Gill Books

Arthur O’Dea is a Senior Producer with Off The Ball. He earned his PhD from Dublin City University in 2019 and this is his second book. He comes from Sligo, lives in Dublin and inherited a love of hurling from his Limerick-born father.

Artist, writer, naturalist and much-loved Irish TV presenter who has guided generations of Irish children into the joy of drawing.

Ivan Yates is an Irish broadcaster, businessman and former politician. He was elected as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála for the Wexford constituency at the 1981 general election and at each election until his retirement from politics in 2002.

Patrick 'Hoggie' Horgan. is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Glen Rovers and previously until 2025 at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a forward.

A retired music and English teacher who now shares her love of honest home cooking through the hugely popular Irish Mammy Cooks community. She lives in Monaghan with her husband Paddy and their three daughters.

Dagogo Hart is an award-winning poet, playwright, and performer using language to stretch the edges of what it means to be human.

Manchán Magan (1970–2025) was an Irish writer, broadcaster and documentary-maker whose work explored the Irish language, folklore and the natural world. He is best known for his bestselling nature-language books, including Thirty-Two Words for Field and Listen to the Land Speak.

Lucy Taylor is a marine biologist from County Kerry, passionate about nature education and conservation.

Gavan Reilly is an Irish journalist working for Newstalk and Virgin Media One. He previously worked at Today FM and TheJournal.ie.

Susan Bennett is a writer based in Co. Antrim. She has been longlisted for the Cambridge Short Story Prize and shortlisted for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio Ulster’s Thought for the Day.

Bestselling Irish children's author and scriptwriter, best known for the Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, three official Doctor Who stories, and his work as Writer-in-Residence for RTÉ's Kids Love Books podcast and at Dublin City University.

Gabriel Rosenstock was an Irish writer who worked chiefly in the Irish language. A member of Aosdána, he was a poet, playwright, haikuist, tankaist, essayist, and author-translator of over 180 books, mostly in Irish.

As a standup comedian, Colm has performed all over the world and has featured on RTÉ’s Late Late Show and on Comedy Central. He has written and presents the multi-award winning RTE 1 Radio show Colm O’Regan Wants A Word since 2016. He is also is the creator of the twitter phenomenon @irishmammies with over 200,000 followers.

Deirdre O’Neill created the Remnants of Our Past project, using social media to give a voice to our past ancestors, sharing their stories in Irish heritage, history, arts and crafts. She is married with three children, and this is her first book.

Dr Mary Ryan trained in Trinity College Dublin and obtained her MB BCH BAO in 1992. She then specialised in Endocrinology and General Medicine and she is also on the Specialist Registrar.

Kathi Burke, better known by her penname Fatti Burke, is an Irish Waterford-based non-fiction artist, illustrator and author.

John Burke is a retired primary school teacher and was Teaching Principal of Passage East National School from 1980 to 2009. He has taught all age groups during his career, but focused most of his teaching on the older classes. He lives in Waterford and has collaborated with his daughter Fatti on numerous books.

Harrison Gardner is an Australian eco-builder and sustainability designer based in the West of Ireland. Harrison is co-founder and executive director of Common Knowledge.

One of Ireland's most recognised personal trainers, best known from RTÉ's Operation Transformation. Karl holds a BSc in Sports Science from UCD and writes on fitness, wellness and healthy living for an Irish audience.

Barrie Quinn is the founder of Portnoo Market Garden, a small, chemical-free farm on the west coast of Donegal. After discovering his passion for growing food while working in Australia, Barrie returned home with his wife Yuka to start the garden—now known for its seasonal produce and strong community roots.