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  • 2025 EVENTS & CLASSES
    • 10 Dec, A Very Polari Xmas, Hastings
    • 23 Nov, Appearance at Folkstone Book Festival
    • 21 Oct, BOOK WEEK NI, Lisburn Library
    • 16 Oct, Cork International Short Story Festival
    • 13 Oct, Red Line Book Festival, Dublin
    • 28 Sept., ‘Big Man’ for One-Night-Only
    • 28-30 July, Teaching at Freedom to Write 2025, Armagh
    • 16-18 July, West Cork Festival: Novel Course
    • 5 July, Bradford Literary Festival
    • 2 July, Milton Keynes Lit Fest Workshop (Oline)
    • 17-21 June, International Short Story Conference, Killarney
    • 11 June, Workshop at Belfast Book Festival
    • 10 June, Writing Belfast: Stories Of A Changing City, Belfast Book Festival
    • 5 June, Writing For Radio: Belfast Book Festival
    • 29 May, Stories That Stay, Listowel Writers’ Week
    • 28 May, Presenting Irish Novel of the Year, Listowel
    • 5 May, ‘I Hear You’ CQAF w/ Actors Michael Condron, Tony Flynn & Abigail McGibbon 
    • 26 April, Interviewing Lisa Harding & Kathleen Murray, Cork World Book Fest
    • 26 April, Interviewing Lisa Harding & Kathleen Murray, Cork World Book Fest
    • 25, April, Talking Radio Stories at Cork World Book Festival
    • 7 April, Short Forms in the Global Literary Marketplace Symposium
    • 28 March, Reading at The Secret Bookshelf, Carrickfergus
    • *SOLD OUT* 21 March, ‘I Hear You’ Launch at Word Factory, London
    • 11 March, Dublin Launch of ‘I Hear You’
    • 6 March, World Book Day, Event in Armagh Library
    • *SOLD OUT* 1st March, Teaching Course at Look North Festival
    • *SOLD OUT* 28 Feb, Belfast Launch of I Hear You
    • 15 Feb, Reading at The Outing Festival, Dromoland
    • 15 Jan, Interviewing Martina Devlin
  • Events up to 2024
    • 16 Oct, Interviewing Donal Ryan, Dublin
      • The Irish Times: on The Good Son
    • 9 August, Reading at Féile an Phobail, Belfast
    • 22 July, In Conversation w/ Kit de Wall, Armagh
    • 9 June, Recording RTÉ Sunday Miscellany, Belfast Book Festival,
    • 25 May, Interviewing Marlon James at ILFD, Dublin
    • 23 FEB, Look North Festival, BELFAST
    • 11 Nov, Chairing: Our Stories: A Conference Celebrating LGBTQ+ Books and Publishing
    • 12 Oct, Interviewing Bryan Moriarty, Belfast
    • 24 July, In Conversation with Billy O’Callaghan, Armagh
    • 17 June, Lit Books, Kuala Lumpur
    • 24 Feb, Presenting: Look North! North Belfast Festival Short Story Awards
    • 24 Feb, Chichester Library Event about Bernard MacLaverty
    • SOLD OUT! 11 Nov, Writing History: Dublin Book Festival
    • 27 Oct-13 Nov, Big Man opens Lyric Theatre, Bellfast
    • 13 Oct, Panelist on Shared Island Dialogue, Belfast
    • 8 Oct, Chairing Darran Anderson & Wendy Erskine Birmingham Lit Fest
    • 8 Oct, Chairing Julia Armfield & Paul Mendez at Birmingham Lit Fest
    • 7 Oct, Birmingham Literature Festival with Kit de Waal & Osman Yousefzada
    • 26 Sept, RSL Event w/ Bonnie Greer, Finn Kennedy, Stacey Gregg & Me, Belfast
    • 31 Aug, BOOK LAUNCH: A Little Unsteadily Into Light, Belfast
