Sunday Creators & Guests

Stella O'Malley is a psychotherapist, best-selling author, and public speaker.

Paul Caruana Galizia is an editor and reporter.

Roddy Doyle is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of 11 novels, 8 children's books, 7 plays and screenplays, and many short stories.Several of Doyle's books have been made into films, beginning with "The Commitments" in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect.Doyle received the Booker Prize for his 1993 novel "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha."

Catherine Corless is a historian.

Richard Coles is a musician, journalist, Church of England parish priest, former Communard, co-presenter of Saturday Live, and Chancellor of the University of Northampton.

Dolly Alderton is a journalist, writer, and author. She hosts the show Love Stories.

Fintan O'Toole is a columnist, literary editor, writer, journalist, drama critic for The Irish Times, and author of the book, The Politics of Pain.

Frank McDonald is an author, journalist, environmentalist, and former environmental editor at The Irish Times.

Dame Jacqueline Wilson is a novelist.

Mark Condren is a photographer and videographer.

Colm O'Regan is a standup comedian, author, broadcaster, and voiceover artist.

Eimear Ryan is a writer, publisher, founding editors of Banshee Press, and freelance journalist.

Eavan Aisling Boland was a poet, author, and professor. Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history.Boland taught at the School of Irish Studies in Dublin. Then she became a tenured Professor of English at Stanford University, where she was also Director of the Creative Writing program.Boland's first book of poetry, "New Territory,” was published in 1967. She published more than 20 books of poetry, as well as books of nonfiction. She edited several collections of poetry. She received the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry and an American Ireland Fund Literary Award.Boland died on 27 April 2020.

Adam Cohen is a musician and singer-songwriter.

Lara Marlowe is a journalist and author.

Daisy Buchanan is an author, journalist, feminist, and host of the You're Booked podcast.

Colm Tóibín is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and poet.

Siobhan McSweeney is an Irish actress.

Una O'Hagan is an author and journalist.