McCall short story anthology to launch on November 15

Photograph by Stephen Latimer

What We Did on Our Holidays, the new short story anthology from writer-broadcaster Felicity McCall is to be launched at Derry's Central Library on November 15.

The collection - which the Royal Literary Fellow has described as 'part-memoir' - features themes such as intergenerational PTSD, alcoholism and parental dementia.

Early readers of the book have been very praising of McCall's new book. Irish Times Northern editor Freya McClements commends its 'Insightful reflections on living with the legacy of conflict...suffused with warmth, empathy and the joy of acceptance.'

Award-winning writer Bernie McGill states: 'The characters in Felicity McCall’s acutely observed stories walk the earth haunted by the ghosts of the past. Stark and unflinching,

empathic, humane, this collection is a celebration of "the vital pulse of existence", conveyed in a hand that has the lightest, the most sensitive of touches.'

McCall will be discussing her work at the Allingham Festival (November 7-8) and will also host launches at the Reading Round Group (November 17), and at Foyle U3A (November 18).

What We Did on Our Holidays will be available from bookshops from next month - and also from Colmcille Press - for £10.