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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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′, a special showcase event for presenting migrant artists…
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…
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 /…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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