Áine Ní Ghlinn Author

Áine Ní Ghlinn is an award-winning bilingual lecturer, journalist, poet, playwright and children’s author. She has published over thirty books, including four poetry collections and numerous works for young readers. After early careers in secondary teaching and broadcasting with RTÉ and Raidió na Gaeltachta, she went on to lecture at Dublin City University before becoming a full-time writer. Her work has received multiple Oireachtas prizes, the Gradam Réics Carló award (twice), an IBBY award, and other major honors. She currently divides her time between writing, teaching at the Church of Ireland College of Education, and leading workshops in Irish-language schools. Áine was Laureate na nÓg (Irish Children’s Literature Laureate) from 2020 to 2023, the first to write exclusively in the Irish language.