Ali, M Maazah

Maazah M Ali enjoys exploring human relationships and characters through her stories. She has been part of several writers' workshops and critique groups and is currently working for a small literary journal along with her other work commitments. She has completed her Masters in Psychology from the University of Nottingham.

Anastasiadou, Mileva

Mileva Anastasiadou is a neurologist, living and working in Athens, Greece. Her work can be found in a number of publications, including Ofi Press magazine, Infective Ink, the Molotov Cocktail, Foliate Oak, HFC journal, Down in the Dirt, Minus Paper, Massacre, Pendora, Maudlin House, Menacing Hedge, Scarlet Leaf Review, and Nebula Rift.

https://www.facebook.com/milevaanastasiadou/

Balkema, Alan

Alan Balkema spent the first three years of his retirement in Dublin., where he developed a writing routine. His monologue, Let Me Share, took the best actor (Kate Hughes) and best director (Paula Dempsey) awards at the Claremorris Fringe Festival, 2015. He’s had stories published in Flash Fiction World and Brilliant Flash Fiction. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and is working on Lightning Rod, a family saga set in the flat part of Indiana.

http://alanbalkema.blogspot.ie/

Cath, Barton

Cath Barton is an English writer who lives in Wales. Winner, New Welsh Writing Awards AmeriCymru Prize for the Novella 2017 and 2nd place in the Dorset Fiction Award, October 2017. Her stories have also been published a number of other publications, including in The Lonely Crowd, Fictive Dream and Spelk . Regular contributor to Wales Arts Review.

https://cathbarton.com/ Tweets @CathBarton1

Boukouvala, Vivian

Vivian Boukouvala is from Greece. She describes herself as “a maths geek turned art lover”. She enjoys reading and writing, and “foolishly believes that love can still change the world”.

Brien, Jessica

Jessica Brien is an eighteen-year-old writer from Dublin, who started writing a just eight years of age. She writes short stories, novels and monologues, and has studied creative writing along with cultural studies. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts Degree.

Cashell, Maurice

Maurice Cashell has lived and worked in France, Switzerland and Belgium as well as Ireland. A regular contributor to RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany, he has been involved with writing groups in the People’s College and the Irish Writers Centre, including the Sapphire Group. He has published short stories, travel features in addition to books and articles on Irish labour law and industrial relations.

Clare, Jane

Jane Clare is an emerging writer; her short stories have been published in a number of anthologies. Her website is www.janeclarewriter.wordpress.com

Clinton, Barbara

Barbara Clinton writes short stories. She is the owner, manager and editor of www.idler.ie and Idler Online Publishing. Her back ground is in national newspapers as a reporter and production editor. She delivers creative writing workshops. She lives in Dublin.

Clinton, David

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Conlon, Catherine

Foley, Catherine

Catherine Foley is a writer and broadcaster. She is a former staff journalist with The Irish Times, and a regular contributor to Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1 . She has scripted, presented and co-produced twelve documentaries for the Irish-language broadcasting station, TG4. She has had three Irish-language novellas published. Her work, Secret Letter Writers, was included in the short story collection, Irish Girls are Back in Town, in 2004. She’s been published in The Stinging Fly, U Magazine, An Linn Bhuí, Southword Journal and New Hibernian Review. She was writer-in-residence at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, in November 2006 and writer-in-residence in Scoil San Nioclás in Ring, Co Waterford, in 2003.

Gilligan, Shauna

Shauna Gilligan lives in Kildare with her family and a black and white cat called Lucky. She writes short and long fiction and is interested in the depiction of historical events in fiction, and creative processes. Her novel Happiness Comes from Nowhere was described by the Sunday Independent as "enjoyable and refreshingly challenging". Follow Shauna on twitter @shaunagilligan1 or connect with her via her website www.shaunaswriting.com

Griffin, Jenny

Jenny Griffin is originally from Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, and is now living in New York.

Jennings, Marian

Marian Jennings is a learning disability nurse. Her experience working with people with complex disabilities and people with acquired brain injury has given her a keen interest in how in process, retain and break down language. Her stories are frequently inspired by her mother’s tales of growing up in County Mayo in Ireland. She is proud to be second-generation London Irish, and has a deep love of the Wild Atlantic Way.

Judge, John

John Judge is from Finglas in Dublin. He started writing poetry two years ago. Now in his 80th year, he left school at 14 and went to work as an apprentice electrician, a trade he has worked in throughout his career. He is married to Dolores for 55 years and they have four daughters and two sons. John returned to education three years ago to study English and creative writing. This year he is studying philosophy. He is involved with the Finglas Tidy Towns group, as well as a singing group and a local men's club. He enjoys reading and singing . He is in good health and enjoys life.