Aspects, Bangor’s festival of reading, writing and words starts next week with a full programme of events celebrating the written word. This year’s festival features a packed line-up, with something for everyone on offer, from top authors to poetry, exhibitions, history and politics. Opening the festival on Wednesday 27 September is the Galicia Exchange and […]
In addition to the One World Festival returning this autumn, so too is the poetry competition, which sees young writers from across Northern Ireland submit their poetry in relation to the festival’s beliefs and motto. The competition, open to all students aged 12-18 years old, aims to get young individuals thinking about important issues raised
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The Belfast International Arts Festival has announced the line-up for this year’s programme. Established in 1962, the BIAF is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a new extended season of over 300 events that celebrate the best in local and global contemporary art. The season opens on October 5 with the UK premiere of Frank McGuiness’
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From epic to intimate, live to online, local to international, the fifteenth annual Outburst Queer Art Festival has an incredible array of art and events showcasing queer talent. With a centrepiece of Conor Mitchell’s MASS, bringing together the 64 musicians of the Ulster Orchestra, acclaimed Irish soprano Giselle Allen and six international film makers, this
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The Belfast International Arts Festival event is back this year for its 59th edition and with an impressive range of events to check out across the city, everyone of all ages and tastes can enjoy Northern Ireland’s longest-running international arts festival. This year’s mission is to be a leading progessive international arts festival within Northern
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Samsung KX announced the launch of ‘Wild Writing’, a series that focuses on how to elevate your creative writing skills using the great outdoors as your creative muse, all via the new Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. New research commissioned by Samsung KX found that nearly a third of Brits named ‘creative writing’ as one of
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The Belfast Book Festival, Northern Ireland’s leading literary festival Returns from 10-13 June with an online programme of live events. This year’s festival will explore various themes, including sexuality, abuse, feminism, love, and more. Kicking off the three-day event is a panel discussion about issues affecting poets and the spoken word community. ‘Poetry In Focus’
Lit Up Poetry Performance Salon is back with their monthly event, created and hosted by poet Michael Wilson. Presented by CAP, Lit Up is a regular poetry event with a twist. Planned headliners as well as open mic performances deliver original poetry alongside the poetic works that have inspired them. May’s event, which takes place
Join author CJ Cooke via Zoom to discuss her recent novels, “The Nesting” and psychological drama “The Blame Game”. The event is part of Read Regional 2021, which brings northern authors to libraries across the region. Originally from Belfast CJ Cooke started writing at the age of 7 when she was inspired by the stories
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Poets Bebe Ashley, Seán Hewitt and Richard Scott will be coming together for Poetry at the Lexlicon, to read their work and take part in discussions with Rosamond Taylor as part of this year’s One Dublin One Book event. Poetry at the Lexlcon will inspire thought on how we are all interconnected through our shared
Michael Conaghan is a youthful 58 year old Playwright, Poet, and Bookseller, brought up in Mid-Ulster who now lives in Belfast. Michael was introduced to the industry via a creative writing class in Whitstable, Kent, taught by his future wife, Jane. What genre/style do you create in? Poetry and Drama. What would you be best known
Artists from Italy and Hungary who have made their homes in Northern Ireland will come together for ‘Neither here, nor there, New Voices of Ireland Series 8′ buy keflex online https://www.dentists4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/keflex.html , a special showcase event for presenting migrant artists to the wider online community, on Thursday 25 February at 7.30 pm. Organised by
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Colin Dardis is a 40 year old man from County Tyrone. Colin is a man of many talents, a Poet, an Editor, an Arts Coordinator and a Creative Writing Facilitator. Colin has been writing poetry since primary school and started reading in front of live audiences back in Arcadia Coffeehouse in North Street Arcade in
Natalie Smyth is a 30 year old Poet and children’s book Author from Belfast. Natalie began writing as a teenager and her love for words grew and she hasn’t stopped writing since. What genre / style do you create in? Poetry. What would you be best known for? My love for writing. What would you
