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SUMMARY:Mary Beckett: A Belfast Woman at Look North! Festival at the Linen Hall Library
DESCRIPTION:Born in 1926\, Mary Beckett is regarded as one of Belfast’s finest writers. Widely acclaimed for her novels and short stories\, especially A Belfast Woman\, A Literary Woman and Give Them Stones\, her work did much to capture and explore the lives and experiences of women\, especially working-class women. To mark the centenary of her birth\, The Linen Hall Library in partnership with Look North!\, brings together two acclaimed Belfast writers\, Anne Devlin and Wendy Erskine\, to talk about Beckett’s work and her enduring legacy. This session will be chaired by award-winning novelist and short story writer\, Bernie McGill. \nSupported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. \nThis event will be hosted by The Linen Hall Library\, Belfast on 25th February at 1pm. Tickets £5. Booking details here.
URL:https://berniemcgill.com/event/mary-beckett-a-belfast-woman-at-look-north-festival-at-the-linen-hall-library/
LOCATION:Linen Hall Library\, Belfast\, 17 Donegall Square North\, Belfast\, BT1 5GB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop at Ballyscullion Park\, Bellaghy with Bernie McGill
DESCRIPTION:Writing Workshop: Setting and Place\nwith Bernie McGill\nat Ballyscullion Park\, Bellaghy\nSaturday\, 28th February 2026\n10.30am – 3.30pm with a break for lunch* \nJoin writer Bernie McGill for a one-day workshop at Ballyscullion Park on the beautiful shores of Lough Beg. The workshop will focus on writing about setting and place. This will be a practical and participative workshop with the aim of developing existing work or sparking new ideas. \nPrompts and exercises will take inspiration from the garden and surrounds. All levels of experience are welcome from published writers to first-timers\, poets and fiction writers alike. Participants will have the option to find a spot outdoors in the walled garden\, weather permitting\, and to write indoors in the historic 18th century stable block. Come with writing materials\, prepared to write. \nBernie McGill is a novelist and short story writer and the winner of the 2023 Edge Hill Prize for her short story collection This Train is For. She is a Writing for Life Fellow with the Royal Literary Fund and an Honorary member of the Linen Hall Library in which building her writing archive is held. Her work has been widely anthologised and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. She works as a Writing Mentor with the Irish Writers’ Centre. \nwww.berniemcgill.com \n*Tea and coffee will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch. \nBook via Ballyscullion Park’s Eventbrite Page. \nSee the full 2026 schedule of writing workshops at Ballyscullion Park here. \n\nShow less
URL:https://berniemcgill.com/event/writing-workshop-at-ballyscullion-park-bellaghy-with-bernie-mcgill/
LOCATION:Ballyscullion Park\, 61 Ballyscullion Road\, Bellaghy\, Derry\, BT45 8NA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Short Story Writing Weekend with Bernie McGill at YARN\, Ballycastle
DESCRIPTION:When & Where\n11th April 2026\, 10 am – 4 pm\n12th April 2026\, 10 am – 2 pm\nYARN Ballycastle\, 24-26 Ann St\, Ballycastle\, BT54 6AD\, UK \nAbout\nHave you always wanted to try writing a short story? \nDo you already have an idea? \nDo you write in other genres and are interested in the form?  \nWhether you’re a first-timer looking for guidance and inspiration or a seasoned writer seeking a fresh challenge\, this Short Story Writing Weekend is for you.  \nJoin award-winning short story writer Bernie McGill for an enjoyable weekend of participative writing that will help to get your writing on track. Please bring your preferred writing materials (pen/pencil\, notebook/laptop\, etc.) If you’re already working on a short story\, feel free to bring a copy for workshopping. Participants will be encouraged to share their work only if they are comfortable doing so. \nSaturday 11th April: 10 am – 4 pm \n\nWhat is a short story? How to get started with focus on structure\, character and setting. \nParticipants will be offered prompts and exercises to help develop their work.\nThere will be a lunch break\, with lunch provided on the day. Tea/coffee & snacks will also be provided.\n\nSunday 12th April: 10 am – 2 pm \n\nWhat next? What’s happening under the surface of your story? What more does it need? This workshop focuses on how to dive a little deeper and how to revise. \nWe’ll finish with a Q&A and information-sharing on opportunities and outlets for work.