Cinders Zine

Tag: writing

  • 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…

  • Finding Friendship – An Interview with Chloe Seager

    Finding Friendship – An Interview with Chloe Seager

    Friendship can be tough to navigate, especially online! That’s certainly something that Emma Nash can relate to. Emma is the main character in Chloe Seager’s new series. The second book in the series, Friendship Fails of Emma Nash is out soon and we got speaking to Chloe about friendship, the internet and empowering girls online!…

  • Unquiet Giant – interview with Emma Langford

    Unquiet Giant – interview with Emma Langford

    Limerick based singer-songwriter, Emma Langford is sweeping through the Irish music scene. With almost non-stop touring, she is one of the most uplifting artists gracing our stages right now. We spoke to Emma about her musical background, the pressures and joys of touring, anxiety and inspiration. How did you get into music initially? Did you…

  • Hear me Roar! Or, how I learned to deal with my anger at the world

    Hear me Roar! Or, how I learned to deal with my anger at the world

    This week we released a new issue of Cinders Magazine, our tenth publication if you can believe it! And in it I had some very strong opinions about today’s society and how I deal with my anger at it. ‘I am woman hear me roar’ is an anthem, both literally and metaphorically. It originally comes…

  • Coping with the future – an interview with Stefanie Preissner

    Coping with the future – an interview with Stefanie Preissner

    Stefanie Preissner is not a new name to the Irish writing scene, but is one that’s getting called all the more frequently. Through her work in theatre, her critcally acclaimed series, Can’t Cope Won’t Cope and her new book, Stefanie Preissner has gone from ‘one to watch’ to someone we’re all watching closely. We sat…

  • 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…

  • Faerie Queen – An Interview with Holly Black

    Faerie Queen – An Interview with Holly Black

    Over the last ten years, bestselling author Holly Black has rightly earned the title of ‘Faerie Queen’. She weaves a Faerie world that is dangerous and bloodthirsty, far from being a dream come true, these worlds are more like your darkest nightmares brought to life. Méabh McDonnell spoke to Holly about her experience writing her…

  • Bell, book and candle – interview with Moïra Fowley Doyle

    Magic, mysticism and mystery are at the core of Moïra Fowley-Doyle’s novels, The Accident Season and this year’s The Spellbook of the Lost and Found. Set in rural Ireland they take normal girls and unravel the secrets of their past and defeat the demons of their present with spells, enchantment and dreams. We chatted to…

  • 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…