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Stars of stage and screen lined up for Beckett and Friel festivals
Arts Over Borders reveals a host of familiar faces celebrating the writers' works in unique, site-specific events this August
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Eight Northern Ireland Artists to Watch in 2018
From 'kookie' crafts and cutting edge writing to jaw-dropping circus skills and savvy style, this highly talented bunch have huge things ahead
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Opportunity for young writers to pen short story for Good Friday Agreement conference
The global competition is offering children the chance to represent Northern Ireland at the 20th anniversary event taking place next April
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Awards for twenty Northern Ireland artists to 'take careers to the next level'
Individuals working across literature, drama, music and more receive annual Arts Council ACES grant helping to build on work to date with major new projects
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The Complexities of Nora and Jim
Bangor actor Thomas Galashan on his not-so celebratory portrayal of James Joyce based on famous letters to the writer's wife and muse
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In Defence of The Reviewer
Art critics get a bad rap – here's why bringing informed opinions to the public is a tougher gig than most would imagine
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Belfast Set for First Hit of Trainspotting Live
Immersive theatre production described by Irvine Welsh as 'the best way to experience' the generation defining film comes to the MAC next month
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Local Creatives Share Their Workstations
Whether a writer, musician, photographer or label owner, the things we surround ourselves with are key to stimulating ideas and productivity
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Down the Rabbit Hole with Dave Willetts
The veteran actor prepares for an adventure in Wonderland, as Lewis Carroll's beloved fantasy gets a musical makeover at the Millennium Forum
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The Lyric Lough in on Station Island
From Belfast to Bellaghy, Jimmy Fay goes on a literary pilgrimage for a special co-production with Seamus Heaney HomePlace
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Northern Ireland Artists to Watch in 2017
A round-up of some of the rising stars tipped to light up local literature, theatre, music and more in the year to come
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Hubert Butler: Witness to the Future
Writer, humanitarian and market gardener, 'Ireland's Orwell' is given due recognition for his years-ahead endeavors in this detailed documentary
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It's Good to Talk: Mount Stewart Festival of Conversations
The sumptuous National Trust grounds will ignite the spirit of old with two days of debate, discussion and more from a packed programme of guests
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Aspects at 25: A Quarter Century Celebrating the Written Word
Bangor's annual literary festival marks its silver anniversary with a milestone programme, from crime writing and comedy to poetry and prose
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Cinemagic Celebrates Roald Dahl on Film
Belfast helps mark 100 years since the children's author's birth with screenings of his much-loved adaptations and more special events in September
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The Three Stories Are Flattened
Katrina Palmer challenges the notion of sculpture in a demanding yet enthralling exhibition which gradually makes its viewers participants
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Mammoth Ambitions for Moville Mini-Fest
Derry singer Sarah McGuinness on planting the seeds of what she believes could become a Glastonbury-sized celebration of arts in her own back garden
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Derry Singer Goes Outside the 'Box' with New Festival
Sarah McGuinness will open the doors to her Moville home next month to host an intimate day of live performances, literature, food and more
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When We First Dared to Dream
With the Euros just weeks away, Belfast archivist Evan Marshall shares the untold story of the first Northern Ireland footballers to light up the international stage in new book Spirit of '58
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Opera, Literature and Lunch
Out to Lunch continue to brighten the dark days of January with a no frills fix of book-based works from NI Opera's fabulous young artists
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Things to Look Forward to in Northern Ireland
Let your cultural calendar take shape with expert picks for 2016 from our own dedicated critics
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Still Out to Lunch
After a year fraught with cuts, the enduring festival is back to help Belfast ring in 2016 with another hearty helping of performing arts
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Culture NI Christmas Gift Guide
Beat the Black Friday frenzy with our hand-picked selection of locally-sourced stocking fillers
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Bangor's Ghost Returns
Master curator Rachel Coulter gets set to summon the spirit of the seaside town's past with her yearly Open House Festival showpiece
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Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend
The annual weekender returns with a packed programme paying homage to the work of the great writer
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Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
Transforming everyday places into magical worlds, the fourth annual celebration portrays the Nobel Prize-winning writer in all his colours
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Open House Festival Opens For Business This Weekend
