Paul McVeigh Residencies

The first writer to join the 2027 Paul McVeigh West Cork Residency is Claire Adam.

Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Claire Adam studied Physics in the US, and later took an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. 

Her first novel, Golden Child, was published in 2019 by Faber (UK) and SJP for Hogarth (USA). It was featured on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book at Bedtime’, NBC’s  ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’, the NBC ‘Today’ show, and was named one of BBC’s ‘100 Novels that Changed the World. It was awarded the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award and the McKitterick Prize, and has been optioned for film production. It was named as a ‘Book of the Year’ by the Evening Standard and The Times. 

Her second novel, Love Forms, set in Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and the UK, was published by Faber (UK) and Hogarth (USA) in 2025. It was longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, and was named as a ‘Book of the Year’ by The Times, The Critic, News24 and NPR. 

Claire’s work has been translated into a dozen languages. She lives in London with her husband and two children. 

Applications for the 20207 residency open July 1st 2026. Follow this website and instagram for updates.