    • 12 Aug, Féile an Phobail, Free Event, Belfast
    • 29-31 July, Primadonna Festival with Joanne Harris & Kit de Waal, Suffolk
    • 27 July, Chairing Wendy Erskine & Bernie McGill at JHISS, Armagh
    • 15 June, ‘The 32’ Event, Belfast
    • 8 June *NEW DATE*, Interviewing Armistead Maupin, Belfast
    • 2 June, Kit de Waal, Donal Ryan and me at Listowel Writers’ Week
    • 24 May, Interviewing Damon Galgut, Dublin
    • 9 May, Jamie Attenberg, Cate Kennedy, Rosie Schaap and me, Belfast
    • 4-6 May, Leuven and Kortrijk, Belgium
    • 27 March, Imagine Festival: Why We Need More Diversity In Publishing
    • 9 March, Understanding the Industry: PROPHETS, MAKERS AND RISK TAKERS, Belfast/Online
    • 8 March 2022, Jaipur Literature Festival
    • 6 Nov, Australian Short Story Festival, Online
    • 8 Nov, Dublin Festival presents Queer Love w/ Emma Donaghue and Neil Hegarty (online and podcast)
    • 16 Oct, Chairing Lucy Caldwell & Jan Carson at Cork Short Story Festival (online)
    • 14 Oct, Queer Love: Emma Donoghue, Declan Toohey and Shannon Yee with me at Cork Short Story Festival (online)
    • 24 Sept, Keynote at Short Story Festival (online)
    • 12, 19, 29 June LGBT Events For Pride Month
    • 29 July, The 32 at West Cork Festival (online)
    • 26 July, In Conversation with Billy O’Callaghan (online)
    • 19 June, I join Mary Dorcey in event for Carlow University
    • 18 May, Talking to Colm Toibin & Shannon Yee for Belfast Book Festival
    • 24 April, Interviewing Bryan Washington, Cuirt Festival
    • 23 April, Free Event: In Conversation Australian Writers Cate Kennedy and Paddy O’Reilly, Cork World Book Festival
    • 20 April, Queer Love panel event at West Cork Literary Festival
    • 23 March, Royal Society of Literature & Arts Council NI Writers Day
    • 21 Feb, Interviewing Booker Prize-Winner Douglas Stuart at Jaipur Literature Festival (Online)
    • 16 Feb, Reading and Q&A for Uni of Worcester
    • 14 Jan ’21, Belfast (online) PROMOTING WRITERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND INTERNATIONALLY
    • 18 Dec, Listen Share Change Xmas Reading, Derry (Online)
    • 11-14 November, Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Your Local Arena presents: Three Irish Writers
    • 5 November, Podcast: Interviewing Kit de Waal for Birmingham Literature Festival
    • 10 Oct, Cork Short Story Festival 2020: Niamh Campbell & Kit de Waal
    • 8 Oct, The 32: Cork Short Story Festival, Online
    • 15 Sept, Reading for Alliance Française Live Series
    • 26 March, Mountains to Sea Festival, w/ Wendy Erskine & Lucy Caldwell
    • 12-14 Dec, JLF Doha, Qatar
    • 9 Nov, Appearing at NAWE Conference
    • 19 Oct, Salisbury Literary Festival
    • 17 Oct, Ardoyne Library, Belfast
    • 6 Oct, Durham Book Festival
    • 27 June, Irish Embassey, London, Me, Kit de Waal, Lucy Caldwell & Eimear McBride
    • 16 June, JLF London at British Library
    • 15 June, John Boyne, Kit de Waal, Roddy Doyle & Me, Belfast
    • 15 June, Belfast Book Festival, W/ Nicole Flattery, Lucy Caldwell & Lisa McInerney
