Seamus Heaney Centre

Write Night Presents: A Wild Life with Ruby Free

Date: 18/02/2025
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Looking at the Woman in a Bomb Blast Book Launch

Date: 19/02/2025
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance, Social

Reading Seamus Heaney: Field Work

Date: 20/02/2025
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

North Belfast Remembers Ciaran Carson

Date: 1/03/2025
Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: St Patrick's Church, Donegall St, 199 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FL
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

It Goes As Follies: A Family-Friendly Trad Session

Date: 1/03/2025
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
Category: Community Event

Write Night Presents: The Slow Road North book launch, with Rosie Schaap

Date: 4/03/2025
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Write Night presents: An Evening with The Moth Magazine

Date: 11/03/2025
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Crime Fiction Double Bill

Date: 25/03/2025
Time: 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Interview, Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Surviving as a Writer, with Jan Carson workshop 1

Date: 12/05/2025
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Surviving as a Writer, with Jan Carson workshop 2

Date: 13/05/2025
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Boxing Day by William Keohane

Date: 14/02/2025
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance

The Boy from the Sea Book Launch

Date: 6/02/2025
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance, Social

Blackbird Anthology Launch

Date: 30/01/2025
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance, Social

Seamus Heaney Centre Presents... FLOW

Date: 23/01/2025
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance, Social

Reading Seamus Heaney: North

Date: 16/01/2025
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Fighting Words Mentor Training: January 2025

Date: 15/01/2025
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Training / Learning & Development

Reading Seamus Heaney: A Christmas Garland

Date: 19/12/2024
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Wor(l)ds: literary stylistics and creative practice-research

Date: 12/12/2024
Time: 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's, 38-40 University Road
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Ekphrasis Studio Visit

Date: 12/12/2024
Time: 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
Category: Exhibition

The Seamus Heaney Centre Christmas Debate

Date: 6/12/2024
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Ekphrasis Workshop #1

Date: 5/12/2024
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Exhibition

Here and There: Writing through Culture Shock with Shahminee Selvakannu (Workshop Three)

Date: 3/12/2024
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre, 38-40 University Road
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Inaugural PEN Heaney Prize ceremony

Date: 2/12/2024
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's University, Belfast
Category: Performance, Social

Caroline Magennis: Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women

Date: 28/11/2024
Time: 6:30PM - 8:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Oksana Maksymchuk: Still City

Date: 22/11/2024
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Reading Seamus Heaney: Wintering Out

Date: 21/11/2024
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre, 38- 40 University Road
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Ekphrasis Gallery Tour

Date: 14/11/2024
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Ulster Museum
Category: Exhibition

Here and There: Writing through Culture Shock with Shahminee Selvakannu (Workshop Two)

Date: 5/11/2024
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre, 38-40 University Road
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Poetry London Launch with Editor Niall Campbell

Date: 1/11/2024
Time: 6:45PM - 8:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: General / Other

Introduction to the Archive at the Seamus Heaney Centre

Date: 29/10/2024
Time: 10:30AM - 11:30AM
Location: Poetry Library, Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Information Event

Talking About Yerma: Shirley-Anne McMillan on Lorca and More

Date: 22/10/2024
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Reading Seamus Heaney: Door Into The Dark

Date: 17/10/2024
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre, 38- 40 University Road
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Welcome to the Seamus Heaney Centre!

Date: 10/10/2024
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Social

Astray in a New World: Representations of Madness in Indian and Irish Literature

Date: 4/10/2024
Time: 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Here and There: Writing through Culture Shock with Shahminee Selvakannu (Workshop One)

Date: 1/10/2024
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre, 38-40 University Road
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Reading Seamus Heaney: Death of a Naturalist

Date: 19/09/2024
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre, 38- 40 University Road
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Digital Public History: Exploring Difficult Histories through Video Games

Date: 13/09/2024
Time: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

BBC Storytellers Listening Party #6

Date: 31/08/2024
Time: 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

BBC Storytellers Listening Party #5

Date: 24/08/2024
Time: 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

Faerie Press Book Launch: Hide & Seek, An Anthology of the Inner Child

Date: 17/08/2024
Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

BBC Storytellers Listening Party #4

Date: 17/08/2024
Time: 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

BBC Storytellers Listening Party #3

Date: 10/08/2024
Time: 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

Drift: Writing the River with Alice Malseed and Stephen Connolly (Day Two)

Date: 10/08/2024
Time: 10:45AM - 2:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre (meeting point to be emailed to participants)
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

BBC Storytellers Listening Party #2

Date: 3/08/2024
Time: 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

BBC Storytellers Listening Party #1

Date: 27/07/2024
Time: 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

Drift: Writing the River with Alice Malseed and Stephen Connolly (Day One)

Date: 27/07/2024
Time: 12:45PM - 4:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre (meeting point to be emailed to participants)
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

First Collection Poetry Prize Award Night

Date: 27/06/2024
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Category: Performance

IMRAM: The Discovery Lectures

Date: 26/06/2024
Time: 10:30AM - 4:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
Category: Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course

Seamus Heaney Memorial Lecture

Date: 25/06/2024
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Door into the Light: A Seamus Heaney Walking Tour

Date: 20/06/2024
Time: 11:00AM - 4:30PM
Location: Meeting Point to Follow
Category: Performance, Social

Ekphrasis Project 2024: Nowhere Bound Pamphlet Launch

Date: 6/06/2024
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast
Category: General / Other

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