As part of the Rathlin Sound Maritime Festival, author Bernie McGill is hosting a free writing workshop in the Parochial Hall on Rathlin Island on Wednesday 29th May from 11am-1pm. No previous experience required.…
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…
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…
This 16 hour course will run on Saturday 9th & Saturday 23rd February and Saturday 9th & Saturday 23rd March 2019 from 10.00am-2.15pm each day at the Playhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Artillery Road, Derry. In this…
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…
The Italian translation of The Watch House is published by Bollati Boringhieri on 30th August 2018. Translated by Simona Garavelli, it appears under the title Le parole nell’aria (The Words in the Air). On…
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…
This Train is for Winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize for a single-authored collection in 2023, Bernie McGill’s stories have been widely praised for their emotional depth and their lyrical language. She…
‘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…
