Seamus Heaney Centre

We Play Here by Dawn Watson: Book Launch

Date: 3/08/2023
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: The Great Hall
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Date: 26/05/2023
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Brian Friel Theatre, QUB
Category: Performance

The Seamus Heaney Centre & Friends: A Poetry Reading

Date: 22/05/2023
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: The Cube, One Elmwood, Elmwood Avenue
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Write Night with Jan Carson

Date: 16/05/2023
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: TR6, The Graduate School
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

SHC Presents... MYTH

Date: 12/05/2023
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Crescent Arts Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

The Ekphrasis Pamphlet Launch

Date: 4/05/2023
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens Belfast BT9 5AB
Category: Performance

Live Reads: showcase of new scriptwriting from the MA in Creative Writing

Date: 28/04/2023
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square
Category: Performance

Divisible by Itself and One, by Kae Tempest - book launch

Date: 27/04/2023
Time: 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Category: Performance

Talking Heads: a lecture from Professor Paul Muldoon, the Ireland Professor of Poetry

Date: 25/04/2023
Time: 8:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Great Hall at Queen's University, Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation with SHC Fellow Kae Tempest

Date: 26/04/2023
Time: 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: TBC, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Abomination: A DUP Opera - screening at the QFT

Date: 21/04/2023
Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre
Category: Film

The Seamus Heaney Centre Presents... HOPE

Date: 18/04/2023
Time: 7:30PM - 9:00PM
Location: Mandela Hall, One Elmwood
Category: Performance, University Event

Fighting Words Mentorship Training

Date: 6/04/2023
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: SHC Seminar Room
Category: Training / Learning & Development

In conversation with SHC Fellow Roddy Doyle

Date: 27/03/2023
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: The Harty Room, School of Music at Queen's
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

ReVERSible: Poetry in Translation Anthology Launch

Date: 25/03/2023
Time: 6:30PM - 8:00PM
Location: Brian Friel Theatre at Queen's University, 20 University Square, Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Performance

Write Night with Babita Sharma

Date: 21/03/2023
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: SHC Seminar Room, Queen's University Belfast University Road Belfast BT7 1NN
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

SHC Presents... MELT

Date: 9/03/2023
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Crescent Arts Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Masterclass with SHC Fellow Roddy Doyle

Date: 8/03/2023
Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: TBC
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Masterclass with SHC Fellow Conor Mitchell

Date: 6/03/2023
Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: TBC
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Composing a Children's Opera: illustrated workshop

Date: 5/03/2023
Time: 5:15PM - 6:15PM
Location: The Harty Room, School of Music
Category: Performance, University Event

Ekphrasis Project Workshop

Date: 3/03/2023
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: SHC Seminar Room, 48 University Road
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

World Book Day at No Alibis with Paul Howard & friends

Date: 3/03/2023
Time: 9:30AM - 10:30AM
Location: No Alibis Bookstore, Botanic Avenue, Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

World Book Day at Burnavon with Paul Howard (Children's Writing Fellow NI)

Date: 2/03/2023
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: Burnavon Theatre, Cookstown
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Open Rehearsals: Children's Opera by the Belfast Ensemble

Date: 2/03/2023
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Rosemary Street Church, Belfast city centre
Category: Performance, University Event, Workshop / Seminar / Course

How to Read a Poem with Paul Muldoon

Date: 25/01/2023
Time: 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Room 0G/026, 6 College Park, Queen's University, Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Book Launch: The Thankless Paths to Freedom, by Medbh McGuckian

Date: 13/02/2023
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University, Belfast
Category: Performance, University Event

Tuesday Write Night with Guest Speaker Samuel Poots

Date: 7/02/2023
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: 48 University Road, Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance, University Event

Reading & the City discussion group

Date: 12/10/2022
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: SHC Seminar Room
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Book launch: Peter Hollywood and Pól Ó Muirí

