Books are my business: Little Island Books publisher Matthew Parkinson-Bennett

'I came on board with Little Island part-time, initially around 2017. Then my mother was looking to step back, and I took over at that point'

When Matthew Parkinson-Bennett got a job in publishing, despite a warning from his mother, he  had to call her up and say 'you’ll never guess what I’ve done'.

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett is publisher at Little Island Books, which was founded in 2010 by his mother, Siobhán Parkinson, Ireland’s first Laureate na nÓg.

He is based in Rathmines, Dublin.