The annual festival returns for a third year with a packed programme of music, food, film, literature and much more
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Aperture Festival
Corrymeela celebrates 50th anniversary with inaugural Aperture festival of arts and culture
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Corrymeela’s Arts and Culture Festival Kicks Off This Weekend
Duke Special set to attend inaugural festival of diversity, arts, debates, politics and music, marking 50 years of peacemaking
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Happy Days Beckett Festival Preview
Provocative productions, world premieres and even a spot of cricket are all lined up as part of the fourth annual celebration of Enniskillen's Nobel Prize-winning son
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Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
Annual international celebration of Irish novelist and playwright returns to its roots for a fourth year
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John Hewitt International Summer School
The annual festival returns for its 28th year for a literary celebration of visual art, music and theatre
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The Postcard Story Project 2015
Author Jan Carson on 'the great exercise in concision, imagination and perserverance' that sees her writing and posting micro stories to friends
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Debut Authors to Watch in 2015
From deliciously dark fairy tales and gritty crime thrillers, to stories of love, redemption and fantastical space battles, there is plenty to get your teeth into this year
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Arthur Conan Doyle's Spiritualist Visit to Belfast
Oscar Ross of the Northern Ireland Sherlock Holmes Society on the Christian backlash to the famed crime author's spiritualist lecture delivered at the Ulster Hall in 1925
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Three Books To Vote Home About
With the 2015 UK general election taking place tomorrow, it's time to get in the political mood with titles from authors Jeffrey Toobin, Hunter S Thompson and Peter Geoghegan
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Ciaran Carson and Stephen Sexton
Teacher and pupil read from their work at the 2014 John Hewitt Society Spring Festival in Carnlough: 'Everything I do in English, there’s always the shadow of another language'
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YouTube at Ten
Count down a selection of Culture NI's most viewed videos to mark the milestone anniversary of the platform's first upload
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Was Gabo An Irishman?
In an excerpt from a new compilation of essays, editor Caroline Doherty de Novoa wonders what Gabriel García Márquez, the father of magic realism, would have written about were he Irish
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The Good Son
Belfast author Paul McVeigh’s debut novel may be set during the Troubles but is a charming coming-of-age story with a refreshingly complex young narrator at its heart
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George Callaghan, The Last Minstrel
Having written his autobiography, the expat painter and musician discusses his style, aversion to religious sloganeering and relationship with the land of his birth
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Artists Support #SaveCultureNI
From well-known novelists and musicians to budding actors, Culture NI has helped promote the work of artists at home and abroad for a decade – read what some of them have to say
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Lucy Caldwell Supports #SaveCultureNI
Award-winning novelist and playwright 'dismayed' to hear of popular arts website's imminent closure, and rues the loss of 'an invaluable resource'
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David Park Supports #SaveCultureNI
Acclaimed novelist praises popular arts website for 'energetically highlighting the work of new artists across all genres... I am personally indebted to it'
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Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing 2015
Community Arts Partnership reward Stephanie Conn for her poem 'Lavender Fields' at a busy evening in Belfast's Duncairn Centre for Culture and Arts
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Guildhall Press Statement
Paul Hippsley, managing editor of the Derry-based publishing house, releases statement following news that the Arts Council of Northern Ireland have withdrawn its funding
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Sheena Wilkinson Still Falling
Eclectic author leaves gritty realism behind for a teenage love story. She's no fan of Fifty Shades: 'If you're going to write something romantic, the reader has to be in love with the hero'
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Verbal Arts Centre Reading Rooms
Successful UK City of Culture project ventures outside of Derry to Belfast and beyond during Creativity Month, spreading the joys of reading and literary discussion
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Arts Council Reward 22 ACES Artists
A trainee teacher, a barrister and a barista are among the 22 recipients of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s ACES awards supporting emerging artistic talent
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First Digital Archive of Troubles Art Launches
Arts Council of Northern Ireland compile 500 pieces of work relating to the 30 year period for new online resource
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Michael Longley's Cultural Life
Following the announcement that he is to receive the freedom of Belfast, read an archive Q&A with the acclaimed poet
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A Fiend in the Furrows Folk Horror Conference
Queen's University hosts three-day event exploring perspectives on folk horror in literature, film and music
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Burns Week Celebrates the Scots Poet
Read a profile of the artist by Burns expert John Gray