Date: 26/01/2023
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Old Staff Common Room, Ground floor, Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance, University Event

Words in the Air: Plays in Translation

Dates: 25/11/2022 - 2/12/2022
Time: 8:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Performance

Conference: Creating a World without Violence Against Women and Girls

Dates: 25/11/2022 - 26/11/2022
Time: 9:00AM - 8:00PM
Location: Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Category: Conference / Symposium

An Evening with Simon Armitage

Date: 17/11/2022
Time: 8:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Crescent Arts Centre
Category: Interview, Performance

Jane Hirshfield and Paula Meehan

Date: 17/11/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Queer at Queen’s - Live Podcast: with Hilary McCollum and guests

Date: 15/11/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Crescent Arts Centre, University Road, Belfast
Category: Interview, Performance

Ekphrasis 2022-23: Exhibition Tour

Date: 15/11/2022
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Ulster Museum
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Workshop / Seminar / Course

Adaptation Seminar with Darren Murphy

Date: 11/11/2022
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Old Staff Common Room at Queen's University
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Workshop / Seminar / Course

An Evening with Jane Hirshfield

Date: 4/11/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: Great Hall at Queen's
Category: Interview, Performance

Launch: 'The Wonderful Discovery of Elizabeth Sawyer' by Jonathan Vischer

Date: 25/10/2022
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: SHC Seminar Room, Queen's University Belfast
Category: University Event

Student reading at the Bookfinders chair and table

Fighting Words NI Mentorship Training (SHC students only)

Date: 19/10/2022
Time: 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast (room tbc)
Category: Training / Learning & Development

Making a Monument: Ekphrasis Tour with Jan McCullough

Date: 14/10/2022
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance, University Event

Blackbird Anthology 2022 - Publication Launch

Date: 13/10/2022
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance, University Event

Publishing Day

Date: 13/10/2022
Time: 11:00AM - 5:00PM
Location: Old Staff Common Room
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Charm for Catching a Train, by Milena Williamson - pamphlet launch

Date: 11/10/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Canada Room and Council Chambers, 1st floor Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance, University Event

Wendy Erskine at the Ulster Sports Club

Date: 10/10/2022
Time: 8:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Ulster Sports Club
Category: Interview, Performance

Carl Phillips: 'Then the War and Selected Poems, 2007–2020'

Date: 9/10/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University Belfast
Category: Interview, Performance

First Collection Poetry Prize 2022 - The Award Night

Date: 23/06/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Category: Interview, Performance

Don Paterson's Desert Island Poems

Date: 22/06/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Category: Interview, Performance

Ekphrasis with Padraig Regan and William Keohane

Date: 26/05/2022
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Ekphrasis Poetry Reading: Collage, A Political Act

Date: 26/05/2022
Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: The Belfast Room, Ulster Museum
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Futures of Crime

Date: 20/05/2022
Time: 2:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Old Staff Common Room, Lanyon Building at Queen's University Belfast
Category: Conference / Symposium, University Event

SHC Presents: MIND

Date: 12/05/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: The Crescent Arts Centre
Category: Performance

Writing and the City Launch

Date: 10/05/2022
Time: 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: TBC
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Audio Skills Workshop

Date: 27/04/2022
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: TBC
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Ekphrasis Project Workshop

Date: 25/04/2022
Time: 12:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

SHC Fellows: Wendy Erskine, Denise Riley and Tim Wheeler in conversation

Date: 14/04/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University Belfast
Category: Interview, Performance, University Event

Book Launch: Trespasses, by Louise Kennedy

Date: 13/04/2022
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University
Category: Performance

Micro-Fiction Workshop with Jan Carson

Date: 12/04/2022
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: TR7, The Graduate School
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

MA Creative Writing Showcase followed by Conservatory, by Michael West

Date: 8/04/2022
Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: The Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square
Category: Performance, University Event

Fighting Words NI Mentorship Training (SHC students only)

