Hi, I'm Neeva. I'm 17, and I love music and the arts. I'm currently interested in roller skating and would love to join a roller Derby team. Additionally, I enjoy playing the bass and learning new songs. My hope for the future is to pursue a career in event management or work on the production side of music events. I'm primarily an actor, having performed around the country, Waterford, Cork, Belfast, and I am also familiar with film. I have directed a multi-award winning film, receiving laurels for best youth film and best group with the Fresh Film Festival among others. 

I am a filmmaker and creative from Co. Waterford. I chose to specialise in audio and editing, so that I can use my attention to detail to ensure that the films I work on can reach their full artistic potential. As Vice-Chair of Waterford Comhairle na nÓg, I am inspired by the issues affecting young people, and how he can help solve them. I hope my work in the local community encourages me to be unique and spread creativity.

I am a 17 years old.  I’ve always loved storytelling and have an overactive imagination. I’ve been a part of Waterford Youth Arts for a couple of years. I love the community, it’s so supportive and kind.

I’m in charge of The Lit Book Nook Book Club in Dubray, and I am so excited for my third year on The Lit Committee. Hopefully we will meet and befriend loads of young book nerds!

I love literature, the arts, performing and working with people. I love to act and have been in many plays. I also love sport and play rugby for Munster. I want to continue to play and hopefully get on the Irish team. I'd like to go to a nice college and have a nice family and a good job.

I’m 14 years old, I enjoy writing stories, playing guitar, and making short films.

I’m the patrol leader of my scout group, and I’ve won seven trophies in two years.

I spend most of my time reading or going out with my friends. 

I am a musician, actor and am incredibly involved in the arts. I am passionate about film, design and acting and of course literature. I have travelled the country with my band Ruin(ed) and with plays I've done with Waterford Youth Arts.

My name is Clara and I am a sixteen-year-old aspiring writer and film-maker. I am an imaginative and creative individual with many hobbies in the arts. I am a member of Waterford Youth Arts, Faronshoneen Youth Centre and Waterford Comhairle na nÓg. Reading and writing stories are some of my main interests. I primarily write film scripts, but I also hope to work on short stories and books. I've written multiple short film scripts and directed two short films. I am also an amateur crocheter, and I enjoy embroidery and sewing on occasion. Art and drawing are also fun, but I'm very out of practice. I enjoy reading books in my free time, particularly fantasy and fiction. Anything with cats or dragons is also a shoo-in.

I am a seventeen year old award winning producer/singer/songwriter from Waterford city centre. Growing up as a sensitive kid, I write about issues close to my heart like the struggles of being neurodiverse. When I'm not playing with mu two cats and three dogs, I am busy being a youth ambassador with Laochas WSP. Through volunteering I have made impacts and connections throughout Ireland. I find myself in many creative settings largely due to my involvement with Waterford Youth Arts. I use my voice to show people a more inclusive and kind way of life, which is very important to me as a teenager living with a chronic illness. For the last year and a half, I have been a part of The Lit with Waterford Youth Arts, hoping to make literature and the arts more accessible.

I have been involved with books and literature since I was as young as 2 or 3, when my dad would read to me almost every night. Nowadays, you’d be lucky to find me without a book in hand. I've been involved in the arts for the last couple of years with Waterford Centre of Music, and spend the majority of my time with my cat, 4 chickens, or simply reading or writing. In school, I sit as the chairperson of the Irish Committee, and I enjoy coming up with new ideas and ways to improve anything to do with the native language. But most of all, I love reading, writing and using words on a page to express myself in ways other things can’t. I've not been in The Lit that long, but I hope that everyone, whether working behind the scenes, or visiting on the day, will grow to love and admire literature in ways I, and many others do.

I am a young, inspiring neurodivergent filmmaker actor and writer. I have worked on multiple movies and short films and directed and acted in them at WYA where I work in the film club, drama club and creative writing. I've also performed in multiple street performances on St Patrick‘s Day and Spraoi parade where he was performing with a group from Belfast as part of the Shared Island project. My films have been selected and screened at film festivals nationally. 

Hi! I’m Sadhbh. I love gothic literature and classics. I have an interest in alternative fashion, makeup, subcultures and most of all music! I’m excited to be part of The Lit team this year.

Hi I'm a young creative and Gaelgeoir from Waterford with a love for literature and the performing arts. I have performed in several WYA productions and was assistant stage manager for Saba's Swim, which was a part of National Connections 2025 in Belfast. Most recently, I have taken part in a Shared Island programme between Circuful in Belfast and WYA, and performed in Stories Sketched in Glass.

I also help out in the costume room at Waterford Spraoi.

I am a young person from Waterford who enjoys the arts and all that comes with it. I got into the arts through drama and acting but loves almost, if not every aspect of the arts.

I am very interested in the arts and culture in Waterford. I've been acting since a young age and hope to continue in the future. I am interested in the Lit Festival due to my interest in reading, and would love to introduce others to it.

I’ve been with WYA for 9 years and have been wiring and acting since I was a kid, I love being creative, and it’s my passion.