Words, In Other Places. Creative Writing Workshop, Dublin

Founded in 1991, theIrish Writers Centre's mission is tosupport and promote writers at all stages of their developmentby offering a diverse programme ofwriting courses and workshopsled by established writers across a range of genres includingmemoir, poetry, playwriting, short-stories and the novel. The Centre runsseminars, lectures and readingsrelated to the art of writing and welcomes writers, readers and international visitors.

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The Anatomy of a Page; a creative writing workshop with Paul McVeigh.

The Anatomy of a Page. During the session you'll dissect a page of text and look at the ways the author draws the reader and ensures you want to read more. You'll look at each line under a microscope to see how each reveals character or furthers the story, You'll leave with more understanding of the fundaments of writing and more tools in your writers toolkit. Paul McVeigh’s debut novel, The Good Son, won The Polari First Book Prize, and was shortlisted for many others including The Prix du Roman Cezam. His play, Big Man, premiered at The Lyric Theatre and won an Irish Times Theatre Award in 2023. His short stories have been in anthologies, journals and newspapers, and read on BBC Radio 3, 4 and 5, RTE Radio, as well as, Sky ARTS. His debut collection of short stories, I Hear You, all commissioned by BBC Radio 4, was published in March 2025 and won The McCrea Literary Award. Paul has edited four anthologies and his writing has been translated into eight languages.Paul was acting Head of Literature for Arts Council of Northern Ireland and has judged many literature prizes including the Royal Society of Literature’s VS Pritchard Award, the International Dylan Thomas Prize and Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. Words, In Other Places, an Irish Writers Centre Literary Festival, in partnership with the European Parliament Liaison Office in IrelandOver the course of one weekend, Saturday 11 April at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University in Belfast, and Sunday 12 April at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin, Words, In Other Places will showcase a tri-lateral range of form, talent and diversity in today’s literary scene, looking to the north and south of Ireland while welcoming international writers.

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