Author Interviews

To celebrate her debut novel, When We Were Silent, Fiona McPhillips shares with us her top 5 contemporary Irish writers.

Forget Greek myth retellings - Arthurian legend retellings might be our new favourite thing, especially after reading Morgan is My Name.

"I'd always wanted to write about teenagers who look and sound like me"

"Every brain and every body is deserving of love exactly as it is."

Taran Matharu is back with his adult fantasy debut, Dragon Rider, and he is here to teach us all the subgenres of fantasy.

Sharada Keats chats why she prefers grey characters and how her background in economics helps the worldbuilding in These Stolen Lives.

"It’s been an honor to share my community and my culture with readers, and I think Canto Contigo is so specifically a celebration of that."

Mandy Robotham on why she decided to write a memoir of a fictional author (The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux).

We adore Simon James Green's books and we love Tom Daley so it's no surprise that we are excited to read their collab, Jack Splash.

"With the lack of control and feeling of helplessness and also the need for some fun escapism, something just clicked in my head, so I picked up these two story-idea threads and weaved them together."

"when I think back to the music of my childhood, a lot of it is country"

"It’s been so exciting to see more and more books come out with trans protagonists, and I am so proud to add to that much-needed wave."

"I do, however, continue to write fanfiction in some different fandoms these days, and I will never admit to anyone which fandoms or who I am!"

"Part of fear is the unknown, and so that’s a balance I consider a lot."

"I can’t begin to tell you how wonderful it was to write about characters who are the grownups."