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Join us on Instagram Live tomorrow at 1pm for a Close Reading Workshop where will discuss some of Heaney's poems about the writing process - 'Digging', 'Personal Helicon' and 'Glanmore Sonnets 1.' Full text of poems in the images. #IrishMuseumsOnline #Poetry #ListenNowAgain

On Tuesday 26th May, join us for TWO very special panel events, FREE as part of @hayfestival Digital: @Kapka_Kassabova, Caroline Muscat & Zsofia Bán - bit.ly/2WH1qUI Leïla Slimani, Lisa Dwan & @HilaryCottam - bit.ly/2WHflu7 Hosted by co-editor @hughes_sophie!

Historical fiction lovers! Win one of 10 copies of @BenKaneAuthor's Lionheart, his new novel about Richard I, in the May 2020 #Historia giveaway! Open until 1 June bit.ly/HistoriaGiveaw…

Open your mind and take the time to feel unlimited in Week 4 of #ExpressYourself: the 10-week challenge. Warm up with Anita's letter challenge below, then join poet @Hafsah_A_Bashir and be inspired by her story starters. bit.ly/WeekFourChalle… #CreativeSpacesMcr #AllSortsToDo

V pleased to have my short story The Cargo featured on @The_CWA website for #CrimeReadingMonth. I wrote it back in 2014 when it was longlisted for the @histnovsoc short story contest. It might come across as *quite* current, even though it's set in 1347. thecra.co.uk/short_stories/…

Hay Festival Digital's main programme starts today. This weekend we're excited about Gloria Steinem, Maggie O'Farrell, Elif Shafak, Afua Hirsch, Inua Ellams, Ali Smith, Tori Amos - and loads more in the coming days! Info here: hayfestival.com/wales/home @hayfestival

Have you found yourself pitched into a new role as home-educator since the lock-down? If so, you might find our latest blog post useful. In it, one of our librarians (with twenty years of home educating experience under her belt) provides some key tips. @mmulibrary/schools-in-the-abc-of-home-learning-d004dbdafe1c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@mmulibrary/sc…

Poetry Ireland mourns the loss of Eavan Boland | Poetry Ireland poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-ir…

A Festival 'Culture Unconfined' by @IrishInstitute on a digital platform: 11th - 15th May. Free to use. Get involved while isolating. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/05/05/dra… @IWHCmanchester @iccmanchester @bridiebreen1 @ManIrishWriters @CCEBritain @CladdaghIDM @MancIrishLang @JulieMullaney3

Panic buying quote 1914 ..' the panic and greed of the better-do people, who have disgraced themselves by taking long queues of motor cars to stores and carrying away as many provisions as they could persuade the stores to part with'. Newspapers denounced the 'selfish rich.'...

“If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere.” Seamus Heaney

Irish writers on Covid-19: ‘We’re all having a shockin’ dose of the wombles’ irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via @IrishTimesBooks

This is a wonderful read: A letter to the UK from Italy: this is what we know about your future theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…

Moments before his passing in 2013, the poet Seamus Heaney texted some Latin words to his wife. They have never felt more apt: “Noli timere” (Do not be afraid).

Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin wins Irish Times Poetry Now award irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via @IrishTimesBooks

Want to stay connected to the Seamus Heaney Centre? Sign up for email updates at qub.ac.uk/schools/seamus… for weekly writing tips, online resources, and more

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