Writing Practice & The Publishing Industry
Writer Jan Carson will speak to emerging and early career writers about writing practice and the publishing industry. Q&A, followed by a networking session.
Monday 24 February, Waterford Gallery of Art, 6pm – 7:30pm
This is a free event. Refreshments will be served.
Booking is essential as places are limited
You can book your place here:
Jan Carson is a writer based in Belfast. She has published three novels, three short story collections and two micro-fiction collections. Her novel The Fire Starters won the EU Prize for Literature for Ireland 2019. Jan’s latest novel, The Raptures was published by Doubleday in early 2022 and was subsequently shortlisted for the An Post Irish Novel of the Year and Kerry Group Novel of the Year. Her short story collection Quickly, While They Still Have Horses was published by Doubleday (UK) in April 2024 and Scribner (US) in July 2024. Her writing has been aired on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and RTE.
She is the Seamus Heaney Centre Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast 2025 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her first stage play, an adaptation of the children’s classic, The Velveteen Rabbit will be produced by Replay Theatre Company at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast in March 2025. Her next novel, Few and Far Between is forthcoming in early 2026.
Creative Communities on a Shared Island, funded by Creative Ireland, is a joint two-year initiative between Waterford City & County Council and Mid & East Antrim Borough Council to develop and enhance our shared sense of community through the lens of creativity in areas such as heritage, literature and the arts.