John Hewitt's Annual Birthday Reading, Wed 30th October 2024 in the John Hewitt Bar Belfast, hear poets Jane Clarke, Nidhi Zak and David Nash read from their work. Now booking at...
In association with
@poetryireland
and
@BelfastFestival
#Countdown
And we're live! We're delighted to present the first ever John Hewitt Digital Festival of Literature and Ideas featuring nine star studded three events for you all to attend from the comfort of your living room from 30 July - 1 August!
View here -
Twitter! We're delighted to present the entire programme of the FIRST EVER Hillsborough Festival of Literature and Ideas is now on sale! Get involved. Support it! Let's make it amazing...
Meet Niall and Amy - Former bursary recipients, now indispensable members of the
#JHISS22
team. If you get a chance, mention that you're loving their work!
#summerschool
#armagh
Would just like to take a moment to thank David and all his team at
@NOALIBISBOOKS
for their help this week! Anyone at
#JHISS
who doesn't leave with a book...or ten...is stronger willed than us! 🙌 📚
Twitter! We're delighted to reveal the entire programme for the 2019 Hillsborough Festival of Literature & Ideas
#HBLitFest
. Over 30 events from 26-28 April. Book now & often. Spread the word!
Date for your brand new diaries!
The Hillsborough Festival of Literature and Ideas will take place 26th-28th April 2019, with this year's festival curated by Prof Ian Sansom. Sign up to our mailing list at for first look at the programme coming soon.
One photo, three great Irish poets: Maureen Boyle, Racquel McKee and Emma Must.
Racquel introduced readings from Maureen and Emma this morning at
#JHISS23
. A moving, wonderful event it was...
With thx to Poetry Ireland.
Well the dust has just about settled and we would like to thank each and every one of you who participated, attended, volunteered and got involved in making this year's
#JHISS
one of our best!
THANK YOU! See you next year!
Many Congratulations Dr David
@NOALIBISBOOKS
@NoAlibisPress
from all
@JHS
, and from all the many literary artists and friends whom you have supported in No Alibis. Dr David Torrans received an Honorary Doctorate from Queen’s University for significant contribution to the NI Arts.
#JHISS23
The 36th JHISS will take at our festival home
@mptarmagh
, Monday 24th - Saturday 29th July. To see more details on events or workshops, please view or contact MPT Box Office 03300 561 025, 9.30am-4.30pm daily.
#Nowbooking
#Countdown
#Exciting
Twitter! It all kicks off tomorrow! Join us for the 31st John Hewitt International Summer School at
@mptarmagh
! Limited tickets left across a lot of the events. Join us! Spread the word, all are welcome!
#JHISS
Twitter! To coincide with the launch of the Hillsborough Festival of Literature and Ideas we have just launched a brand spanking new website! Go check it out here -
There is somewhat of a tragic irony that on the day the Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced, we will gather in a sombre Belfast city to say our final farewell to the poet Ciaran Carson.
Peace, perfect peace.
Just catching our breath from the 37th John Hewitt International Summer School! So many great writers, thinkers & performers all under one roof. Capped off by Friday's certificate ceremony for our excellent crop of Bursary & Freedom to Write folk. Thank you all & Up Armagh! 🙏
Heartbreaking to hear of the passing of Ciaran Carson. Deepest sympathy to his wife, children, family and friends at this sad time. Thank you Ciaran for the memories, the joy, and your literature legacy that we & generations to come will appreciate forever. Photo - JHISS 2015.
Poets Cornered! You never know who you're going to bump into on the steps of The Market Place during
#JHISS22
, although there's a 37.4% chance that they'll be acclaimed Irish poets. Oh, hello
@JolaNandi
and
@JessicaTraynor6
!
#summerschool
These guys...
Congratulations to all the Bursary participants of the 36th John Hewitt International Summer School. A wonderful bunch of writers and more importantly, a wonderful bunch of people...
#JHISS23
So we launched the 2024 JOHN HEWITT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL yesterday in sunny Armagh! Thx to Lord Mayor of Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon -
@sarahduffy1991
- for coming down & bringing her bling!
Dates are 22-27 July. Please go to for full programme!
The creative strategists behind the
#JHISS2019
! A huge thank you to the wonderful and inspirational
@The_JHS
Board & Committee volunteer members who come from all over the UK, at the daily morning meeting in
@mptarmagh
during the 32nd John Hewitt International Summer School.
The Hillsborough Festival of Literature & Ideas will be held on Fri 26 - Sun 28 April '19 with more than 30 events taking place throughout the village including poetry, prose, music & talks plus events for families and young people.
Full programme here
Good morning!
#DayOne
of The 35th John Hewitt International Festival has arrived! We've got an incredible Monday line up, including Prof Olivette Otele, Jan Carson & Andrew Cunning in Conversation, Queering the Green Poetry Readings & West Ocean String Quartet!