\nThere will be a short break mid-session. Tea/coffee & snacks will be provided.\n\nAccommodation\nFor those travelling from further afield\, Yarn offers gorgeous on-site accommodation\, with a special discount for retreat participants. Use code BERNIE20 when booking for 20% off your stay. \nWho is Bernie McGill?\nBernie McGill is the 2023 winner of the prestigious Edge Hill Short Story Prize for her collection This Train is For. She is the author of two novels: The Watch House (nominated for the Ireland European Union Prize for Literature in 2019) and The Butterfly Cabinet (2010). Her short stories have been widely anthologised\, and her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. Bernie was co-judge of the Edge Hill Prize in 2024 and of the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award in 2023. She is a Fellow with the Royal Literary Fund\, a Mentor with the Irish Writers’ Centre and an Honorary Member of the Linen Hall Library\, where her writing archive is held. Her first short story collection\, Sleepwalkers (2013)\, was re-published in 2025 by No Alibis Press. \nFor full details and to book tickets please visit YARN\, Ballycastle
URL:https://berniemcgill.com/event/short-story-writing-weekend-with-bernie-mcgill-at-yarn-ballycastle/
LOCATION:YARN\, Ballycastle\, 24-26 Ann St\, Ballycastle\, BT54 6AD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Danielle McLaughlin In Conversation with Bernie McGill at Belfast Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning Irish author Danielle McLaughlin discusses her new novel\, Rituals\, with Bernie McGill. \nJoan is in the habit of living alone\, her days shaped by rituals and routines – some ordinary\, some less so. When she takes in a lodger\, they must learn to negotiate everything from a shared bathroom to the hazards of global warming. \nFollowing her acclaimed short-story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets and debut novel The Art of Falling\, Rituals is a tender\, funny book about an obsessive mind – and the bravery involved in opening our hearts to change. \nDanielle McLaughlin’s short-story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets was published in 2015 by The Stinging Fly Press. In 2019\, she was a Windham-Campbell Prize recipient\, and won the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Her first novel\, The Art of Falling\, was published in 2021 by John Murray and was shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2022.  In 2023 she was a recipient of a Markievicz Award. Her second novel\, Rituals\, is published by The Stinging Fly Press. \nBernie McGill is the 2023 winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize for her collection This Train is For. She is the author of two novels: The Watch House (nominated for the Ireland European Union Prize for Literature in 2019) and The Butterfly Cabinet (2010). Her short stories have been widely anthologised\, and her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. Her first short story collection\, Sleepwalkers (2013)\, was re-published in 2025 by No Alibis Press. \nBook tickets for this event on the Belfast Book Festival website. \nClick here for the full programme of events at Belfast Book Festival 2026 including readings\, panel discussions\, workshops and publishing advice. \nMany events are pay what you decide with a recommended ticket price of £12.50. \n 
URL:https://berniemcgill.com/event/danielle-mclaughlin-in-conversation-with-bernie-mcgill-at-belfast-book-festival/
LOCATION:Crescent Arts Centre\, 2-4 University Road\, BELFAST\, BT7 1NH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Ballycastle Writers Host Creative Writing Workshops with Bernie McGill and Angela Graham
DESCRIPTION:Workshop 1 Playing with Words with Bernie McGill \nWhether you write fiction or poetry or memoir or script\, we all approach writing from a different angle\, drawing on our varied experiences. The aims of this workshop are to try some new exercises\, experiment with prompts\, allow yourself to have a bit of a play and\, hopefully\, leave with some new approaches and material that you can work with in the future. The emphasis is on having fun with words. Leave your grown-up at home for the day! \nBernie McGill is the 2023 winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize for her collection This Train is For. She is the author of two novels: The Watch House (nominated for the Ireland European Union Prize for Literature in 2019) and The Butterfly