Margaret O’Brien is Ireland editor of the US based international literary journal, Trasna. Her writing has been published by Arlen House, Southword, RTE/O’Brien Press, Flash Frontier, The Pickled Body, Hinterland, Beir Bua and The Irish Times, among others. Since 2017 she has co-produced numerous cross-disciplinary arts projects in partnership with The Tudor Artisan
Margaret O’Brien is Ireland editor of the US based international literary journal, Trasna. Her writing has been published by Arlen House, Southword, RTE/O’Brien Press, Flash Frontier, The Pickled Body, Hinterland, Beir Bua and The Irish Times, among others. Since 2017 she has co-produced numerous cross-disciplinary arts projects in partnership with The Tudor Artisan Hub arts collective, based in Carrick-on-Suir. Her recently published book, Weather Report: a 90-day journal for reflection and well-being is available in independent bookshops and online. Linked to the approach in the journal are her regular posts, ‘Weather Report: On Beauty’, on the Substack platform.
Margaret formerly lectured in English and Creative Writing at Waterford Institute of Technology, now SETU. She is an affiliate of Amherst Writers & Artists, based on the principle that ‘writing as an art form belongs to everyone’, and she has curated the annual Brewery Lane Writers’ W/E and the monthly open mic, Poetry Plus, in Brewery Lane Theatre, Carrick-on-Suir for more than a decade. She also runs her own workshops, Writing Changes Lives, both in person and online. Margaret co-founded The Story House Ireland (2014 – 2018) with the aim of having taught residential writing courses accessible to a wide range of participants. www.margaretaobrien.com
