … Continue reading
Joe Rooney has been making people laugh for the last fifteen years from places as far flung as Atlanta to Edinburgh, from Oman to Oslo and from Belfast to Bristol and everywhere in between except for Longford. With observations about … Continue reading
Maryam Nemazee is a Chinese-born Iranian journalist. Based in London, she is an anchor for Bloomberg television. A former Al Jazeera anchor, she is an expert on the Middle East, and is fluent in Farsi. She has degrees in both … Continue reading
Paul Murray is the author of An Evening Of Long Goodbyes, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award in 2003 and is published by Penguin. Skippy Dies , his second novel, was longlisted for The Man Booker Prize … Continue reading
John Boyne’s first story, The Entertainments Jar, was shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award in Ireland. He has since published about 70 short stories. His 2006 novel, THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, was made into an award-winning film. The … Continue reading
Maeve Binchy is one of the world’s best-loved and most successful authors. Read all over the world and translated into 30 languages, worldwide sales of Maeve Binchy now exceed a staggering 40 million copies. All her most recent novels have … Continue reading
Patrick Holford is a nutritionist, author, and the founder and director of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. He is also director of the Brain Bio Centre, which specializes in a nutrition-based approach to mental health problems. He visits … Continue reading
Olivia O’Leary has presented television and radio programmes for the last three decades for BBC and ITV and for RTE. She does a weekly political column for RTE Radio I’s Drivetime and presents the ‘Between Ourselves’ discussion programme for BBC Radio 4.
Barry Murphy is an Irish comedian whose notable appearances include a starring role in Après Match. He was recognised as one of The 10 Kings Of Irish Comedy over the last twenty years by Hot Press Magazine. Murphy hosted the … Continue reading
Kevin Gildea is a comedian, writer, performer, actor, panelist, cultural commentator, play write, cosmonaut, matador and liar. Kevin has just won 3rd prize in the RTE Radio PJ O’Connor Play writing Competition making him the only human to ever win first (2008), … Continue reading
Conor Kostick was a designer for the world’s first live fantasy role-playing game. His first two books in The Avatar Chronicles Trilogy, entitled Epic and Saga, have received international acclaim, as have his other books for children, Move and The … Continue reading
Nicola Pierce is a writer based in Drogheda. She is the author of the children’s novel Spirit of the Titanic and the ghost writer for the 2006 memoir Mother from Hell and the forthcoming I was a Boy in Belsen … Continue reading
Judi Curtin is the best-selling author of the ‘Alice and Megan’ series: Alice Next Door, Alice Again, Don’t Ask Alice, Alice in the Middle, Bonjour Alice, Alice & Megan Forever, Alice to the Rescue and Alice & Megan’s Cookbook. She … Continue reading
Margaret E. Ward is a financial journalist, broadcaster and author. Margaret spent most of her print journalism career at The Irish Times and The Sunday Times where she demystified the worlds of high finance, business and money for readers. She … Continue reading
Eamon Morrissey has been working with the words of Brian O’Nolan (Flann O’Brien, Myles na gCopaleen) for over 35 years. In 1974 he first adapted and presented ‘The Brother’. Happily ‘The Brother’ is still going strong all these years later. Eamon also … Continue reading
Katie Donovan is a poet and a Dalkey resident of some 18 years. She teaches Creative Writing at IADT, and her most recent book is Rootling: New and Selected Poems, published in 2010 by Bloodaxe Books, UK.
Bernie Kenny has published four volumes of poetry: Poulnabrone, Progeny, Isle of Thorns and A Walk in Dalkey. The Shed Poets Society is a group of six women who meet each week in Dalkey in a terraced garden that overlooks … Continue reading
In this workshop, Mary Kingston, known from RTÉ Radio and Television, relays facts, photos and stories from her travels around the world. After a short reading, children can create their own” Fantastic Far Flung Facts For Fun’ books , using … Continue reading
Shay Linehan is a playwright and Director of Deilg Inis Theatre Company in Dalkey. His earlier plays have found audiences in more than ten countries, including South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has had four plays … Continue reading
Gillian Perdue lives in Dublin where she works as a writer, dance teacher, chauffeur of teenage children and dog-walker. Gillian ‘s first book ‘Adam’s Starling’ won the Eilis Dillon Memorial Award in 2001. Since then, she has written three books … Continue reading
Sarah Webb is the author of the Ask Amy Green books, which are all set in Dublin. She has also written nine adult novels, Emma the Penguin for early readers, and the Kids Can Cook series and has been shortlisted … Continue reading
Kevin Barry is the author of the novel, City Of Bohane, and the short story collection, There Are Little Kingdoms, which won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, the Granta Book of … Continue reading
Sarah Harte’s first book, The Better Half has just been published. It charts the fortunes of a property developer and his wife as the Celtic Tiger implodes. Born in Dublin but raised in Cork, Sarah now lives in Rathmines. She … Continue reading
Clodagh trained as a chef at Ballymaloe Cookery School and then worked there for 3 years as a chef . After an inspiring visit to the Midleton Farmers Market, she took a leap of faith, leaving the kitchen to set … Continue reading
Roddy Doyle is the author of nine novels, a collection of stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He has written five books for children and has contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker, … Continue reading
