Writers Meet: Paul McVeigh and Fatma Cihan Akkartal.
If you’re in Istanbul tonight come along. The event made it into Cornucopia Magazine.
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Free Bookmarks & Brochures for City Reads
Free Bookmarks & Brochures for City Reads
I can’t wait get my hands on these. They’ll be given out free around Brighton, as of next week, until the end of May.
New George Saunders Short Story
Mother’s Day by George Saunders
A new short story by George Saunders is a big deal! Click the title above and read for free in The New Yorker.
You can read my interview with George Saunders here.
A Short TV Appearance About City Reads
A short piece on Latest TV about The Good Son being chosen for City Reads Brighton 2016.
Irish Newspapers Respond to City Reads Announcement
The Belfast Telegraph article and The Irish Times news report on The Good Son being chosen for the Brighton’s City Reads 2016.
Just 2 Places Left for Sat Feb 6
Just two places left for my class this Saturday Feb 6 in the beautiful Waterstones Piccadilly, London. Come to the biggest bookshop in Europe and learn about starting your novel off and getting those all important first killer chapters ready for submission to editors and agents. I’ll be joined by literary agent Carrie Kania who will be giving her tips too!
You can buy your tickets here.
The Good Son Chosen for Brighton’s City Reads
A few years ago I moved to Brighton. To get to know the city and throw myself back into writing I volunteered for a project called City Reads. The city-wide celebration of My Policeman by Bethan Roberts was so much fun. I gave out fliers, asked shops to put up posters, collected tickets on city walks and even acted in a play!
All those events were related to the book and I was struck by the inventiveness of City Reads and what an amazing job they did bringing the book to life.
Who would have thought that 4 years later it would be my book that would be chosen? You couldn’t write it. I’m overwhelmed. You can see the programme of events here. I can’t wait to get stuck in. There’s whiskey tasting, movie screenings, a quiz – and readings from me. That it will part of The Brighton Festival’s 50th anniversary is amazing.
Have a great day! I know I will.
New Round-Up for Writers – Get Published!
Get writing! Get published! Plan your attack on the literary world with this list of competitions and submission opportunities from my blog for Word Factory.
Good luck!
Winner of The McCrea Literary Award
My old university has awarded me The McCrea Literary Award. Such a lovely thing to receive. The last time I won an award was ‘super duper swimmer’ in primary school.
I know its a big world out there and this is a small award but luckily my world is a small one and I’m very happy.
BBC Open Book Mentions The Good Son
BBC Radio 4’s Open Book has Lisa McInerney discussing religion in the modern Irish novel. Her segment starts around 10.27 minutes and its a great listen – not just because ‘The Good Son’ gets a good mention in some fine company.
N Ni Chonchuir, Sarah Clancy, Lisa McInerney at our reading in Kinvara recently.
Paul McVeigh 