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The SHC Fellows

Three Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows are selected each year from worlds of Poetry, Fiction, Music, Film & Television. They work with students and audiences to explore creative writing in all its forms. Each writer demonstrates excellence in their field, as well as an openness to learn from their engagement with students, and it is hoped that their time at the Centre will inform their future practice.  

Building on a literary heritage at Queen’s that stretches back to the 1960s Belfast Group, we are part of a worldwide network of writers and critics, and support the development of creative and interdisciplinary collaborations. Visiting Fellows contribute to life at the Centre through workshops and masterclasses, one-to-one tutorials with our students, and public events. We offer a place for writers to work on an adhoc basis, and keep in close contact with our growing network of extraordinary alumni and friends, so you never know who you'll meet in our corridors. 

SHC Fellows 2022/23

Roddy Doyle
Kae Tempest
Conor Mitchell

SHC Fellows 2021/22

Wendy Erskine
Denise Riley
Tim Wheeler
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Book launches and readings

including the launch event for Dance Move by Wendy Erskine in Feb 2022. 

Conversations and Q&As

including the those with 2021 Fellow Enda Walsh, in conversation with Aislinn Clarke. 

SHC Fellows 2020/21

Author and illustrator
Oliver Jeffers
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Novelist
Marian Keyes
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Playwright and director
Enda Walsh
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SHC Fellows 2019/20

Booker-Prize winner
Anna Burns
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Poet
Vahni Capildeo
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Screenwriter and director
Jed Mercurio
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SHC Fellows 2018/19

Ivor Novello Winner
Iain Archer
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Novelist and short story writer
Lucy Caldwell
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Lisa McGee
Screenwriter
Lisa McGee
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SHC Fellows 2017/18

Novelist
Jo Baker
Poet
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Musician
Peter Wilson (Duke Special)
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