Marita Conlon-McKenna

Bestselling Irish children's and adult fiction writer

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Latest News

  • The Picasso Exhibition in The National Gallery  
  • Greystones Whale Theatre ‘Legends of Children’s Writing’  
  •                 Children’s Book Festival Galway
  • Wild, Windy and Wet in Cork!
  • Words by Water Festival in Kinsale
  •  ‘Children of the Famine’ is Number One, top of Ireland’s Children’s Best Selling book list.   
  • Kenny’s Bookshop in Galway for the launch of a Special limited edition of ‘Children of the Famine’
  •                     Happy World Book Day!
  •                  Ireland Reads
  • Discover Irish Kids Books for Christmas
  • A VISIT TO BALLYMUN BOOK CLUB
  • Celebrating 50 Years of O’Brien Press

How to contact Marita -


For children's books:

The O'Brien Press -

Ireland

For women's fiction:

Transworld


For rights:

Caroline Sheldon

Literary Agency

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Marita Conlon-McKenna.

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