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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
Short Story Writing with Bernie McGill at the John Hewitt International Summer School, Armagh

Join writer Bernie McGill in an investigation of the short story and the ways in which short story writers can make one thing seem to cause the next. This course will offer exercises, prompts…

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June 21, 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
This Train is For by Bernie McGill is shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize

This Train is For by Bernie McGill, published by No Alibis Press, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Edge Hill Prize, awarded annually by Edge Hill University for excellence in a published single authored…

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December 11, 2023
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
FREE Writing and Walking Workshop at Artlink Fort Dunree, Buncrana, Co. Donegal

10.30am-1pm Sunday 12th November 2023 Join writer Bernie McGill for a writing workshop that takes inspiration from the history and natural environment of the site at Fort Dunree that overlooks Lough Swilly and the…

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November 5, 2023
(SOLD OUT) Between the Lights: Writing Workshop with Bernie McGill at Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy

The Celtic festival of Samhain traditionally marks the end of the lighter half and the beginning of the darker half of the year. It was believed that at this time, the division between this world and…

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August 5, 2023
Focus on Short Fiction with Bernie McGill at the John Hewitt International Summer School 2023

A hands-on, fully participative writing workout that allows you to explore the writing of short fiction, to consider where your strengths as a writer lie and who you’re writing for. Wherever you are on…

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July 2, 2023
Flex Your Writing Muscles

Have you always wanted to write but didn’t know where to start? Or have you been writing for a while and find yourself in need of a little creative workout? This workshop, led by…

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January 25, 2023