The Harrison Belfast

Paul McVeigh Author explains his Writers Residency at The Harrison

Searching for three emerging writers to spend a week in the luxurious The Harrison belfast - travel, hotel stay and food all included. You will be mentored by 5 incredible writers in array of writing skills as well as get industry knowledge from literary professionals. One such mentor is the multi-award winner Kit de Waal who has written novels, short stories and hit television shows. More info here: https://lnkd.in/eX_aQswS

Had a great day chatting to so many arts organisations at Arts and Business event. Great fun with Armagh Rhymers and bridal head. Also nice to catch up with Noelle Mc Alinden and discuss mental health Festival and fabulous to meet Frank Liddy who I'm looking forward to collaborating with Lucy Morgan Dougan was on hand to on all things photographic and fun projects ahead Hard to mention everyone here but very good event with millions of ideas

This Halloween visit the Harrison during the International Arts Festival. Attend Granny's Wake and meet the Jackson Family as they mourn the loss of a colourful character.

The Paul McVeigh Residency at The Harrison belfast is open for applications and runs Jan 26-Feb 2, 2025. Seven nights at the gorgeous Harrison Hotel with meals provided. With special mentor Mel Giedroyc, actor Tony Flynn, authors , Anna Burtt, Kit de Waal Wendy Erskine, Cathy Galvin, Sophie Haydock, Cate Kennedy, Ingrid Persaud and Aki Schilz. details on our website https://lnkd.in/gSj5MaH

The Harrison has a secure yard designed especially for motorbikes. We were delighted to host Magellan Motorcycle Tours for the Belfast leg of their Irish tour. It was nice that they could relax and enjoy Belfast knowing their machines were being kept safe for them.

*The Harrison Writers Residency News * The next author working on the Paul McVeigh Residency here at the Harrison in January 2025 is award-winning Australian writer Cate Kennedy. Cate is an Australian author widely published as a novelist, short story author, poet and essayist. She currently writes for Womankind magazine, the Saturday Paper, the Monthly and Griffith Review, and is in high demand as a writing teacher, mentor and editor in both adult writing workshops and writer-in-residency school programs. She has taught throughout Australia, as well as in Singapore, Vietnam, Bali, Fiji, Vanuatu, France, Austria and the U.S.A. She is currently a faculty member of Pacific University’s MFA in Creative Writing program in Portland, Oregon, teaching both fiction and non-fiction. Her story collection, ‘Like A House on Fire’ won the 2012 Queensland Literary Award. Her third poetry collection ‘The Taste of River Water’, was awarded the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry in 2012. Her novel ‘The World Beneath’ was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year Award, the Barbara Jefferis Award and the N.S.W. Premier’s Prize for fiction. It won the “People’s Choice” prize in these awards, and has been translated into French and Mandarin. Her travel memoir “Sing and Don’t Cry: a Mexican Journal” (Transit Lounge, 2005) was published in Canada and the U.S.A. and was broadcast in Australia on ABC Radio National’s Book Show. ‘Dark Roots’, her first collection of prize-winning short stories, won international critical acclaim, with one of its stories appearing in the New Yorker. That short story ‘Cold Snap’ (which appeared in the New Yorker as ‘Black Ice’) was made into a short film in New Zealand in 2012, selected for the Venice Film Festival 2013 and won the Jury Prize at Hong Kong Film Festival.

* A NIGHT TO REMEMBER * Plan a special stay in our beautiful, characterful rooms. Perfect for theatre breaks or simply a special night away. Whether you're staying in or going out, a cozy ambiance is the perfect starting point for a magical evening. You can book a suite with a bathtub and with breakfast tray delivered to the room. You will receive : an early 2 pm check in, pizza or cheese and charcuterie board with glass of wine or prosecco , free parking and WiFi, robe and slippers, Harrison Tote bag, Breakfast in bed and Field Day products.

Literary powerhouse, Cathy Galvin, joins The Paul McVeigh Residency at The Harrison belfast. Writer and editor Cathy Galvin established Word Factory to bring the best short story writers together for readings, masterclasses and to share new work. She is committed to building a supportive community of writers from every walk of life. As a champion of the short story form she also founded the Sunday Times Short Story Award. She has been a staff journalist for the Sunday Times and Newsweek.