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    • 8 June, How To Get Published, Belfast
    • 11 May, Short Story Workshop, Maria Edgeworth Festival
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    • Online: Advanced Short Story Clinic
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  • 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
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    • Writing Emotional Fiction
    • What is Not Said at Jaipur
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  • Found In Translation
    • Guter Junge – The Good Son, Germany
      • Celebrating the German Translation of The Good Son
    • French: Un bon garçon (The Good Son)
    • 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)
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    • 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
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    • Review: Colin Garrow
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    • Winner of McCrea Literary Award
    • Judging Dylan Thomas Prize 2018
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    • The Guardian on my Polari Prize Win
    • The Good Son: Now in Hungarian!
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    • The Good Son at The Brighton Festival 50th Anniversary
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      • The Good Son in Gay Literature Celebration
    • Trip to Turkey with The British Council
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The Guardian on my Polari Prize Win

Paul McVeigh wins the Polari prize for debut LGBT writing….

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