Workshop: Novel Writing with Paul McVeigh

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Wednesday 16 July 2025

9:30 am

2:30 pm

This workshop will run from Wednesday 16 to Friday 18 July, from 9.30am to 2.30pm each day with two breaks built into the day.

Join award-winning novelist Paul McVeigh for a three-day novel writing workshop. Over the three days we will explore the elements needed to write a novel that hooks a reader; looking at how to create characters that capture us, the use of dialogue, how to master emotion on the page, the importance of plotting and how to make your setting more than a passive backdrop to your story.

You will also find out what every debut novelist needs to know about the industry and what do you do when you're novel is finished. This is for writers at all levels; with talks, writing exercises and lots of Q&A time.

 

Max: 15 participants

 

Location:

Saint Finbarr's Boys National School
Seskin, Bantry, Co. Cork
P75 NY51

Admission: €230

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Paul’s debut novel, The Good Son, won The Polari First Novel Prize and The McCrea Literary Award, and was shortlisted for many others including the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award and The Prix du Roman Cezam. It was Brighton’s City Reads book choice and was given out  across the UK on World Book Night. Paul has judged many literature prizes including the Royal Society of Literature’s VS Pritchard Award, the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year for the second time this year. He has edited three anthologies and his writing has been translated into eight languages.

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Paul McVeigh

Paul McVeigh was born in Belfast. His debut novel, The Good Son, won The Polari First Novel Prize and The McCrea Literary Award, and was shortlisted for many others including the Author's Club Best First...

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