Please come and join me to celebrate Book Week NI in Lisburn Library on Oct 21.
Book your free ticket at: lisburnlibrary@librariesni.org.uk
BOOK WEEK NI
Library
Look North Festival
Group Discussion: The Good Son by Paul McVeigh
Fri 23 Feb 2024 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM, Chichester Library Belfast
Paul McVeigh is an author and writer of plays, short stories, comedy performed on stage, radio and television. His debut novel, The Good Son, won The Polari First Novel Prize, The McCrea Literary Award and was shortlisted for many others including the Prix de Roman Cezam.
‘The Belfast author’s spirited debut delivers a real sense of a broken family living in a broken society… well drawn and affecting… poignant… convincing… alarmingly real.’ The Irish Times
‘A first novel of beautiful generosity, poignant in the delicate manner in which he evokes the brutality of an era. A striking fresco, mixing historical upheavals and hardships of a family shattered.’ Le Monde
Winner of The Polari First Novel Prize
‘A triumph of storytelling. An absolute gem.’ Donal Ryan
‘Raw, funny and endlessly entertaining’. Jonathan Coe
Three LGBT Events For Pride Month
On Saturday I chaired a very special event for Belfast Book Festival with Colm Toibin and Mary Dorcey about the Queer Love anthology – it was such a warm conversation about the growing up LGBT in Ireland.
This Saturday coming, June 19th, I’m doing my first event in the USA for Carlow University (sadly online) with Mary Dorcey again. This time however I’m a guest writer and will be reading from my work.
The third event is with Jamie O’Connell who has also has a story in Queer Love. We’ll be talking about that and our novels.
Do come along – the two upcoming are free!
Visiting Ardoyne Library
I’ll be returning to Ardoyne Library during Book Week NI. This library was where I would hide from the streets of Ardoyne – the bullies and The Troubles. It’s where I indulged my love for books, as we had none in our house, and I don’t know what I would have done without it! Come along if you can.
Me at Enniskillen Library Sept 19
Anyone down Enniskillen way Tuesday September 19th? Come along.
Paul McVeigh 