Date: 5/04/2022
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast (room tbc)
Category: Training / Learning & Development

SHC Fellow Wendy Erskine: March one-to-one sessions (students only)

Dates: 3/03/2022 - 31/03/2022
Time: 2:00PM - 5:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
Category: Masterclass

Artist Talk with Joy Gerrard in Collage: A Political Act

Date: 30/03/2022
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Ulster Museum
Category: Performance

Perspectives in Crime Fiction: Navigating the Past

Date: 25/03/2022
Time: 6:00PM - 7:15PM
Location: Zoom
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: SHC Fellow Tim Wheeler and Glenn Patterson (students only)

Date: 23/03/2022
Time: 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: School of Music, Room Number TBC
Category: Performance, Workshop / Seminar / Course

Micro-Fiction Workshop with Emily DeDakis

Date: 22/03/2022
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Graduate School, TR7 / Online
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

SHC x QUB Scribblers Sumissions Workshop

Date: 15/03/2022
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Graduate School, TR7
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

SHC Fellow Denise Riley: March activities

Dates: 24/03/2022 - 25/03/2022
Time: 2:00PM - 11:30AM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre Seminar Room, 48 University Road
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

British Council Literature Seminar: curated by Glenn Patterson

Dates: 24/02/2022 - 26/02/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 11:00PM
Location: The English Theatre Berlin, the Literaturhaus Berlin, and the Lettrétage, Berlin.
Category: Conference / Symposium

Ekphrasis 2022 - Gallery Visit 1

Date: 23/02/2022
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: Ulster Museum
Category: Information Event

Book Launch: Dance Move, by Wendy Erskine

Date: 18/02/2022
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's
Category: Performance

Critical Reviews Workshop with Manuela Moser

Date: 19/01/2022
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Venue TBC
Category: Information Event

In Conversation: Colette Bryce & Leontia Flynn

Date: 18/11/2021
Time: 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance

The Informer: screening and live soundtrack by Stephen Horne

Date: 7/11/2021
Time: 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Location: The Harty Room, School of Music at Queen's
Category: Performance

Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction, by John Connolly

Date: 3/11/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's
Category: Performance

Seamus Heaney Centre Presents... BOO!

Date: 28/10/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: Crescent Arts Centre
Category: Performance

Fighting Words NI Mentorship Training (SHC students only)

Date: 27/10/2021
Time: 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: Gradaute School at Queen's, TR1
Category: Performance

The Stones Cry Out

Date: 24/10/2021
Time: 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: The Strand Arts Centre
Category: Film, Performance

SHC at Book Week NI

Dates: 18/10/2021 - 24/10/2021
Time: 1:00AM - 11:30PM
Location: Online and at the Strand Cinema
Category: Performance

Dementia in Fiction Workshop with Jan Carson (SHC students only)

Date: 6/10/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
Category: Performance

BBC Storytellers: Project Briefing (SHC students only)

Date: 29/09/2021
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: The Harty Room, School of Music at Queen's
Category: Information Event

Book Launch: The Sun is Open, by Gail McConnell

Date: 30/09/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance

In Conversation: Louise Nealon & Glenn Patterson

Date: 23/09/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Looking at the Woman in a Bomb Blast, with Daniel Jewesbury, performed by Abigail McGibbon.

Date: 23/09/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Lecture Room, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Category: Performance

Poetry Summer School Showcase 2021

Date: 19/09/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Performance

Book Launch: Cheryl's Destinies, by Stephen Sexton

Date: 2/09/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance

A Unique Silence: Ekphrasis Showcase 2021

Date: 31/08/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Online
Category: Performance

Student Showcases: MA Prose and Drama 2021

Dates: 24/07/2021 - 31/07/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 11:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Performance, Social

Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2021

Date: 1/07/2021
Time: 8:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Social