Tommy has the highest selling DVD sales in Ireland. ‘ Tommy is second only to U2 when it comes to live ticket sales in Ireland. The Bovinity Tour culminated in 3 sold out shows to a total audience of … Continue reading
Lia Mills writes novels, short stories and literary non-fiction. She has worked on several public art commissions. Her first novel, Another Alice (1996) was nominated for the Irish Times Irish fiction prize. Her second novel Nothing Simple (2005) was shortlisted … Continue reading
Conor McPherson was born in Dublin in 1971. He starting writing and directing while attending University College Dublin where he took a masters degree in Philosophy in 1993. His plays include Rum & Vodka, The Good Thief, This Lime Tree … Continue reading
Yvonne Cassidy was born in Dublin in 1974 and grew up in Dalkey. Her first novel, The Other Boy, was published in 2010. Yvonne also writes journalistic articles, short stories, television scripts and poetry. She recently spent three months in New York … Continue reading
Oliver James is a clinical psychologist, documentary maker and best selling author of Afffluenza and The Selfish Capitalist. He asks why so many people despite being rich and free from traditional restraints experience obsessive, envious tendencies that make them twice … Continue reading
Ian Robertson is a clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and founding director of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. He is author of Mind Sculpture, The Minds Eye ,Stay Sharp and several academic books on brain … Continue reading
Niamh Sharkey is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s picture books, including The Ravenous Beast and I’m A Happy Hugglewug. Her new picture book On the Road with Mavis and Marge (Walker Books) won the 2010 DAA Junior Book … Continue reading
Sinead was born and raised in Dublin and her childhood dream was to write a novel. It was at the age of thirty, while working as a journalist in London that she began to write creatively in her spare time … Continue reading
Des is arguably Ireland’s most well known and experienced sports broadcaster. He heads up RTE’s Drivetime Sport, the daily magazine sports show. He is a much sought after event host, conference facilitator and after dinner speaker.
Declan Kiberd is the author of Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern Nation, which was awarded the Irish Times Literature Prize and is one of the most influential works on Irish culture published in recent years. His Irish Classics, published … Continue reading
Martina Devlin is an author and newspaper columnist. Her most recent book, Banksters, a number one bestseller, was a non-fiction co-authored book about the Irish banking collapse. Her novels include Ship of Dreams, about the Titanic shipwreck and its aftermath – inspired … Continue reading
Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland’s best known historical writer. His first book, Ireland Since The Rising, published in 1966, was a pioneering work, the first history of the fifty years that followed the 1916 Rising. It gave a new generation an … Continue reading
Brian Keenan was born in Belfast. He has degrees in English and Anglo-Irish Literature. He became a lecturer at The American University of Beirut and was taken hostage in 1986. Four and half years later, following his release, he wrote … Continue reading
Gordon Snell has written many books for children and adults and is also well known as a scriptwriter. He lives in Dublin with his wife, best-selling author, Maeve Binchy. He is the author many well-loved children’s books including Amy’s Wonderful … Continue reading
John Waters was born in Castlerea, Co Roscommon, in 1955. Despite the best efforts of a number of local schools, he remained uneducated in any acceptable sense. He held a range of jobs after leaving school, including railway clerk, showband … Continue reading
Gary Jermyn, known affectionately as Dalkey’s poet laureate, will perform extracts from Flann O’Brien’s Dalkey Archive, officiate at the Midsummer Book Quiz and make us laugh with a performance of My Life as A Chat Show Host , described by … Continue reading
Born in Dublin in 1959, Dermot Bolger is one of Ireland’s best known writers. His ten novels include The Journey Home, The Woman’s Daughter, The Family on Paradise Pier and New Town Soul – his first book for young adults … Continue reading
Mark Little is the founder of Storyful.com, an online news service which will curate useful content from the noise of social media. For almost 20 years, he worked for RTE. He was the network’s first Washington correspondent and served as … Continue reading
From Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Declan Lynch began his writing career at the age of seventeen with Ireland’s rock ’n’ roll magazine Hot Press. He now writes for the Sunday Independent. He is the author of several books including Ireland on … Continue reading
A native of Dalkey, Declan Hughes is the author of the Ed Loy PI series: The Wrong Kind of Blood; The Colour of Blood; The Price of Blood/The Dying Breed and All The Dead Voices. His books have been nominated … Continue reading
Michael James Ford has been working in the Irish Theatre as an actor, writer and director since 1981. In recent years he has been particularly associated with The Gate Theatre where his appearances as an actor include The Old Curiosity … Continue reading
Poe’s chilling The Cask of Amontillado is being performed in the we-kid-you-not venue of St Begnet’s Graveyard.
David Mc Williams is an economist, broadcaster, bestselling author and columnist with Sunday Business Post and the Irish Independent. He writes online at DavidMcWilliams.ie.
Bruce Arnold is a writer and journalist. He has published twenty-three books and he works as the Chief Critic of the Irish Independent, writing about art, theatre, music and politics. He was born in London, educated in the Cotswolds and … Continue reading