#JHISS22
Michael Longley, Derek Mahon, John Hewitt & Seamus Heaney - taken at
@QUBelfast
where Hewitt was the first Writer in Residence. This & more archive pics tomorrow at
@tonykennedy1948
's talk on the life and legacy of poet, 'Who was John Hewitt?'.
Check us out on
@UTV
Live tomorrow night! Our chair FRANK FERGUSON and fabulous wordsmith DAWN WATSON will be chatting all things John Hewitt & Summer School on the famous couch with Rita Fitzgerald!
#JHISS24
Twitter! We're just TWO days away from the start of our first ever John Hewitt Digital Festival of Literature and Ideas book talks. Do not miss these nine star studded events, from the comfort of your own home, for free!
Book for all here -
#JHDLF2020
The Annual John Hewitt Talk, given this year by Dr Tara McEvoy on the subject of "Voicing 'the native tang of idiom': John Hewitt and Lagan Magazine".
Tara is a former JHISS Bursary Student, the ninth to appear at this year's Summer School!
#JHISS22
#Armagh
#IrishWriting
Wonderful to have Lord Mayor of
@abcb_council
Cllr Sarah Duffy attend the closing ceremony for our
#JHISS24
Bursary &
#FreedomToWrite
participants. A fitting conclusion to a great week! Thx to everyone who took part & helped make the 37th John Hewitt Summer School so very special
Workshops at
#JHISS24
WRITING A MEMOIR: WRITE YOUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE WITH MAUREEN BOYLE
Mon 22, Tues 23 & Thurs 25 July | 2.45pm - 4.45pm
£70 for three-day workshop course
Early booking recommended!
@BoyleMo
We're delighted to be part of the 2018
@BelfastFestival
with a very special JHS Birthday Reading from none other than Michael Longley & Paul Muldoon in the
@TheJohnHewitt
Bar on Wed 31 Oct! Going to be a popular one!
#BelFest2018
!
Neil Hegarty, joined by Nandi Jola, Susan McKay and Jan Carson as they discuss ideas of Impermanence and how we navigate past, present and future in radically changing times...
#JHISS23
The Belfast launch of the JHISS 2023 with the
@jhs
where else only with our good friends at the John Hewitt Bar! To view the programme and to book please view . The JHISS 2023 will be
@Marketplacearmagh
, Mon 24th - Sat 29th July.
#JHISS23
#Launched
Big congratulations to all the
#JHISS22
Bursary Award winners!
And thanks to everyone who showed an interest: the standard of the applicants was truly exceptional, giving us a massive selection headache.
See you all in Armagh next month!
#summerschool
#johnhewitt
#bursary
Join us for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of John Hewitt’s "Rhyming Weavers" Anthology - at Ulster University Belfast, Fri 1 Mar, 2–6pm (followed by reception)
Hear an array of distinguished speakers, including Prof Paul Muldoon.
Register here:
Only eight days to go until our John Hewitt Digital Festival of Literature and Ideas talks programme kicks off!
Book for all nine star studded events for FREE here -
#JHDLF2020
Just launched LOOK NORTH: THE NORTH BELFAST FESTIVAL 2023 in the beautiful surrounds of
@theduncairn
.
A ridiculously packed programme of amazing events between 24-26 Feb.
Get booking!
Drs Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick aka
#BadBridget
serving up an incredibly (and long-invisiblised) slice of Irish History to a full house...
Great start to
#DAYTWO
of
#JHISS24
...
#Countdown
So thrilled Sinéad Morrissey & Roger Robinson, globally acclaimed award-winning poets & T.S. Eliot Prize winners, will read from their work for the annual John Hewitt Birthday Reading, Wed 4th Nov, 7.30pm. To register visit
@poetryireland
#free
Join us in the John Hewitt Bar Belfast, 25 October, for John Hewitt’s Annual Birthday Reading, when three critically acclaimed poets Deirdre Cartmill, Grace Wells and Maria McManus will read from their work.
@BelfastFestival
Now booking at
It is with profound sadness we learn of the passing of the esteemed Belfast-born poet and academic Gerald Dawe, and friend to
@The_JHS
over many years. Sincere condolences to his family and many literary friends. His legacy will live on for generations to come.
An utter delight to spend the morning in the company of KATIE DONOVAN and SUSANNAH DICKEY.
Two incredible contemporary Irish voices in poetry. And mighty craic into the bargain!
#JHISS24
#BreakingNews
The JHISS24 Community Bursary Scheme is now open for applications. Just follow the link...
The JHISS will take place, Mon 22 - Sat 27th July
@mptarmagh
. Closing date Thursday 10 May, 5pm.
