I’m taking part in a panel event at the day long symposium: PROPHETS, MAKERS AND RISK TAKERS: A SHOWCASE OF WRITING FROM NORTHERN IRELAND, 14 January 2021, Online, 9.15am – 5.15pm.

My event is PROMOTING WRITERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND INTERNATIONALLY: Peggy Hughes: National Centre for Writing (Chair), Nora Hickey M’Sichil: Centre Culturel Irlandais, Jim Hinks: British Council and me, at 2pm.

It’s all FREE and you can register here.

9.15am         Welcome and Introductions

9.30am         Panel discussion: Contemporary Issues in Northern Irish Writing

10.45am       Panel discussion: New Approaches to the Northern Irish Story  

12pm            Workshop: How to Increase your Presence Outside N.I.

2pm              Panel discussion: Promoting Writers in Northern Ireland Internationally

3pm              Keynote Address by Dr Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado

                    “This Must Be the Place”: Mapping Contemporary Women’s Writing from Northern Ireland.

4pm              A Showcase of Writers in Northern Ireland (video)

4.30pm         Panel Discussion and Q&A

5.15pm         Thanks and close

Download the Programme here