Cinders Zine

Author: Méabh McDonnell

  • Tells a thousand words – Interview with Karen Vaughan

    Fairytales are a central part of our culture, from when we are very young they are some of the first stories that we encounter. The illustrations that accompany them are also some of the first art that we see. The art that has accompanied those tales is distinctive and tells its own story. Karen Vaughen’s…

  • To the waters and the wild – Interview with Deirdre Sullivan

    Winner of the YA Book of the Year, Deirdre Sullivan, spoke with Cinders magazine about Tangleweed and Brine in October. Deirdre Sullivan is no stranger to the Irish YA literary scene what with her fabulous novel Needlework, and her Prim Improper series. Her new collection Tangleweed and Brine is something different, a set of feminist…

  • The lady behind the curtain – an interview with Ashley Clements

    Ashley Clements has had a career that has travelled back and forth from past to present to future, Charlotte Brontë to a modern day Lizzie Bennet. Five years on from her award-winning performance as Lizzie in the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Cinders caught up with Ashley about her memories of the show, her advice to actors…

  • Shooting Star – An Interview with Mary Kate Wiles

    What with her incredible resume, you’d be forgiven for thinking that actress, producer and web vlog host, Mary Kate Wiles, never sleeps. Since receiving acclaim as Lydia Bennet in the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Mary Kate has gone on to star in – and produce – content with the best of the best in web video.…

  • New year, new volume of Cinders

    New year, new volume of Cinders

    Get your free copy of Cinders magazine Volume two issue one out now!

  • Competition Giveaway! Win a copy of Owning It by Caroline Foran!

    Competition Giveaway! Win a copy of Owning It by Caroline Foran!

    We are delighted to announce that thanks to the wonderful Caroline Foran and the kind people at Hachette Books Ireland Cinders have four copies of Caroline Foran’s Owning It. We’ll be reviewing Owning It in our next issue of Cinders and would like to give you a chance to get your own copy. For those…

  • It’s a Witches World!

    It’s a Witches World!

    Happy Halloween to one and all! And for the day that’s in it, we’ve decided to publish our favourite witches article from volume one issue six! Halloween is our absolute favourite time of year in Cinders. We love the masks, the dressing up and the very scary stories. But the best thing might just be,…

  • Ballerina, Baker, Etsy Shop Maker?

    Ballerina, Baker, Etsy Shop Maker?

    Thinking about school and examinations, editor Méabh McDonnell looks back on her own years of exams, prospective careers and the ever present intimidation of internet geniuses. She has one piece of advice: don’t panic.

  • What we’re reading: Stephanie Garber, Sara Pascoe, Jane Austen, and Jo Baker

    What we’re reading: Stephanie Garber, Sara Pascoe, Jane Austen, and Jo Baker

    Caraval by Stephanie Garber Caraval is a book that has been all over my ‘recommended reads’ lists for months now. I finally picked up a copy to see what all of the hype was about. Billed as being similar to Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus Caraval tells the story of two sisters who are invited…

  • Queen takes Crown – Interview with Diana Mirza

    Queen takes Crown – Interview with Diana Mirza

    First published in Cinders issue four Sixteen year old Diana Mirza recently won the World Schools Under-17 Chess Championship.She is Ireland’s first ever world chess champion and has filled Cinders in on openings, tactics, non stop practice, and how it’s never too late to get into chess. When did you start playing chess?  I started…