Dr. Al-Qadri is a renowned Islamic scholar based in Ireland and a leading Muslim cleric in Europe who promotes an inclusive and plural society. He is the Chairperson of the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council and the Chief Imam of the Islamic Centre of Ireland.

Turtle Bunbury is a historian who brings the past to life through podcasts, public exhibitions, social media, and books such as ‘The Irish Diaspora’, ‘Ireland’s Forgotten Past’ and the award-winning ‘Vanishing Ireland’ project. turtlebunbury.com

Sinéad Gleeson’s essay collection Constellations: Reflections from Life won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at 2019 Irish Book Awards and the Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer. It was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. She is the editor of The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers, The Glass Shore: … Read More

Zadie Smith was born in North-West London in 1975 and holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Cambridge. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has twice been listed as one of Granta’s 20 Best Young British Novelists. Her first novel, White Teeth, was the winner of The Whitbread First Novel Award, The … Read More

Nick Laird: Born in County Tyrone in 1975, Nick Laird is a poet, novelist, screenwriter and former lawyer. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Betty Trask Prize, the Somerset Maugham award, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and a Guggenheim fellowship. His most recent books are the poetry collection, Feel Free, the novel Modern Gods, and the … Read More

Lord David Puttnam is Chair of Atticus Education, an online education company founded in 2012 that delivers audio-visual seminars to students around the world. Until October 2021, he was a member of the House of Lords for 24 years, where he pursued an active role in a variety of areas, from educational and environmental issues to digital skills. Most recently, … Read More

Elaine Feeney is an acclaimed novelist and poet from the west of Ireland. Her debut novel, As You Were won the Kate O’Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. How to Build a Boat was a New Yorker Best Book of the Year. Her highly anticipated new novel Let Me Go Mad in My Own … Read More