In Conversation: Sam Thompson & Kelly McCaughrain

Date: 1/07/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Masterclass: with Oliver Jeffers (students-only)

Date: 21/05/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Meet the Fellows: Oliver Jeffers

Date: 20/05/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Dominic West

Date: 12/05/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Louise Kennedy & Lucy Caldwell

Date: 13/05/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Write Night - Prose Workshop

Date: 4/05/2021
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Career Masterclass: Enda Walsh

Date: 23/04/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Publishing Masterclass: Marian Keyes

Date: 16/04/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Billy Collins & Nick Laird

Date: 8/04/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Career Masterclass: Marian Keyes

Date: 12/03/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Enda Walsh & Aislinn Clarke

Date: 22/04/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Marian Keyes & Louise Kennedy

Date: 11/03/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Brilliant Mysteries: Peter Wilson & James Harpur

Date: 4/03/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Performance

In Conversation: Anne Carson & Nick Laird

Date: 4/02/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Ekphrasis 2021: The Rembrandt Etchings

Date: 26/01/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Lenny Abrahamson & Michael West

Date: 14/01/2021
Time: 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Terrance Hayes & Nick Laird

Date: 3/12/2020
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Caoilinn Hughes & Garrett Carr

Date: 19/11/2020
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Writing Critical Reviews with Tara McEvoy

Date: 12/11/2020
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

The Open Ear: Ten New Voices - Launch

Date: 17/11/2020
Time: 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Sharon Olds & Nick Laird

Date: 5/11/2020
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

In Conversation: Susannah Dickey & Glenn Patterson

Date: 3/09/2020
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

The Lifeboat: Two Readings

Date: 29/07/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 7:40PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre Online Player https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/QFT-Player-The-Lifeboat
Category: Film

Seamus Heaney and the music of what happens

Dates: 24/07/2020 - 26/07/2020
Time: 1:00AM - 11:59PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre Online Player https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/QFT-Player-Seamus-Heaney
Category: Film

Poetry Prize 2020 - Virtual Award Night

Date: 2/07/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre Online Player https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/QFT-Player-Seamus-Heaney-First-Collection-Poetry-Prize
Category: Film

Changing Views: Virtual Pamphlet Launch

Date: 26/06/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 7:45PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre, Online Player https://qft.vhx.tv/free/videos/changing-views
Category: Film

SHC Fellow Jed Mercurio: in conversation

Date: 18/05/2020
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Masterclass with Lucy Caldwell: Fun with Form

Date: 29/04/2020
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Beginners Guide to Podcasting with Conor McCafferty

Date: 30/04/2020
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

The Seamus Heaney Centre Presents… HELP

Date: 1/05/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: https://queensfilmtheatre.com/QFT-Player
Category: Performance

*Postponed* The Honest Ulsterman Revisited: with Professor Frank Ormsby

Date: 18/03/2020
Time: 8:00PM - 9:30PM
Location: Canada Room, 1st floor Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

*Postponed* Looking at the Woman in a Bomb Blast, with Daniel Jewesbury

Date: 20/03/2020
Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: Lecture Room, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Category: Performance

*Postponed* The Live Read: New Script from the Seamus Heaney Centre

Dates: 24/04/2020 - 4/03/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square
Category: Performance

*Postponed* The Magic of Reading, with Cressida Cowell and Kelly McCaughrain

Date: 28/04/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: The Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Changing Views with SHC Fellow Vahni Capildeo

Date: 6/03/2020
Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast

The Weekend of Stuff

Dates: 28/11/2019 - 2/12/2019
Time: 12:00PM - 11:00PM
Location: Various locations.
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Debates on Europe: Belfast 2019

Dates: 13/09/2019 - 15/09/2019
Time: 6:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast and the Ulster Museum

An Evening with the Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows

Date: 5/03/2019
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Ground floor lecture room, Ulster Museum

Sebastian Barry, Laureate for Irish Fiction

Date: 9/05/2019
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's

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