Winter 2020 Featured Member: Illustrator Gerry Daly^M

-Posted on: February 11, 2020


Interviewed by Regional Advisor, Colleen Jones

Illustrator Gerry Daly is originally from County Wicklow but lives in Dublin by the sea. An inspiring landscape!

Gerry Daly

Photo: Gerry Daly by Girts Bralis

I was delighted to learn more about Gerry and his …



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Midlands Winter Social Event (November 2019)^M

-Posted on: November 24, 2019


Written by volunteer social liaison Eileen Moynihan

The SCBWI Ireland – Midlands Winter social was held on Saturday, November 9th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Ardagh Heritage and Creativity Centre, Ardagh, County Longford. We had a …



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Author Tyas Widjati Visits Ireland from Indonesia^M

-Posted on: November 13, 2019


By Ciara Winkelmann, SCBWI Ireland Illustrator Coordinator

On October 20th, 2019, despite a twisted ankle, Tyas Widjati made the journey out to the INK Café at the dlr Lexicon in Dun Laoghaire on a sunny autumnal morning. Tyas brought with …



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Midlands Autumn Social Event (September 2019)^M

-Posted on: September 29, 2019


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Written by Eileen Moynihan

The SCBWI Ireland Midlands autumn social was held on Saturday September 14th in Ardagh Heritage and Creativity Centre, Ardagh, Co. Longford between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. This session was a continuation of a previous meetup …



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Summer 2019 Featured Member: Writer Morna Sullivan^M

-Posted on: September 15, 2019


Written by Colleen Jones, Regional Advisor

Morna Sullivan has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Queen’s University in Belfast. She joined the SCBWI in 2018 and is an active member of SCBWI Ireland in Belfast, and regularly attends the …



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Midlands Summer Social Event (July 2019)^M

-Posted on: August 11, 2019


Written by Eileen Moynihan

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On Saturday July 20th, 2019, the SCBWI Ireland Midlands summer social event took place in the Ardagh Heritage and Creativity Centre in Ardagh, County Longford.

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Photo: (Left to right) Dan Flynn, Ann Gerety-Smyth, Eddy



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Belfast social celebrations (May 18, 2019)^M

-Posted on: June 9, 2019


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Written by Jill K. Wilson

Judging by the smiling faces in the photographs, I think I can safely say that the latest SCBWI Ireland North social, held in Belfast in the Waterstone’s Ground Café, was a resounding success. We’ve …



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Summer 2019 Feature Member: Writer Morna Sullivan^M

-Posted on: May 19, 2019


Summer 2019 Featured Member

Writer Morna Sullivan

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Read the interview here.



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Spring 2019 Featured Member: Illustrator Aga Grandowicz^M

-Posted on: May 19, 2019


Written by Colleen Jones, Regional Advisor

As a child, Aga Grandowicz always wanted to be a vet or an ichthyologist (a scientist who studies fish), but changed her plans one year before college and became an award-winning art director and



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SCBWI Midlands Spring Social – Stories and Critiques (April 2019)^M

-Posted on: May 13, 2019


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Written by Eileen Moynihan

Midlands social 27 April 2019

Photo (left to right): Ann Gerety-Smyth, Eileen Moynihan, Dan Flynn, Eddy Lane, Annette Corkery, Cara Martin

We held the SCBWI Midlands spring social event between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday April, 27th at the …



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