    • 14 June, Belfast Book Festival w/ Louise Doughty & Kit de Waal
    • 9 June, Belfast Book Festival, Belfast Stories Anthology
    • 11 May, Maria Edgeworth Festival
    • 7 May, Crossways Festival, Glasgow
    • 3-5 May, Stockholm Writers Festival 2019
    • 26 April, Cork Word Book Festival w/ Kit de Waal & Anne Griffin
    • 23-27 April, Cork World Book Fest
    • 13 March, London Book Fair
    • 5 March, chairing Iain Archer, Lucy Caldwell, and ‘Derry Girls’ writer Lisa McGee, Belfast
    • 23 Feb, Barbican OpenFest: Art 50, London
    • 9 Feb, Interviewing Anne Enright, Seamus Heaney HomePlace
    • 24-28 Jan 2019, ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
    • 23 Jan, Jaipur Book Mark
    • 22 Nov, Interviewing Sarah Perry, Belfast
    • SOLD OUT! 3 Nov, Paul Muldoon’s Literary Picnic
    • 12 Oct, Gavin Corbett, Lisa McInerney & Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Dublin
    • 10 Oct, Red Line Book Festival, Dublin
    • 26 Sept, John Minihan Book Launch
    • 22 Sept, Milton Keynes Literature Festival
    • 14 Sept, Interviewing Chris Power, Cork Short Story Festival
    • 14 Sept, Presenting Seán O’Faoláin Prize, Cork Short Story Festival
    • 13 Sept, Interviewing Kit de Waal, Belfast
    • 14 Sept, Seán O’Faoláin Prize Reading
    • 27, June: International Conference on the Short Story in English, Lisbon
    • 25 May, International Literature Festival, Dublin
    • 23-25 March 2018, FRANCO-IRISH LITERARY FESTIVAL, Dublin
    • 16 March, Interviewing Anne Enright, London
    • 15 March, Irish Cultural Centre, London
    • 19 Feb, Writers in Conversation, Southampton
    • 15 Feb, Event for Royal Society of Literature, London
    • 25–27 Jan 2018, #BRITLITBERLIN, Germany
    • 2 Dec, Readings@Seksan, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia
    • 30 Nov, Irish Embassy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • 24-26 Nov, George Town Literary Festival, Penang, Malaysia
    • SOLD OUT! Nov 16, Teeling Tales: Literature & Whiskey Tasting in Melbourne
    • 3/4/5 Nov, w/ Julian Gough & Claire Keegan, Singapore
    • 26/27/28 Oct, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Bali
    • 15 Oct, Chairing: Ciaran McMenamin, Sally Rooney & June Caldwell
    • 29 September, Goethe-Institut Irland, Dublin
    • 19 Sept, Enniskillen Library
    • 13-16 Sept, Cork International Short Story Festival
    • 3 Sept, Me & Kit de Waal, Morges
    • 1 Sept, w/ Donal Ryan & Anne Enright, Morges
    • 1-3 Sept, Le livre sur les quais
    • 11 Aug, Féile an Phobail, Belfast
    • 24/25 June, Flash Fiction Festival, Bath
    • 16 June, Polari at Belfast Book Festival
    • 7 & 14 June, Interviews at Belfast Book Festival
    • SOLD OUT: 27 May, Talking Translation: International Literature Festival Dublin
    • SOLD OUT! 26 May, Taking the Mic, Belfast
  • Teaching up to 2024
    • 6 August, Free Flash Fiction W/Shop, Belfast
    • 30-31 May, Teaching 2 Day Workshop, Listowel Writers Week
    • 21 Oct, That Killer First Page, Dublin
    • Spanish Writing Retreat Sold Out!
