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I have loved my four years as a student at the Seamus Heaney Centre. Not only have I developed as a writer, I’ve had the chance to meet and learn from staff, students and the wider Heaney Centre community. I am delighted to have been awarded this fellowship and looking forward to expanding publishing opportunities for the many fantastic writers who are linked to the Centre. Dr Hilary McCollum
Publishing Fellow 2022

Hilary McCollum is a writer of prose and drama. Her first novel, Golddigger, won the Golden Crown Literary Society prize for historical fiction in 2016. She has written four plays focusing on the lives and experiences of LGBT people, including Life and Love: Lesbian Style, which was shortlisted for the best new writing award at the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival. She recently completed her PhD in Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre.


Tara McEvoy co-founded and edits The Tangerine, a Belfast-based magazine of new writing. Her writing has appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, Vogue, the Observer, the Guardian, Poetry London, 3:AM, The Wire, Frieze, and The Stinging Fly, among other publications. She graduated from Queen's with a PhD in December 2020, and currently works as a press officer for Pushkin Press. 


Darren Murphy is a playwright and essayist. Recent plays include Many Mansions, an Abbey Theatre commission, and Bunny’s Vendetta, commissioned for the UK City of Culture in Derry, The Flats (shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award, and A Road In Winter (winner of the Westminster Prize). His plays Irish Blood, English Heart and Tabloid Caligula, were performed in London and New York, and are published by Oberon.

Darren's PhD thesis looked at how various dramatists use narrative time. His essay The Playwright & the Pugilist was published by The Tangerine. His most recent play X’ntigone, commissioned by Prime Cut, opens at the MAC in February 2022, and is published by Methuen. 


More from our Fellows

Notions Darren Murphy Fin

Writing and the City Fellow Darren Murphy talks about 'the game' in every good play. 

Before she was our Writing and the City Fellow, Tara McEvoy wrote our very first Friday Critique, and was a regular contributor to the project. 

Darren Murphy's play X'ntigone (after Sophocles' Antigone) is a co-production with Prime Cut and The MAC Belfast, opening February 2022. 

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City Reading group

Discussing cities in classic and contemporary fiction and essay, led by Tara McEvoy - Wednesdays at 2.00pm in the SHC Seminar Room (from 5 Oct 2022)

VAWG Conference - Creating a World Without Violence Against Women and Girls

Coordinated by Hilary McCollum and coinciding with the UN's International Day to Eradicate Violence Against Women and Girls (Fri 25 - Sat 26 Nov 2022)

Queer at Queen's Podcast

with interviews and readings from some of the queer voices who shape our literary community, hosted by Hilary McCollum (launching Nov 2022)

Fellows Events

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Reading & the City discussion group - Date: 12/10/2022

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

Conference: Creating a World without Violence Against Women and Girls - Dates: 25/11/2022 - 26/11/2022

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

Queer at Queen’s - Live Podcast: with Hilary McCollum and guests - Date: 15/11/2022

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

Adaptation Seminar with Darren Murphy - Date: 11/11/2022

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

Publishing Day - Date: 13/10/2022

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

Writing and the City Launch - Date: 10/05/2022

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

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