We are delighted to welcome two fantastic Northern Irish writers, Bernie McGill and Sheena Wilkinson, to share their work at the Irish World Heritage Centre, Manchester, on Monday 1st April. Bernie McGill is the…
In the Victorian era, women were forced to endure many inequalities in terms of marriage, finances and social status. Viewed as belonging to the domestic sphere, they were expected to provide their husbands with…
Bernie McGill is the author of two novels and two short story collections. She has written audio scripts for heritage projects and stage scripts for theatre. Her latest short story collection, This Train is…
Bernie McGill is the author of two novels and two short story collections. She has written audio scripts for heritage projects and stage scripts for theatre. Her latest short story collection, This Train is…
‘Beautiful and lyrical, tender and fierce; one of those rare novels, with the power to break you clean in two.’ Guinevere Glasfurd, author of the Costa shortlisted The Words in My Hand. ‘McGill writes…
Bernie McGill is a 2026 Major Individual Artist awardee of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland supported by the National Lottery Funds. She is the winner of the 2023 Edge Hill Short Story Prize…
Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, writing in The Guardian: ‘McGill has the ability to enter into the brain and heart of her characters and so to make us sympathise with people who commit acts…
