Thank you to Sussex Life for this wonderful interview/review.
“This coming-of-age novel, which evokes classics such as The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird, toes the tightrope between tragedy and comedy expertly.”
interview
See you in Belfast?
Hi there.
I’m at the Belfast Book Festival tomorrow, Sunday June 12, teaching my short story class That Killer First Page. I’ll be interviewing Frankie Gaffney and Rob Doyle on Monday 13th too – two Dublin authors who’ve written explosive books on modern, urban, Irish youth.
Hope to see some of you there.
City Reads Interview at Brighton Festival May 29
Sunday May 29 at Brighton Festival sees the closing of this year’s City Reads. Over 200 tickets already sold which blows my mind! I’ll be interviewed about The Good Son by author and journalist Laura Lockington. That it’s part of the historic 50 year anniversary of the Brighton Festival makes it all the sweeter. I hope to see some of you there – grab the few remaining tickets here.
Interview: Bath Short Story Award
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.
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.
You Wrote The Book Podcast
I was asked by book blogger (and writer) Simon Savidge to take part in a podcast interview for his wonderful ‘You Wrote The Book’ site. There are interviews with excellent writers on there: Carys Davies, Helen MacDonald and Val McDermid. It was a real honour to be asked.
I’ll warn you I’m not the most inarticulate of men. I should stick to writing things down.
Simon asks great questions and you might enjoy listening to me stutter and stumble as I try to answer. Here you go.
My Q&A with Costa shortlisted Patrick Gale
The wonderful Patrick Gale author of 15 novels and 2 short story collections has just been shortlisted for the Costa Novel Of the Year Prize. Here’s my Q&A with him on that novel ‘A Place Called Winter’ from the The Irish Times on Monday.
Paul McVeigh 