Seamus Heaney Centre

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

Student reading at the Bookfinders chair and table

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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