The first page of a new short story I’m writing has appeared in an anthology ‘Reading the Future’. The anthology is celebrating the 250th anniversary of Ireland’s oldest bookshop in Dublin – Hodges Figgis.
The anthology has the great and the good of Irish fiction from Anne Enright to Colm Toibin. Can’t wait to get my hands on one.
Paul McVeigh & Hans-Christian Oeser at Germany@Home
I will be reading in the series Germany@Home on 29th September 2017 at 19:00. The Goethe Institut Irland has invited me and my German translator to discuss the book in Dublin. Guter Junge is published in Germany by Wagenbach.
“McVeigh is writing with warmth and humor about a time of poverty and violence. His two translators Hans-Christian Oeser and Nina Frey were able to transfer this tone of voice wonderfully into the German translation.”
Admission is free, booking essential via Eventbrite: Paul McVeigh & Hans-Christian Oeser
Language: English
+353 1 6801120
Anne.Klapperstueck@goethe.de
“Told vividly and with grim humour… McVeigh’s lush and, against all probability colourful novel from a black and white world bears the utopia that even in dark times, the hope can not be defeated.” Die Welt
A few things to note:
– Five mins per performer – poetry and fiction
– BYOB
– Slots are on a first come, first served basis
– Performers should sign up in advance via Eventbrite (free) – or contact Kate at events@irishwriterscentre.ie
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