Cinders Zine

Tag: Writer

  • Enter the Dragon – Interview with Samantha Shannon

    Enter the Dragon – Interview with Samantha Shannon

    There was never a single eureka moment for this book, as there was with The Bone Season – it was a few different ideas coming together over twenty years. I can trace the thread of inspiration right the way back to my fifth birthday, when I first saw Dragonheart. That film sparked a lifelong love…

  • Double Exposure – An Interview with Adrianne Finlay

    Double Exposure – An Interview with Adrianne Finlay

    People have dreams of reaching the moon, defeating death, achieving perfection. Those are the dreams that fuelled the community of Adrianne Finlay’s Your One & Only and led to the society of clones that now populates it. We spoke to Adrianne about her writing process, her clone society and her favourite science fiction. Have you…

  • 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!

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Double, Double Write Some Trouble – an interview with Erica McGann

    First published in Cinders Volume One Issue two Erika McGann is a young writer from Drogheda, now living in Dublin.  Erika has written four books in her Demon Notebook series and is just about to release the first book in her mystery series for children: Cass and the Bubble Street Gang. The Demon Notebook series…