Cinders Zine

Tag: writing

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

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

August 23, 2017
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…

July 12, 2017