An Introduction to Short Story  Writing with Jamie Guiney

Dates: Commences Friday 20 September for 6 weeks, ending Friday 25 October 2024

Time: 10.30am to 12.30pm

Venue: Lurgan Library  

Booking: Book your place by contacting the library by phone at: (028) 3832 3912  or email at: lurgan.library@librariesni.org.uk

Join us at Lurgan Library as award winning local writer Jamie Guiney provides an introduction to short story writing. Over the course of 6 x 2 hour sessions, Jamie will provide budding creative writers with the necessary skills to write their very own short stories, covering everything from ideas, plotting, character development to use of metaphor, avoiding cliches, editing and publishing.

Places are free but very be limited.

Book your place by contacting Lurgan Library  by phone at: (028) 3832 3912  or email at: lurgan.library@librariesni.org.uk

PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL 6 SESSIONS OF THIS COURSE!

About Jamie Guiney:

Jamie Guiney is a literary fiction writer from Lurgan. His short story collection ‘The Wooden Hill’ (published by Epoque Press) was shortlisted under Best Short Story Collection, in the 2019 Saboteur Awards. Jamie’s short stories have been published internationally and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. He has also been nominated four times for  The Pushcart Prize, long-listed for Irish Short Story of the Year in the 2021 An Post Book Awards, and short-listed for the Best in Rural Writing Contest 2023.

Jamie is a graduate of the Faber & Faber Writing Academy and his work has been backed by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland through several Individual Artist Awards, including ACES 2022/2023. He favours the short story genre, believing it to be the closest written prose to the traditional art of storytelling. For more information: www.jamieguiney.com