Head over to Retreat West site for a chance to win a free place on a writing retreat June 17th to 21st. I’ll be teaching for the weekend alongside other tutors.
It’s a beauty
This is the amazing location on Chesil Beach, also home to the stunning cliffs pictured above. Check out the competition and hopefully see you there.
Deadline April 10th.
‘Un bon garçon’ gets first reviews in France. Here’s one in Terrafemina. I think they liked it.
“Un bon garçon” de Paul McVeigh : le roman rafraîchissant de ce printemps
There’s an interview with me over on The Bath Short Story Award site.
It’s a slightly updated version of an interview we did last year. We talk about short stories – titles, beginnings, and endings. I hope you like it.
You might consider entering this year’s competition yourself.
Happy St Patrick’s Day! I hope you have a good one. I’ll be spending tonight celebrating at the sold out City Reads event – it’s going to be fun.
If you fancy hearing an Irish accent on St Patrick’s Day…
I spent the afternoon on the ‘What’s The Craic’ show on Radio Reverb. It was a great chat about the process of writing The Good Son and the issues in the novel.
I also chose a couple of songs. I hope you like it.
Book Giveaway For The House That Made Me: Writers Reflect on the Places and People That Defined Them
In the US? Head over to Goodreads and you could win a copy of this book filled with essays from authors around the world – including me.
Giveaway ends in:20 days and 19:55:47
Availability:10 copies available, 175 people requesting
Giveaway dates:Feb 23 – Apr 05, 2016
Countries available:US
I really enjoyed talking about The Good Son and City Reads on Latest TV.
The Word Factory round-up of submission opportunities to journals and competitions, articles on writing and writing news is here. Taken from my blog, this monthly list is all you need to plan your attack on the publishing world.
Click and – Get Writing! Get Submitting! Get Published!
It’s World Book Day. City Reads launches tonight at Waterstones Brighton. With two festival events sold out already check out the rest before they sell out too!
In three weeks the Editions Philippe Rey release the French version of The Good Son, titled Un bon garçon. The publisher has a wonderful collection of authors including Peter Ackroyd, the lovely Kerry Hudson I read with recently and National Book Award-winner Joyce Carol Oates.
Here’s the cover… I hope you like it.
Hello there lovely friends. I know it can be a hassle being asked to do these things but if you liked The Good Son, and you have the time, it would be rather fab if you voted for it in The People’s Book Prize.
I will love you.
Paul McVeigh 