Cabinet (2010). Her work has been widely anthologised and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. Bernie is a Fellow with the Royal Literary Fund and a Mentor with the Irish Writers’ Centre. Her first short story collection\, Sleepwalkers was re- published in 2025 by No Alibis Press. She is an Honorary Member of the Linen Hall Library in which building her writing archive is held. \n  \nWorkshop 2 The Poetry of Hope with Angela Graham \nFind the brightness and share it. Avoiding the pitfalls – sentimentalism\, preachiness and the superficial – we’ll see how several poets have written honestly and constructively about life as it is and we’ll write our own poetry. \nAngela Graham became a full-time writer after a long career making award-winning films in documentary and drama.  Angela’s poems have been published in many anthologies including the CAP Arts anthologies 2020 and 2024 drawn from entries to the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing\, and in anthologies by Dedalus Press\, Arachne Press\, Parthian Books\, four volumes of Arlen House’s Washing Windows series of Irish women’s poetry and three of The Broken Spine’s Slimline anthologies and five from Black Bough. Her poetry collections are Exposure: war\, media\, democracy (2026)\, Star (both published by Culture & Democracy Press) and Sanctuary (Seren Books). Her short story collection is A City Burning (also Seren Books). \nYour chosen workshop will run from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm (including break for tea/coffee etc.) \nLunch 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm followed by a chance for participants to read out their work. \nThe afternoon will round up with readings by Angela & Bernie and an opportunity to purchase their books. \nThe cost of the workshop is £35.00 to include light lunch and refreshments. \nTo book email ballycastlecreativewriters@outlook.com or WhatsApp: 07921404946
URL:https://berniemcgill.com/event/ballycastle-writers-host-creative-writing-workshops-with-bernie-mcgill-and-angela-graham/
LOCATION:Sheskburn House\, Ballycastle\, 7 Mary Street\, Ballycastle\, BT54 6QH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Novel Writing with Bernie McGill at the John Hewitt International Summer School
DESCRIPTION:Monday 27th\, Tuesday 28th & Thursday 30th July 2026 | 2.45pm – 4.45pm | £80 for three-day workshop course  \nSpaces are limited – advance booking is essential. \nThese practical and participative workshops will focus on: structuring a novel; writing openings with impact; creating credible characters; building convincing settings and selecting point of view. We will also explore opportunities for further development and submission of work. Suitable for writers who are beginning or developing a novel. Works-in-progress are welcomed.  \nBernie McGill is the author of two novels\, The Butterfly Cabinet and The Watch House and two short story collections. She is the 2023 winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize for her collection This Train is For. Her first short story collection Sleepwalkers was republished by No Alibis Press in 2025. Her novels have been published in the UK\, the US and in translation in Italy and the Netherlands. \n\nWorkshop course is delivered over three days.\nEach workshop lasts two hours and all workshops are delivered at the same time.\nParticipants should attend all three sessions.\nTutors are experienced creative writing facilitators and published authors.\nAll levels are welcome.\n\nBook via The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre Armagh. \nThe full programme of events for the John Hewitt International Summer School (taking place 27th – 31st July 2026) will be available soon. \nBursary applications are open until Friday 22nd May at 5pm. \nA full sponsored bursary award includes: \n– B&B for five nights in a single room\, within walking distance of The Market Place Theatre.\n– Free tickets to all programmed events each day\, unless otherwise specified.\n– A free creative writing workshop of your choice\, which includes 6 hours of tuition over 3 days.\n– An invitation to all festival receptions.\n– Morning break refreshments Tuesday – Friday. \nFor eligibility and application form go to the John Hewitt Society.
URL:https://berniemcgill.com/event/novel-writing-with-bernie-mcgill-at-the-john-hewitt-international-summer-school/
LOCATION:Market Place Theatre\, Armagh\, Market Street\, Armagh\, Armagh\, BT61 7BW\, United Kingdom
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