ACNI Writing

SINÉAD MORRISSEY talks about her amazing memoir AMONG COMMUNISTS @crescentarts Fri 20 March 5.30 with @al_mac_e What a book! A classic. Best memoir since Louis MacNeice's The Strings Are False.

Here's the running order for my book (there's one final long poem to add on The Shankill Butchers, but it's on its way). Not bad for a kid from a N. Irish council estate. #poetry

Congratulations to Mary O'Donnell whose thought provoking, wise and so enjoyable new novel was launched tonight by Belinda McKeown @HodgesFiggis, and is published by @Epoque_Press. @maryodonnell03

@CLDallat @HurchinHome @The_JHS @JohnHewittPoet @TheJohnHewitt @TheYeatsSisters @turnpikebooks @ACNIWriting @fostersbookshop @B_Museum @poetryireland @irelandvht Allingham lived in Armagh in the 1830s/40s, now of course - fittingly enough - the home of the John Hewitt Summer School.

Join me, @BoyleMo and @CsillaToldy @ 8pm Thurs 26th March at Newry Arts Festival. In a world where many of us feel overwhelmed by the pace and weight of the news cycle, What a Time to Be Alive offers an evening of reflection, resilience and quiet power. visitmournegullionstrangford.com/whats-on/what-…

William Allingham's work👇was championed by #Yeats and his sisters, Lily and Lolly, and their Dun Emer Press, in 1905, and again in 1967 by fellow Ulster poet John Hewitt.

There was an actor.

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Meet Mimi, Rodolfo, Musetta and Marcello - @MaryMcCabeSop RobynLyn Evans, Tereza Gevorgyan and Jean-Kristof Bouton - who will be performing in 'La Bohème' at the Carlisle Memorial, Belfast on 16 May in partnership with @DivaOperaUK Full details: niopera.com/performances/l…

Join Mark Ward as he reads from & discusses the creation of ‘Masters’ with fellow poet Paul Maddern @ImagineBelfast @ArtsCouncilNI @poetryireland @TheEmmaPress WED 25TH MARCH 6:15pm–7:15pm Lecture Theatre 3 B-BC-00-307, @UlsterUni imaginebelfast.com/event/masters-…

☘️ Happy St Patrick's Day! There’s no better way to brush up on your knowledge of the man himself than with the late John Killen’s beautiful anthology. #stpatricksday #stpatricks

NOVEL WRITING WITH PAUL MCVEIGH – MAY 10-17, 2026 Come join me in France for a week at @circleofmisse. Only a couple of spaces left. A small group with plenty of attention on your writing. circleofmisse.com/wp/writing-202…

Down in beautiful #saul this morning location of #stpatricks first church #drumlincity #downpatrick

#saul beautiful morning down to location of #stpatricks first church #StPatrickDay2024

Len Deighton obituary: How a cookery cartoonist became a master spy writer bbc.in/4sJEKzb

thank you ireland and northern ireland for michelle fairley 😭🙏🏼🇮🇪

Happy St Patrick’s Day from St Patrick’s Country to all!

One of my favorite Irish poets is Jessica Traynor. Highly recommended reading. bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/ne…

Listen to Anne McDonald’s wonderful overview of the first 3 weeks of writing workshops held as part of Island of Many Voices. A showcase event featuring readings of new work by the twenty participating writers as well as a contribution from special guest author Wendy Erskine is being held on 20th March in The Linen Hall and all are welcome to attend: linenhall.com/event/island-o… #LinenHall #OpeningMinds #Belfast #DublinCityofLiterature #IslandOfManyVoices

Susanna Galbraith reads from her debut Morsels (Macha Press) 11 April at the Feminist Library Peckham @ArtsCouncilNI @poetryireland

Reflections – Hillary McCollum I consider my writing to be a form of creative activism, and we explored this theme, initially in relation to lesbian visibility but moving on to violence against women and girls. This included talking about my first book, Funny Peculiar, a memoir about child sexual abuse set during the Troubles. I explained the process of writing it and the reasons why it was published under a pseudonym. One of the things that I told the group was that we don’t always know the impact that our work has, but to write anyway in the hope that our words will resonate with someone who reads or hears them. Hillary McCollum is a guest writer taking part in the Island of Many Voices project. To read her reflections in full and to learn more about the Island of Many Voices project, please visit: linenhall.com/reflections-hi… #LinenHall #OpeningMinds #Belfast