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…
Writing Workshop: Setting and Place with Bernie McGill at Ballyscullion Park, Bellaghy Saturday, 28th February 2026 10.30am – 3.30pm with a break for lunch* Join writer Bernie McGill for a one-day workshop at Ballyscullion…
Join award-winning writer Bernie McGill at Suffolk Library in Belfast on Thursday 23rd October (3pm) for readings and reflections on her evocative fiction. Known for her lyrical style and deep sense of place, Bernie’s…
In 2025, acclaimed writer Bernie McGill was invited to donate her literary archive to The Linen Hall Library. To mark the occasion, Hugh Odling-Smee talks to her in the library about her archive and about her writing…
Bernie McGill’s first short story collection, Sleepwalkers, originally published by Whittrick Press and shortlisted for the prestigious Edge Hill Prize in 2014, has been republished by Belfast’s No Alibis Press. This republication includes the…
*This workshop is now sold out. Join Edge Hill Prize-winning writer Bernie McGill for a workshop in the Moyola Hall and Sensory Garden at Seamus Heaney HomePlace. This will be a practical workshop on…
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 aims to…
Wednesday 27 November | 9.30-11am Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart Cost: £8 With prompts and support from Bernie you’ll create a poem or piece of prose about your motherhood journey, about your baby, or about…
MOMENTS IN MOTHERHOOD | CREATIVE WRITING WITH BERNIE MCGILL Wednesday 20 November | 9.30-11am Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre, Limavady Cost: £8 With prompts and support from Bernie you’ll create a poem or…
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…