Look forward to welcoming local poets
@BoyleMo
,
@DonaldsonMoyra
Damian Smyth to help us celebrate John Hewitt’s Birthday, Wed 30th October, 8pm, The John Hewitt Bar Belfast. Part of the
#BIAF2019
. Book Now: Ticket Prices: £8 & £7 (Conc.)
Congratulations to Kevin Barry on his Booker Prize long list nomination!
You can of course see Mr Barry in conversation with Jan Carson tomorrow in
@mptarmagh
at 1.30pm as part of our Summer School! Don't miss out.
Book here -
#JHISS
Poetry at
#JHISS24
PAULA MEEHAN & THEO DORGAN, 22 July, 7pm
Join us for an exhilarating evening of reading with two of Ireland's foremost contemporary poets...
Tickets:
One more time, thanks so much to all for making this a memorable week - funders, participants, workshop attendees & YOU!
If you've enjoyed our first ever Digital Festival and want to donate to the Society, you can by visiting our Donorbox page here -
Join us 1st November at 8pm, John Hewitt Bar Belfast and hear Irish poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, shortlisted for the 2023 TS Eliot Poetry Prize, read from her work along with poets Mollie Twomey and Kevin Graham, part of Gallery Press Gallery Goes tour.
We can't wait to present Small Town Stories featuring NI Music Winner
@JoshuaBurnside
,
@berniemcgill
&
@ACNIWriting
as part of the Hillsborough Festival of Literature & Ideas! Going to be a truly special event. Book here -
#BreakingNews
#JHISS24
Community Bursary Scheme is open for applications. Just follow the
link...…
#JHISS24
will take place, Mon 22 - Sat 27th July
@mptarmagh
Closing date Thursday 10 May, 5pm.
Thanks to everyone for all the reposting!
Identity, culture and change are explored in the 31st John Hewitt International Summer School Programme. Pick up a beautiful copy of the brochure around Belfast, or from
@mptarmagh
#JHISS
Ladies and gentlemen! We're delighted to announce the John Hewitt International Summer School programme is live! Book all your tickets here -
Spread the word!
#JHISS
Let's talk about IMPERMANENCE... 26 July.
IMPERMANENCE is a collection of 12 essays by writers from Northern Ireland, written against a backdrop of Brexit, the Covid pandemic & the NI centenary.
#JHISS23
Presented in association with No Alibis Press
The Turner Prize 2021, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry, part of the UK City of Culture 2021 celebration.
John Hewitt was their first Director and still fondly remembered at the Herbert.
Twitter! Only TWO WEEKS to go until the first ever Hillsborough Festival of Literature and Ideas. Printed programme currently being distributed. You can see it all here Book now & often.
A little gallery of photos for you tonight. Taken over the past few days featuring Stephen Sexton, Sam McBride, Nuala O'Connor, Maureen Boyle, Louise Kennedy, Lucy Caldwell, Jan Carson, the Slugger O’Toole team and many more! Please tag yourself and share!
Whodunnit? Wedunnit! By which we mean the
#JHISS22
Crime Fiction Special.
On 29 July, Armagh's own expert in the field Stuart Neville is joined by giants of the genre -no less than "queen and statesman of crime" Val McDermid & Mark Billingham Tickets:
They're ready...are you?
@NOALIBISBOOKS
Belfast are reopening their doors on Friday 12th June post lock down....read all about the new norm in a book store here....
With thanks to Ireland's Professor of Poetry Paul Muldoon who joined us to open the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of John Hewitt’s Rhyming Weavers anthology, in association with
@RIAdawson
,
@UlsterUni
,
@ForasnaGaeilge
,
@UlsterScotsAgen
,
@The_JHS
.
A wee bit o' plannin' and a wee bit o' snappin' today as we start pulling the threads together for - if we say so ourselves - a VERY exciting
#JHISS24
Programme!
Watch this space...
Delighted to be partnering with the
@BelfastFestival
again to present our annual Birthday readings on Wed 30 Oct! Book for it and lots of other incredible book events here -
The John Hewitt Society International Summer School returns this week (21-31 July) with a packed programme of readings, talks, discussion, debate, creativity and art.
Tickets are going fast, book now at
Thankfully his Belfast confetti and the rest of his literary legacy will live on for generations to come. Thinking of you all on this his 4th anniversary.
Today we remember and celebrate the life and literature legacy of our late friend, the renowned Belfast poet and novelist Ciaran Carson on this his first anniversary. Listen here for our short tribute
#memories
#forthegoodtimes
It might not be the Summer School we're used to but three weeks to go until the beginning of our Digital Festival of Literature & Ideas online workshops with
@BoyleMo
,
@berniemcgill
, Nessa O'Mahony, Heather Richardson & Edward Hogan.
Book them here