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The Edge Hill Short Story Prize Shortlist 2023
From the publisher: A pregnant mother of two finds herself increasingly in thrall to her help, Nat. For Joad, the discovery of a haunting typewritten document in an old desk in need of restoration is overwhelming. And when Roxanne rescues her sister from an…
The Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2023 opens for submissions
The 2023 Michael McLaverty Short Story Award is open for submissions The Linen Hall has announced the opening of the highly anticipated 2023 Michael McLaverty Short Story Award. Running since 2006, the prestigious award is open to those born in, citizens of, or resident in Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland. There is a first prize of £2,000, with £250 each for two runners-up. The deadline for submissions is midnight on October 31, 2023.
Reading Ireland Month: Week Two Round Up!
Well, last week may not have brought a raft of Oscars to Ireland, but it was a great week for Reading Ireland Month posts! I was quite surprised at the lack of Oscar love for The Banshees of Inisherin (even though I wasn’t overly impressed with it) and I really thought The Quiet Girl could pull it off.
Forthcoming Irish Short Story Collections for 2022!
Posted 18 hours ago by Cathy746books It’s been a great time for Irish short story collections. Last year brought fantastic releases from Lucy Caldwell (Intimacies), Louise Kennedy (The End of the World is a Cul-de-Sac) and Roddy Doyle (Life Without Children). This year has already seen fantastic books by Wendy Erskine (Dance Move), Sheila Armstrong (How to Gut A Fish) and Colin Barrett (Homesickness), but there is a lot more to look forward to in 2022.
This Train Is For - Pre Order.
Published June 2022 Bernie McGill’s award-winning stories have been widely praised for their emotional depth and lyrical language. She is a writer of profound sensitivity and observation whose masterful deployment of linguistic precision and economy enables her to plumb the depths of human experience while neatly avoiding sentimentalism. This new collection, the first since 2013, contains unpublished stories along with a number of previously stories contained within award winning anthologies.
The Cure for Too Much Feeling
‘It was a kind of creeping sickness…’ Read ‘The Cure for Too Much Feeling’ by Bernie McGill… With Rita it had begun gently, a slight quiver in the hand, acid in her stomach, a tight sense of weariness in the afternoons when she had finished an early shift at work. She made an appointment to see the doctor and described the symptoms to him.
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