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th January, as they present
Prophets, Makers and Risk Takers: A Showcase of Writing from Northern Ireland. An exciting and unique one-day Writers’ Symposium, part of the Cathedral Quarter 2021 Out to Lunch Festival, that invites writers, readers and industry professionals from across the globe to explore writing from Northern Ireland.
The symposium will show the breadth of writing talent that Northern Ireland has to offer and is supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Organisations Emergency Fund and the Department for Communities’ Covid-19 Social Enterprise Fund.
Curated by local author Jan Carson, the symposium aims to bring together leading voices in writing from across Northern Ireland (NI) to discuss how NI writers’ approach global issues and themes; how they are revisiting ideas associated with the history and politics of NI, how they are finding new ways to tell the stories, exploring what opportunities exist outside NI, ho