Reading Your Work Aloud With Paul McVeigh

For prose writers of all levels, this workshop with award-winning author Paul McVeigh will help you to read your work aloud with confidence. 

From breathing to bodily awareness, from pacing your work to using the microphone, you’ll receive support and feedback in a friendly environment. 

The workshop is split into two parts: you’ll learn techniques for reading aloud – then practise performing on-stage. 

Please bring a writing excerpt (ideally your own work) no more than three-minutes long. With Paul’s guidance, you’ll learn how to handle nerves, deliver a great story and connect with your audience.

Paul McVeigh’s short stories have been publlished in numerous anthologies, journals and newspapers, and read on BBC Radio 3, 4 and 5, RTÉ Radio and Sky Arts. His ten-part short story series, The Circus, aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2023. He co-founded the London Short Story Festival and was Associate Director of The Word Factory. Paul has edited three short story anthologies and guest edited Southword Journal. Paul has judged numerous international literary prizes and was acting Head of Literature for Arts Council NI. Paul’s debut novel, The Good Son, won The McCrea Literary Award and the Polari First Book Prize and his writing has been translated into eight languages.