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Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen Sexton

This is a no-holds-barred account of Nuala Moore’s progression from fisherman’s daughter jumping off boats to taking on some of the most fearsome stretches of water

Ulster Tatler is a lifestyle and society magazine based in Northern Ireland which was founded in 1966. Established in 1966, the Ulster Tatler is now Northern Irelands longest established and most widely read monthly. It has coverage of events in the Northern Ireland social calendar as well as local fashions. The tone of the magazine is very much to look of the positive side to life in Northern Ireland.

Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland are to star in David Ireland's Ulster American.

The School of English and the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust are delighted to present Poetry of the ‘Troubles’ Revisited, a lecture by Frank Ormsby, Ireland Professor of Poetry.The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established by the Arts Council/ An Chomha

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In the Poetry Programme on Sunday 16th May, at 7:30 pm on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia OLeary’s guests are John FitzGerald and Ireland Professor of Poetry Frank Ormsby. John FitzGerald is University Librarian at University College Cork and started to write poetry around ten years ago, in his late forties. While still unpublished, he won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Prize for 2014. A pamphlet, First Cut, was published in 2017 by Southword Editions, and he joins Olivia to talk about his first full-len...

Colum Eastwood, of the SDLP, chipped in early with a quote on Twitter from Heaney’s line about his passport being green, no toast in his family ever having been raised to the Queen. Heaney wrote those lines in mockery of his inclusion in the 1982 Penguin Book of British Poetry. Britain too often claims the Irish as their own when they are doing well. And in line with that disinclination to take royal honours — though the offer must have been considered — he did not get a CBE, like his fri...

Submitting... Iam McElhinney will read The End of the Play William Makepeace Thackeray on December 22 and NI Opera will perform O Holy Night on December 23. On Christmas Eve, a film, Under a Christmas Sky, featuring all the artists will be presented by radio and television broadcaster Joe Lindsay. Watch on Youtube at Under a Christmas Sky. Joe commented; “Snow Water hopes to bring a little joy, a little beauty, a little magic to the days leading up to this rather unique, strange and unexpecte...

They will be released daily until December 23. Under a Christmas Sky features local musicians, actors, poetry and story-telling and is filmed at the Ulster Folk Museum. Carolyn Mathers, director of the Snow Water production company, said: “We are home to some of the finest artists in the world and, after such a difficult year for the cultural industries and with four of our own live festivals cancelled, we are able to celebrate Northern Ireland’s artistic excellence and to end the year with...