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Scribes at the Duncairn: Bernie McGill, Jan Carson & Paul McVeigh chaired by Marnie Kennedy

Featuring Paul McVeigh, Bernie McGill & Jan Carson at Duncairn Arts Centre, Duncairn Avenue, Belfast. Chaired by Marnie Kennedy, Shared Reading facilitator. This event is hosted by Stories@theDuncairn, a volunteer-led, community literary project, in…

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June 28, 2024
Taster Workshop: Short Story Writing with Bernie McGill

Focus on Short Story… with Bernie McGill, a workshop for the North Belfast Festival 2024 In this short participative creative writing workshop, you will be offered a number of prompts and writing exercises to…

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February 5, 2024
This Train is For by Bernie McGill wins the 2023 Edge Hill Short Story Prize

This year’s winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize is Bernie McGill with her short story collection This Train is For, published by No Alibis Press. Now in its 17th year, The Edge Hill…

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January 26, 2024
Michelle Gallen in Conversation with Bernie McGill

The critically acclaimed author of Big Girl, Small Town and Factory Girls, Michelle Gallen, joins us at The Linen Hall Library for an insightful conversation with Bernie McGill about her work. Fresh from her…

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November 28, 2023
Book Week NI Author Panel: John Self hosts Bernie McGill and Wendy Erskine

*This event is now available to view online. Renowned international literary critic John Self will host a panel with authors Bernie McGill and Wendy Erskine to discuss their recent short story collections This Train Is For and Dance Move,…

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September 30, 2022
This Train is for

Bernie McGill’s award-winning stories have been widely praised for their emotional depth and their lyrical language. She is a writer of profound sensitivity and observation. Her masterful deployment of linguistic precision and economy enables…

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May 29, 2022
Launch of This Train is For by Bernie McGill

No Alibis Press is delighted to invite you to a live event in No Alibis bookshop to celebrate the launch of Bernie McGill’s wonderful new collection of short stories, This Train Is For. This launch…

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May 19, 2022
Scribes at the Duncairn with Bernie McGill, Natalya O’Flaherty and Danny Morrison

This free event with wine reception (from 6.30pm) is part of the Feile Belfast 2019 programme. There will be readings from each of the three writers and a Q&A, chaired by Marnie Kennedy, as…

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July 6, 2019
Launch of Belfast Stories Anthology at Belfast Book Festival

Join Doire Press for the launch of Belfast Stories, a collection of short fiction set throughout the neighbourhoods of the city, written by both established and emerging writers who live in or have a strong…

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April 17, 2019
Of This and Other Worlds – an Evening of Literature and Music at the C.S. Lewis Festival, Belfast

C.S. Lewis Festival Curator Jan Carson hosts a bespoke evening of two halves. During the first half of the performance, poet Damian Smyth, novelist, Bernie McGill and Bangor-based folk duo, The Darkling Air, playing…

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October 6, 2018