    • *SOLD OUT* July :Teaching at John Hewitt Summer School
    • 19-24 June, Teaching in Singapore
    • SOLD OUT, 8 Oct, That Killer First Page at Birmingham Lit Fest
    • 2-4 Sept., Jericho Writers: Festival of Writing, York
    • 21 July, Masterclass on Place for TLC, London/Online
    • *SOLD OUT* 2-4 June, Listowel Writers’ Week
    • 25-27 Feb 2022, Teaching at Look North Festival, Belfast
    • SOLD OUT! 4-10 Sept. TLC Spanish Writing Retreat
    • SOLD OUT! 26/27/29 July, John Hewitt Summer School
    • 27 Mar, Mairtín Crawford Award: Preparing Short Stories For Submission (Online)
    • SOLD OUT! 23/24 Oct, Writing a Character Worth Reading About, Writers Victoria, Melbourne
    • SOLD OUT! 22 Oct, That Killer First Page, Birmingham Literature Festival
    • SOLD OUT! 22 Sept, MAKE ABANDONED IDEAS WORK, Word Factory
    • SOLD OUT! 5-12 Sept, Literary Adventure Retreat, Spain 2020
    • SOLD OUT! 13-17 July, West Cork Literature Festival
    • SOLD OUT! 20 Oct, Salisbury Literature Festival
    • SOLD OUT! 7-14 Sept, Writing Retreat in Tuscany
    • 6 July, That Killer First Chapter, Seamus Heaney HomePlace
    • 8 June, How To Get Published, Belfast
    • 11 May, Short Story Workshop, Maria Edgeworth Festival
    • 3-5 May Creating A Platform & That Killer First Page, Stockholm
    • 27 April, Cork World Book Festival
    • 10 Nov, The Allingham Arts Festival, Donegal
    • Online: Advanced Short Story Clinic
    • SOLD OUT! 4 Nov, Teaching at Seamus Heaney Homeplace
    • SOLD OUT! 3 Nov, Step Into Writing Fiction, John O’Connor Writing School
    • 13 Oct, That Killer First Page, Dublin
    • SOLD OUT! 4-8 June, Flash Fiction Course, Athens, Greece
    • SOLD OUT! 31 May – 2 June, Listowel Writers Week, Ireland
    • SOLD OUT: 28 April, World Book Festival, Cork
    • 21 March, Swansea University – Invite Only
    • SOLD OUT: 17 March, That Killer First Page, Lewes
    • 15 March, Social Media Class, London
    • SOLD OUT! 2&3 Dec, That Killer First Page, Kuala Lumpur
    • SOLD OUT! 20 Nov, What Every Debut Novelist Needs to Know, Melbourne
    • SOLD OUT! 20 Nov, That Killer First Chapter, Melbourne
    • SOLD OUT! 19 Nov, Writers Centre Victoria, Melbourne
    • SOLD OUT – Nov 2, Singapore Writers Group Workshop
    • SOLD OUT! 26 Oct, A Competitive Edge, Ubud – Bali
    • 24/25 June, Flash Fiction Festival, Bath
    • 5 Aug, That Killer First Page, Belfast
    • SOLD OUT! 17 Oct, ‘That Killer First Page’ Bath – Sold Out
    • 5 August That Killer First Page, Belfast
    • 31 Jul – 2 Aug Aperture Festival Corrymeela Centre, Ballycastle
    • 28 June, Belfast – NFFD Writing Workshop
    • SOLD OUT: 17-21 June, Retreat West
    • SOLD OUT: 12 June, That Killer First Page, Belfast Book Festival
    • 7 May, That Killer First Page, Lancaster
    • 7 March ’17, Huddersfield Literature Festival
    • Feb 6, London, ‘Those Killer First Chapters’
    • SOLD OUT! 16 Jan Kinvara Co Galway
    • SOLD OUT! 26 Nov, That Killer First Page, Shrewsbury Lit Fest
    • SOLD OUT: 10 Oct, ‘That Killer…’, Brighton
    • 5 August, Social Media for Writers, Belfast
    • Sold Out: 7 Nov, That Killer First Page, London
    • 2 July, London – Those Killer First Chapters
  • Writing Services
  • Non-Fiction
    • I Review Patrick Gale’s New Novel in The Irish Times
    • Writing My First Short Story & Working Class Fiction
    • My Essay on Northern Ireland
    • The Good Son in Short Story to Novel Essay
    • Is it better to be a short story writer or a novelist?
