Ciaran Carson & Publishing Fellows

The annual Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellowships have been established in memory of the Seamus Heaney Centre’s founding director and are inspired by his writing about the city of Belfast in poetry and prose. The Publishing Fellowship is appointed in recognition of the publishing expertise of our students, and offered to a graduate who has demonstrated an enthusiastic commitment to the wider literary sector, particularly through publishing.

Appointed to recent graduates from the PhD programme at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Fellows will be encouraged to carry on with their own creative work at this crucial stage of their careers, and to contribute to our academic and extracurricular programmes.

“I'm delighted to announce Susannah Dickey as Publishing Fellow for 2025 and Shannon Kuta Kelly and Hanna Slättne as Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellows for 2025. The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s hosts annual Fellowships in memory of its first director, Ciaran Carson, and inspired by his writing about the city of Belfast in prose as well as poetry, and both fellowships are awarded to recently completed PhD students at the School of Arts, English and Languages. Susie, Shannon and Hanna represent a brilliant line-up and we look forward to welcoming them to the Centre next year.” Professor Leontia Flynn
Acting Director, Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's