About

Representing Dublin, Ireland as UNESCO City of Literature Virtual Writer in Residence at the National Centre for Writing, Norwich, UK 2021. Sharing writers’ worlds, a collaboration of UNESCO Cities of Literature in Ireland, England, Iceland, Scotland, New Zealand, and Poland. See Imagining the City

Irish author Lynn Buckle attended school near Bristol before studying at Warwick University, Camberwell School of Art, and NUI Maynooth in Co Kildare. She has lived in Ireland for over thirty years, teaching, painting, writing, and campaigning for social justice. A tutor at The Irish Writers’ Centre, Dublin, she delivers a variety of courses and talks on Greek mythology, art, art history, contemporary literature, domestic violence, nature and climate writing, and the art of protest writing. Recent work examines the intersections of gender, power, and place through the lens of her own disability perspective and eco concerns. She has been described as ‘a fierce and fearless new voice in Irish writing’ (June Caldwell) for her frank social observations and psychological insights.

PUBLICATIONS

What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle, Epoque Press, May 2021

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‘A deeply affecting love song to the bogs. A powerful moving book, as much poetry as prose … soak up its rich waters and you will never look at the world, or deafness, in the same way again,’ Irish Independent

Sharing stories of myths, legends and ancient bogs, a deaf child and her grandmother experiment with the lyrical beauty of sign language. Learning to communicate through their shared love of trees, they find solace in the shapes and susurrations of leaves in the wind. A poignant tale of family bonding and the quiet acceptance of change. Listen to a reading here, with subtitles