Teaching Course at Look North Festival

Workshop: On the Short-Story with Paul McVeigh

Sat 1 Mar 2025 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Girdwood, 10 Girdwood Avenue, Belfast, Antrim BT14 6EG

Tickets: Here

Paul has written short stories to be read out on the radio, the stage and television, as well as, in print, for anthologies, literary journals, magazines and newspapers. He will share his knowledge on writing stories for all these platforms and give practical helpful advice of how to approach them, in terms of how you write and what you do with your story once it’s finished. The workshop is a mix of advice from Paul’s professional experience and the tips he was given by editors, producers and publishers.

Paul’s short stories have been in anthologies, journals and newspapers, and read on BBC and RTE Radio,as well as, Sky ARTS. His ten-part story series, The Circus, aired on BBC Radio 4. He co-founded London Short Story Festival and edited three anthologies. His collection, I hear You, is out March 2025.

Out March 3rd 2025

28 Feb, Belfast Launch of I Hear You

Launch: Book Launch of Paul McVeigh’s, I Hear You

Fri 28 Feb 2025 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Clifton House Belfast, BT15 1ES

Come join us for the Belfast-launch of the award-winning Belfast author Paul McVeigh’s BBC-commissioned short story collection. I Hear You is made up of 10 linked stories, plus an additional three – all of which were commissioned by, and read out on, BBC Radio 4, plus BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle.

Get your free tickets here.

Out March 3rd 2025

Look North Festival

Group Discussion: The Good Son by Paul McVeigh
Fri 23 Feb 2024 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM, Chichester Library Belfast

Book Here

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

The Good Son 3rd Editon
You can buy here

Winner of The Polari First Novel Prize

‘A triumph of storytelling. An absolute gem.’ Donal Ryan

Raw, funny and endlessly entertaining’. Jonathan Coe