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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…

October 3, 2017
Feminism Forwards – An interview with Rosita Sweetman

First published in Cinders issue three We had the pleasure of speaking with author, writer and feminist Rosita Sweetman. Author of Father’s Come First – which we reviewed in issue two of Cinders – Rosita gave us her impression of feminism today, how it has changed since Ireland of the 70s. What with the strides…

September 26, 2017
Teenage Dreams – An Interview with Claire Hennessy

First published in Cinders Issue Three Claire Hennessy has been a published writer since she was twelve. Since the release of her first book Dear Diary, she has been at the forefront of Irish teen literature. Now as a children’s book editor and author she has even more feathers in her very large cap! Meabh…

September 19, 2017
Unusual Beauties and their Beasts continued

First published in Cinders issue three What with the new adaptation of Beauty and the Beast hitting our screens earlier in the year it got us here in Cinders thinking about some of our favourite unconventional interpretations of the classic fairytale. Méabh McDonnell looks at the ways the tale as old as time can be interpreted.

September 12, 2017
Beauties and their Beasts

First published in Cinders issue three What with the new adaptation of Beauty and the Beast hitting our screens earlier in the year it got us here in Cinders thinking about some of our favourite unconventional interpretations of the classic fairytale. Méabh McDonnell looks at the ways the tale as old as time can be interpreted.…

September 5, 2017
Write what you need – An interview with Meg Grehan

First Published in Cinders Issue Four Last issue we had the pleasure of reviewing Meg Grehan’s gorgeous verse novel, The Space Between. This month editor Méabh McDonnell was delighted to talk to Meg about her writing inspiration, mental health and poetry. 1.What was the inspiration for The Space Between? It wasn’t inspiration so much as…

August 31, 2017
Hermione herself

First published in Cinders magazine issue four When I was ten years old I reluctantly began to read Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. I say reluctant because when I was seven I had the unfortunate experience of hearing the second last chapter of the book, completely out of context. It gave me a very…

August 27, 2017
Recommended Reads: Lauren Nicolle Taylor, Moira Fowley Doyle, Renée Ahdieh

Here are what Cinders magazine’s writers are reading this month!

August 23, 2017
Book Review Corner: Like Other Girls by Claire Hennessy

First published in Volume One: Issue Four Like other Girls is an important book. And it’s an honest book. In short it’s a book that every Irish girl needs to read. It tells the story of bisexual teen Lauren, who finds herself up against a wall when she discovers she’s pregnant and definitely does not…

July 31, 2017
16 things I wish to tell my 16 year old self

First published in issue one of Cinders magazine I wrote this piece on my 26th birthday, thinking about all of the things I would tell my 16 year old self if I could. I then performed the piece at the Cinders magazine official launch on December 16, 2016. You can view my performance here, kindly…

July 26, 2017