The 2025 Max Margles Writer in Residence was H Felix Chau Bradley, who spent three weeks in October at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland.
Read Felix’s First Dispatch from Ireland
The Max Margles Writing Residency is a three-week residency program, the aim of which is to provide time and space for a Quebec writer to reflect, research, and write as they need.
The residency covers:
- Round-trip flights from Montreal, Quebec to Ireland and travel to the centre
- Accommodation & meals
- A stipend of $2,300 CAD
- Incidental expenses ($35 per day)
- Travel and medical insurance
The 2025 Residence: The Tyrone Guthrie Centre
The Quebec Writers’ Federation partnered with the prestigious Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, County Monaghan to offer a Quebec-based, English-language fiction writer the opportunity to spend three all-inclusive weeks in Ireland in October 2024. The recipient of the 2024 residency was Aimee Wall.
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre was established in 1981 and is Ireland’s foremost artistic residency centre. The Annaghmakerrig or “Big House” has eleven private bedrooms and offers residencies to international artists in all disciplines, from literature and dance to music and theatre.
Residency News & Announcements
2025
- 2025 Writer in Residence Is: H Felix Chau Bradley
- Dispatch from Ireland by H Felix Chau Bradley, No. 1
- Dispatches from Ireland by H Felix Chau Bradley, No. 2
2024
- 2024 Writer in Residence: Aimee Wall
- Dispatch from Ireland by Aimee Wall, No. 1
- Dispatch from Ireland by Aimee Wall, No. 2
2023
- 2023 Writer in Residence Is: Heather O’Neill
- Dispatch from Ireland by Heather O’Neill, No. 1
- Dispatch from Ireland by Heather O’Neill, No. 2
- CBC Radio: Heather O’Neill in Ireland for the Max Margles Residency (All in a Weekend with Sonali Karnick)
- CBC Radio: Heather O’Neill Concludes the Max Margles Residency (All in a Weekend with Sonali Karnic
2022
Photos from Past Max Margles Writing Residencies
About Max Margles
Max Margles loved to read. He was an in-depth reader, seeking out well-written and engrossing books, relevant and meaningful. He kept two Rolodex files – one arranged by author, the other arranged by title. On these small cards, in his meticulous printing (he was a structural engineer), he summarized the nature of the book, the plot, and provided his eloquent assessment of the work.
When Max died suddenly in 2004, his widow Roslyn looked for projects to endow in Max’s memory. Since the couple has no children, Roslyn carries on this mandate with vigour and pride. She established a Max Margles Endowment Fund at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal, sponsoring an annual lecture by outstanding literary authors.
The project will keep Max’s memory alive, provide an opportunity for Quebec writers to spend meaningful time in a space in which they can contemplate and create, and support a significant new contribution to English-language culture in Quebec.
The Quebec Writers’ Federation is delighted to partner with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre for the 2025 edition of the residency.