Quotidian Word On the Street, is bringing together seven artists for an online event to celebrate International Migrants Day. Entitled Sky you are too big #3, it takes place on December 17 at 7pm. It is a free event, but booking is required. The artists taking part are: Siobhan Brown, Wilhelmina Peace, Frederic Huska, Una
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Racquel McKee is an individual of many talents, from storytelling to poetry to acting and singing she’s no stranger to the limelight. Racquel lives in Antrim but is originally from Jamaica. Racquel has had an interest in the arts for years and started writing from a young age. Racquel got her professional break when she
Meet Gaynor Kane, a writer from Belfast. At 40 years old instead of buying a sports car, Gaynor started a degree with the Open University. At age 46 she finished her degree with a creative writing module and has carried on poeting ever since. Gaynor never imagined herself as a poet, she grew up in
Louise Gribbons is a 41 year old English teacher from Holywood, Co.Down. During lockdown Louise posted a children’s poem on Facebook, ‘The Day We Spring-Cleaned The World’. Inspired by her step-son Cooper the poem centres on coronavirus and how to reassure a three year old that the world is not a scary place. The poem was
The 31st International Summer School takes place from Monday July 23 to Saturday July 28 in the Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh. The five-day festival of culture and creativity includes a three-day creative writing workshop series for keen writers to hone their skills, new fiction offerings from leading novelists from across the UK
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BELFAST poet Mark Evison has released his second collection of poetry tackling the challenges of mental illness with frankness and humour. Moving On With Hope is a follow up to Mark’s first collection of poetry and sees the 55-year-old father of two use everyday observations to emotionally connect with readers. Mark’s first collection of poetry
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Struggling with his mental health, at his worst Limavady poet Paul Butterfield Jnr was overcome with feelings of depression, anxiety and even panic attacks. Since childhood he remembers always having feelings he couldn’t understand, or at times, cope with. Eventually diagnosed with bi-polar Paul began writing about how he was feeling and naturally fell into
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Secondary school students are being given a unique opportunity to get out into the landscape that inspired poet Seamus Heaney in an innovative new education programme. The “My Place Within the Landscape” programme launched today, on National Poetry Day, features field trips to selected natural heritage sites and activities within the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in
Elizabeth McGeown is a performance poet and spoken word artist from Belfast. After several years experience in the creative industry, her love of writing and stream-of-consciousness thought led her to performing her poetry at a number of live shows across Northern Ireland. Elizabeth is also the All-Ulster Slam Poetry Champion and was placed third in
Limavady poet Paul Butterfield Jnr has proven over recent years that the art form is alive and well here in Northern Ireland. The 27-year-old recently completed a tour in the UK and Ireland performing his own original poetry, and has also released a series of hard-hitting poetry music videos on YouTube. This year Paul will
A young poet from Limavady has shared his amazing work through a series of YouTube videos and proven that Northern Ireland is home to some serious creative talent. Paul Butterfield Jnr, 26, speaks directly from the heart and has turned his writing into short “poetry films” with accompanying music and footage. online pharmacy buy flagyl
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Can there be light after the darkness of mental illness? Paul Butterfield Jnr believes so. Meet “The Bi-Polar Poet”, a 27 year old writer, performer and filmmaker from Limavady, Co. Derry/Londonderry. Paul’s short film “Mentally Ill World, Find Your Soul” hears him recite one of his own original poems to a backdrop of music and
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POETS across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to enter a national poetry competition. Now in its fourth year the Funeral Services Northern Ireland National Poetry Competition are looking for poems about LIGHT this year. Light is the theme for this year’s National Poetry Day on Thursday October 8 and organisers are hoping to see whole
At the end of the month a whole host of Northern Ireland poets will take to the stage at the forthcoming Summer Reading with Poetry NI. By Colin Dardis, Poetry NI I was going to start this piece saying something like it is ‘an honour and a privilege’ to be working with the eight poets
