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April highlights from the Seamus Heaney Centre
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Before the University breaks for Easter, we wanted to send you some event reminders and upcoming deadlines for this month. There's a lot on, so brace yourselves! But first...
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To MA student Matthew Rice on the publication of his debut collection - The Last Weather Observer, published by Summer Palace Press. Signed copies available from No Alibis now!
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In Conversation: Billy Collins & Nick Laird
Thu 8 Apr at 6.00pm GMT
Register here
The next in our series of conversations hosted by Professor Nick Laird and other internationally renowned poets.
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Write Night Prose Workshop
Tue 13 Apr at 4.00pm
Register here
Numbers are strictly limited for this regular prose workshop group. If you have an excerpt you'd like to share at the session, please contact r.b...@qub.ac.uk
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In Conversation: Enda Walsh & Aislínn Clarke
Thu 22 Apr at 6.00pm GMT
Register here
Enda Walsh is a Tony and multi award-winning Irish playwright and director, writing for the stage and screen. He was co-writer on Hunger, along with director Steve McQueen, and made the musical play Lazarus with David Bowie.
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World Book Night - Fri 23 Apr 2021
To mark World Book Night, the Arts Council NI and the MAC will be gifting 160 free copies of our own Glenn Patterson’s latest novel, Where Are We Now? to community groups, book clubs and members of the public. Find out more about World Book Night here.
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Publishing Masterclass: with Marian Keyes
Fri 16 Apr at 2.00pm - STUDENTS ONLY
Register here
Another career masterclass from best-selling author, Marian Keyes.
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Stage & Screen Masterclass: with Enda Walsh
Fri 23 Apr at 2.00pm - STUDENTS ONLY
Register here
Students are invited to send questions for Enda in advance to r.b...@qub.ac.uk
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Our writers on the radio and online...
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Listen now to Once Again: with Luke Macpherson and Hannah Gibson.
More conversations about writing can be found on the Seamus Heaney Centre Podcast, the latest episode is part of a pilot series, suggested and hosted by our students.
Find it here, on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you find your podcasts.
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Tune in this week - The Northern Bank Job with Glenn Patterson, begins Mon 5 Apr at 1.45pm on BBC Radio 4
Through dramatized court testimonies, new interviews and archive, Glenn Patterson takes us into the unfolding story of a meticulously planned heist and its chaotic aftermath.
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Beginning Sun 11 Apr
The Irish Cultural Centre is launching a series of literary interviews, Northern Irish Voices. The series will focus on leading voices and writers from Northern Ireland: ex-President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, two of Ireland’s most esteemed and influential poets, Michael Longley and Frank Ormsby, along with award-winning authors Glenn Patterson, Jan Carson, and Lucy Caldwell.
Find out more and watch here
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Tiny Masterclasses: in partnership with Fighting Words NI
Staff and students have been sharing their insights to help young writers find their words. They'll be shared with schools to support teachers (and home-schoolers) get creative writing into classrooms. This is an ongoing project so check our website for more!
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QFT Player 1st birthday: Fri 2 - Sun 4 Apr
Our friends at QFT are celebrating a year of their online player with the return of some audience favourites, screening for free. Check out their birthday programme here.
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QFT Player has been a lifeline for us over the past year. Our free collection on QFT Player, includes conversations with Lenny Abrahamson, Sharon Olds, Terrence Hayes, and Anne Carson, Book Clubs with Susannah Dickey, Caoilinn Hughes, and Marian Keyes, and much more. Catch up here.
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Submissions are open for the 2021 Poetry Summer School - deadline 30 April!
Read more about last year's online programme and apply here.
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Deadline Fri 2 Apr - 2021 First Collection Poetry Prize.
More information and submission guidelines can be found here.
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Have news to share with the Seamus Heaney Centre community? Send us details by Friday afternoon for inclusion in the following Monday's email!
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