    • The Irish Times: The Buzz of Live Literature
    • My First Travel Writing
  • Watch Me
    • Reading from The Good Son
    • Video: Reading & Talking ‘The Good Son’ in Berlin
    • Watch ‘Tickles’
    • Writing Emotional Fiction
    • What is Not Said at Jaipur
    • Beginnings and Endings: A video from Jaipur Literature Festival
    • Latest TV Interview
    • Naomi Wood, Evie Wyld, Cynan Jones and me
    • Latest TV On City Reads
  • Found In Translation
    • Guter Junge – The Good Son, Germany
    • Celebrating the German Translation of The Good Son
    • French: Un bon garçon (The Good Son)
    • Polish: Kop (Dig)
    • The Good Son Goes to Russia!
    • Spanish: ¡Cava! (Dig)
    • Turkish: Kaz (Dig)
    • Polish: Łaskotki (Tickles) A short Story
    • Spanish: Mi tía Maggie
    • Polish: Ciocia Maggie (My Aunt Maggie)
  • On Writing & Interviews
    • ‘The Gloss’ Interview Feb 17
    • Secret Library Podcast
    • An Interview in Die Welt
    • Podcast: Can Literature Solve Poverty
    • Irish Times Book Club Podcast
    • Irish Times Q&A
    • Emotional Fiction – Interview
    • Litro Magazine Interview
    • Wales Arts Review Interview
    • Interview in Structo Magazine
    • The Incubator Journal Interview
    • Interview in The Honest Ulsterman
    • Storgy Monthly Master Interview
    • ‘Writing a Difficult Setting’ on Isabel Costello’s blog.
    • A short interview in Structo Magazine
    • Bath Short Story Award Interview
    • Interview in Culture Northern Ireland
    • Short Interview with Vanessa Gebbie
    • Writers Victoria Q&A
  • Interviews
    • Kevin Barry
    • George Saunders
    • George Saunders 2: The Irish Times Interview
    • Elizabeth McCracken
    • Lisa McInerney: The Irish Times x 2
    • Garth Greenwell for The Irish Times
    • Patrick Gale for The Irish Times
    • Donal Ryan for The Irish Times
    • Anakana Schofield Interview: The Irish Times
    • Cate Kennedy
    • Lucy Caldwell for The Irish Times
    • Laura van den Berg
    • Mary Costello
    • KJ Orr – The Irish Times
    • Sarah Butler: Before the Fire
    • Sinéad Gleeson Interview
  • More Reviews
    • Edel Coffey on RTE Arena
    • Review: Brighton & Hove Independent
    • Book of the Month: Ulster Tatler
    • Writing.ie Review
    • A Case for Books
    • Review in Pank Magazine
    • Book of the Month: The Tablet
    • Savidge Reads Reviews The Good Son
    • Review in Culture Northern Ireland
    • Review: Bare Fiction Magazine. November 2015
    • Leanne Wain reviews The Good Son
    • Jen Harvey reviews The Good Son
    • Pam Reader Review
    • Joe Cushnan Review
    • Review: Colin Garrow
  • News
    • Radio 3’s Free Thinking Festival w/ George Saunders
    • Winner of McCrea Literary Award
    • Judging Dylan Thomas Prize 2018
    • Shortlisted for Irish Short Story of the Year 2017
    • The Guardian on my Polari Prize Win
    • The Good Son: Now in Hungarian!
    • Lisa McInerney, winner of The Bailey’s Prize raves about The Good Son
    • The Good Son at The Brighton Festival 50th Anniversary
    • The Bookseller ‘The Good Son’
    • If you liked The Loney & The Essex Serpent
    • RTE Radio: Me & Eimear McBride
    • Chosen for The UK-Russia Year of Language and Literature 2016
    • The Good Son in Gay Literature Celebration
    • Trip to Turkey with The British Council
    • The Good Son in WHSmith Fresh Talent
    • Essays on The Good Son
    • My New Story on BBC Radio 3 – Hurry!
    • We Love Books pick for April
  • The Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency 2026
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Non-Fiction

I’ve collected some works of non-fiction I’ve written over the last couple of years.

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