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Budding writers of all ages are being urged to challenge their imagination and sign up for a five day literary feast at Queen's Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry this summer. Led by some of Ireland's leading writers, including Glenn Patterson, Ciaran Carson, Medbh McGuckian and Sinead Morrissey, those attending the Heaney Summer School will have the opportunity to take part in a programme packed with readings, discussions and traditional music from 28 July to 1 August. Among the tasks set will be a challenge by Professor Ciaran Carson, Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, in the School of English, for students to write a Haiku - a Japanese style poem. He said: "The Seamus Heaney Centre Summer School is the hub of literary activity in Belfast, with many spokes to its wheel. "It's been running since shortly after the inception of the centre and each year we get more ambitious. This year it's a full week long and each day brings something new to learn and enjoy." Glenn Patterson will host a session entitled Listen Who's Talking while another award-winning writer, poet Sinead Morrissey, will take a session on Language and Voice in Contemporary Poetry. Gerald Dawe from the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing at Trinity College Dublin will speak on Putting A Collection Together and Dr Eamonn Hughes' talk is on The Novel. Participants can learn more about the poetry of Paul Muldoon with Professor Ed Larrissy while Medbh McGuckian's session is on Poetry and the Irish Woman. There are sessions on Life Writing with Ian Sansom, the BBC Writer in Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre, and Poetry and the Influence of Performance with Paul Maddern. A full provisional programme is available to view on www.qub.ac.uk/heaneycentre. The closing date for applications is 31 May. For media enquiries please contact: Andrea Clements, Press and PR Unit, 028 90 97 5391, Mob 07980 013 362, a.clements@qub.ac.uk |
