Paul McVeigh Writer
@paul_mc_veigh
‘I Hear You’ short stories on @BBCRadio4 out with @saltpublishing March '25. ‘The Good Son' winner of @PolariPrize. 'Big Man' winner Irish Times Theatre Award.
My debut collection of short stories that have been on @BBCRadio4 collected as ‘I hear You’ out with the brilliant @saltpublishing next March. Some of these written while funded by @ArtsCouncilNI and some thanks to @artscouncil_ie - thanks to @WordFactoryUK & @cathygalvin1 too
.@saltpublishing has announced I Hear You, a debut short story collection set in Belfast by @paul_mc_veigh bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)
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Had wonderful time in #Bantry - 3 days of really talented poetry workshop reading with & meeting Tom McCarthy introduced by Cork poet John Fitzgerald hearing/hanging out w brilliant fiction writers @paul_mc_veigh and @WednesdayErskin meeting lovely audiences Thx @wcorklitfest
6.30pm today: We're really looking forward to this event with masters of poetry, Thomas McCarthy and Ruth Padel. Thomas and Ruth will read from their latest collections Plenitude and Girl and will be introduced by fellow poet John Fitzgerald westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/th…
I had a wonderful time in Bantry this year teaching my very talented class and my event with Ross Raisin where Bantry Library was packed to the doors! I also saw excellent events and had great fun with my festival buddy @ruthpadel - thx @wcorklitfest
After a fantastically interesting event in #BantryLibrary, @wcorklitfest, I took @paul_mc_veigh's short story collection to keep me company at dinner. I'm already engrossed in these humorous, touching, sharp, very real stories. Such a wonderful festival programme this year.
Really loving being in Bantry - come see me and Ross Raisin tomorrow, Thursday 17th, Bantry Library, for @wcorklitfest. We will be in conversation with Sasha de Buyl all about the short story and writing for @BBCRadio4 westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/pa…
Congratulations to Eilis Ni Dhuibhne on being made the new @LaureateFiction taking over from author Colm Tóibín. What a wonderful choice! irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
Looking for financial assisstance for writing support? We have bursaries available for our upcoming Self-Editing courses, Amplify programme, and Edit Academy (with @Writers_Artists)! Find out more about how to apply for 50% & 100% #bursaries below: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/whats-on/
It was so bright this morning at 4am I had to go out and have a look. Check out the MOON in Sun’s clothing.
Our next @Bruneluni publishing webinar is Thurs 10th - Submitting your Work to Literary Journals with Lisa McInerney from @stingingfly, @_josiemitchell from @GrantaMag and Jamie Cameron from @TheLondonMag - please register here to join us: eventbrite.com/e/submitting-t…
Happy publication week to the U.S. edition of my novel Curandera.@softskull With endorsement from the mighty Blitz Bazawule, director of The Color Purple film @BlitzAmbassador & more. It explores shamanism, female desire & transformation over dimensions. bit.ly/40vLkhp
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The train is ready to leave! Join @SophieHaydock for her brilliant AS Byatt focussed Word Factory online masterclass on Wednesday July 16th. Hosted by @cathygalvin1 tinyurl.com/yn59tksr
Great speaking with @BelTel about my novel, Detachment.
A Derry man who has written a novel set on the eve of a referendum on Irish unification, with family at the heart of it, believes that when the day comes to cast a vote, “we should all keep in mind our shared history”. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…
Talking Charlotte Bronte with @reetacbbc (right) and Helen Meller of #thebrontesociety @BradfordLitFest @BronteParsonage @LilliputPress
Lovely time reading at @polarisalon at @BradfordLitFest with @PaulBurston & @VGLee3 and more and lovely seeing @DevlinMartina who came to support and is doing an event today on her new novel on Charlotte Brontë - check it out
Moved by poignant, funny, sad #LGBTQ+ storytelling @polarisalon @BradfordLitFest @WallersBrewery from@paul_mc_veigh and @vg8083 were rock n roll @paulburston1 MC’d
Sunday lunchtime in #Bradford. Come and join @reetacbbc and me #Brontes #books #writers
There's still time to book tickets for @reetacbbc and @DevlinMartina for a compelling discussion on the lasting legacy of Charlotte Brontë. 📅 - Sunday 6 July Book your tickets here: 🔗 bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/finding-… #Bronte #CharlotteBronte #JaneEyre #Brontes
Looking forward to sharing the stage with Ross Raisin at @wcorklitfest July 17th talking all things short story.
Ross Raisin won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2024 for his story Ghost Kitchen and he'll chatting about it in a #FreeEvent alongside @paul_mc_veigh at WCLF Thursday 17 July #BantryLibrary. You can listen to Ross' award-winning story on @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
If you are submitting to literary agents, or would like to understand more what they do/how it all works, join us Tuesday 8th for the next free @Bruneluni publishing webinar, Meet the Agents with @rcwlitagency @PFDAgents and @MMLitAgency. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-age…