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ANNOUNCING OUR WORKSHOP 1 FACILITATOR (PROSE): RUBY FREE Ruby Free is an award-winning Campaigner, Writer and Conservation Biologist based in County Antrim. Ruby's best-selling book Rathlin A Wild Life, is a memoir about living and working on Rathlin Island. The John Hewitt Society Irish PEN

ANNOUNCING OUR WORKSHOP 1 FACILITATOR FOR POETRY: MARY MONTAGUE Mary is the author of two collections of poetry. A biologist by background, Mary has taught creative writing and poetry, with a focus on nature writing and ecopoetry, in various arts and community settings.

#FTW25 🔥 Irish PEN

We're SO excited to be teaming up with The MAC for FTW25! The MAC has been home to The John Hewitt Society for years, and is right in the heart of Belfast! We'll welcome our 20 writers from across the island, and 2 facilitators here, Saturday the 28th of June!! Irish PEN

ONE MORE DAY to apply for a John Hewitt International Summer School 2025 BURSARY! This is an amazing opportunity for aspiring writers from across the island... Good Luck! #JHISS25 APPLY HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Workshops at #JHISS25... INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING:  HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH EBOOKS AND PAPERBACKS with JO ZEBEDEE Market Place, Armagh, Saturday 2 August | 10am to 12pm | £17.50 Booking & info: visitarmagh.com/2025-08-02t100…

Creative Writing Workshops At #JHISS25... MEMOIR: WRITING YOUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE with MAUREEN BOYLE Mon 28, Tues 29 & Thurs 31 July 2025 | 2.45pm – 4.45pm | £75 for 3 day workshop course Spaces limited – advance booking recommended! Tix & info: visitarmagh.com/2025-07-28t144…

Talks at #JHISS25... “INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION” by TAKURA DONALD MAKONI Market Place, Armagh Mon 28 July, 9.45am £10 Takura, the Policy Director of ACSONI will explore definitions of ‘integration’ & what it means in a post Troubles society visitarmagh.com/2025-07-29t094…

Poetry at #JHISS25 KATHLEEN MCCRACKEN and MILENA WILLIAMSON Tuesday 29 July | 11.15am | £12 Join us at the Market Place for readings from this pair of exceptional (& award-winning) NI-based poets... Presented in association with Poetry Ireland. visitarmagh.com/2025-07-29t111…

Drama at #JHISS25. Bewley’s Café Theatre presents GRACE (from James Joyce’s Dubliners) 30 July, 8.30pm This acclaimed show features actor/ comedian Terry O’Neill who brings Joyce’s characters to life & takes you on a journey from purgatory to paradise! visitarmagh.com/2025-07-30t203…

Our website has had a bit of a makeover and we think it's as cute as several buttons! Please drop by if you need to book tickets or download the programme for the 2025 John Hewitt Summer School! #JHISS25 Johnhewittsociety.org

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Coming to London in August! Nicola Kelly Horatio Clare

Marking fifty years since the first publication of Seamus Heaney’s seminal collection, North, this edition reproduces its elegant first setting and its original jacket. North: the heritage edition is out now faber.co.uk/product/978057…

I'm speaking at The John Hewitt Society summer school in Armagh on August 1, details & tickets etc. up here: johnhewittsociety.org #JHISS25

We are VERY excited about this event.... #JHISS25

We love the smell of fresh print in the afternoon! Fresh off the presses - our brand spankimg new #JHISS25 Programme. Bursting at the seams with literature, poetry, drama, music, politics and debate. Available at all reputable venues! #Festival #Armagh #Literature #poetry

Had a wee programme launch so we did! #JHISS25 #Festival #Launch

'The Boy From The Sea' has been listed as one of 30 books to read this summer by the The Washington Post, and the brilliant Garrett Carr will be joining us in July for The John Hewitt International Summer School! 😍🔥 johnhewittsociety.org washingtonpost.com/books/2025/05/…