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Author Interviews

  • Agent Interview: Ivan Mulcahy

    Agent Interview: Ivan Mulcahy

    If literary agent Ivan Mulcahy ever writes his life story, the opening chapters will read like an inspirational how-to guide for aspiring corporate high-flyers.   Read more

  • Sheila O’Flanagan – “I kept going because I believed in myself”

    Sheila O’Flanagan – “I kept going because I believed in myself”

    Today we’re honoured to be joined by one of Ireland’s most successful writers, the multi-million-copy bestselling author Sheila O’Flanagan. Sheila talks to us about agents, advances and becoming a fulltime author…   Read more

  • Joseph O’Connor

    Joseph O’Connor

    Today we’re honoured to be joined by one of Ireland’s most celebrated authors, Joseph O’Connor, whose powerful new literary thriller My Father’s House went straight to the top of the Irish bestseller’s list. Joseph talks to us about dealing with rejection, planning his novels, and being married to the greatest reader he knows…   Read more

  • Leonard and Hungry Paul author Ronan Hession

    Leonard and Hungry Paul author Ronan Hession

    We’re delighted to be joined today by the critically acclaimed Dublin author Ronan Hession who tells us about taking the indie press route to publication Read more

  • 5 Tips for Getting Your First Book Published

    5 Tips for Getting Your First Book Published

    By Caroline Madden “I received 47 rejections spread across a few years.” “I sent the book off to around a dozen publishers and a dozen agents. I got 14 rejections and the rest didn’t bother answering.” “It got rejected left, right and centre.” The first two quotes are from Booker Prize-nominated authors Donal Ryan (read… Read more

  • “When Little Bones came out, it was No 1 in the bestseller list for 4 weeks” – author Sam Blake

    “When Little Bones came out, it was No 1 in the bestseller list for 4 weeks” – author Sam Blake

    Today we’re lucky enough to be joined by bestselling author Sam Blake, aka literary legend Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin (founder of www.writing.ie), who tells us how a chance conversation with an agent led to a three-book deal Read more