 Peter Curran, Belfast-born writer, broadcaster and documentary maker writes about
his favourite writer Bernard MacLaverty.
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Peter Curran's favourite Northern Irish writer has sold millions of books worldwide, had two screenplays
and four television plays filmed and has written successful radio plays. People all around the world
read the stories of this former north Belfast lab technician who has the gift of being able to find
and amplify the heartbeat of small town life.
His characters are the unfulfilled, broken dreamers searching for some personal redemption
from the life they've been given.
This Belfast man, Bernard MacLaverty, is up there with the
greats like Raymond Carver and John Steinbeck.
MacLaverty uses words with beautiful precision and his understated style has made him accessible to
readers from Nairobi to Norway - as well as Northern Ireland. Many of us first recognised ourselves
in literature for the first time when reading MacLaverty's work.
He's reached an even wider audience with successful television and film adaptations, which have
lifted his work off the page without losing his strong sense of naturalism.
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Have a read of some of the submissions by local NI writers.
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Read about other writers experiences and how they got started.
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Find out about publishing opportunities and local writing organisations.
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Bernard MacLaverty
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MacLaverty Video Clips >>
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Introduction
