Q&A with Brigid Swanick
The Man With Elastic Shoelaces
Q&A with Ken Foxe
Fiction editor Angela Thoma talked with writer Ken Foxe about his relationship to writing and how he crafted his story ‘Pill Pill.’ They also discussed his inspiration behind the piece, and found out more about his writing process.
Pill Pill
Over the Water
Q&A with M.R. Lehman Wiens
Q&A with Sharni Wilson
Sharni Wilson stunned us with her story "Only Crying" with its cerebral dialogue and evocative imagery. Mina EL Attar speaks with Wilson about motherhood: both in her piece and in her life.
Only Crying
Q&A with Tara Power
The writer of "My Dublin", Tara Power, has had a storied life after her extensive travelling all over the world. As well as her prose creation, she is an actor, and a lecturer in TU Dublin. There is no more authoritative voice better to discuss Dublin of past, present, and future. With Managing Editor, Emily Linehan they talk about the many inspirations for her piece, available to read now.
My Dublin
Q&A with Sophia Blush
We have an Oscar Wilde Centre student with us this week! We welcome her into our alumni arms! We had many questions; mostly about our former lecturers, but remained professional and decided to ask her questions about her recent story "The Same Trees". Ally Keegan explores Sophia Blush's writing style, as well as the idea behind her fresh characters.
The Same Trees
Q&A with Evan Manning
Manning's unique story "They Have the Same Nose" had many inspirations, including Nikolai Gogol and Kent Haruf, which makes for a fascinating tale about people's inner identities. Mina El Attar, our managing editor of non-fiction, probes further into the mystery of Manning's story, and discovers his unafraid approach to writing.
They Have the Same Nose
After a delicious prose piece from novelist and memoirist Antoinette Carone, Emily Linehan, Managing Editor, catches up with the writer to discuss her passion for food and travel, and how it bleeds into her work.
Remembering Parma
Like Trout to Flies
Q&A with Zoë Blaylock
Often the creation behind the work is longer than the work itself. Flash fiction is no different, especially for Zoë Blaylock. Learn more about the author behind the story "Like Trout to Flies" with Roisin Sheerin. Read until the end for Blaylock's very interesting philosophy on her much longer writing projects—a literary novel and a hybrid memoir.
Q&A with J.P. Relph
Off the back The Wild Umbrella's publication of the fiction piece "Trash Kitten", we were delighted to learn more about JP Relph's insight into her writing process. Our newly-crowned Managing Editor, Katie Moats, goes behind the scenes of how the titular short story was created, and the inspiration behind Relph's ideas.
