We read because we want to experience lives and emotions beyond our own, to learn, to see with others' eyes.
The 32 is a collection of memoir and essays in celebration of the working class, from thirty-two established and emerging Irish voices including Kevin Barry, Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle, Lisa McInerney, Lyra McKee and many more.
Too often, working-class writers find that the hurdles they come up against are higher and harder to leap over than those faced by writers from more affluent backgrounds. The 32 sees writers who have made that leap reach back to give a helping hand to those coming up behind.
Without these working-class voices, without the vital reflection of real lives, or role models for working-class readers and writers, literature will be poorer. We will all be poorer. Contributors include


Claire Allan
Kevin Barry
Dermot Bolger
Kate Burns
June Caldwell
Martin Doyle
Roddy Doyle
Paul Dunne
Trudie Gorman
Marc Gregg
Angela Higgins
Jason Hynes
Riley Johnston
Erin Lindsay
Dave Lordan
Alison Martin
Rosaleen McDonagh
Linda McGrory
Lisa McInerney
Lyra McKee
Danielle McLaughlin
Eoin McNamee
Maurice Neill
Michael Nolan
Abby Oliveira
Stephen O'Reilly
Rick O'Shea
Dr Michael Pierse
Lynn Ruane
Theresa Ryder
Jim Ward
Elaine Cawley Weintraub