Terry McDonagh

Terry McDonagh’s literary life began to find expression in Hamburg in the early nineties when he came into contact with Olaf Hille Verlag. Prior to that it was a patchwork of unfinished and occasionally published poems. He has worked with students at Bonn International School on three separate occasions. Each time he has entertained them, engaged them emotionally, challenged their notions of literature and steered them towards clarity in their writing, inspiring them to create their own work and enjoy the process.

McDonagh is an original and exciting voice in children’s poetry. In vibrant verse, he performs stories that plunge us into amusing, absurd and vulnerable aspects of the lives of young people.