We were delighted to join with the Lurgan Writing Club to support the delivery of ‘An Introduction to Novel Writing” course over 6 sessions between Friday 10 October and Friday 14 November.  This fantastic course was facilitated by writer Jamie Guiney at Lurgan Library  and provided budding creative writers with the necessary skills to write their very own novel.

About Jamie Guiney

Jamie Guiney is a literary fiction writer from Lurgan. His short story collection The Wooden Hill (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 Northern Ireland Arts Council 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.

His novel – The Lightning – is publishing in 2026 with Bluemoose Books.

www.jamieguiney.com