Writing Events in Belfast

Check out happening writing events all around Belfast, NI

IoD NI Women's Leadership Conference 2026

Fri, 06 Mar at 09:00 am Crowne Plaza Belfast, an IHG Hotel GBP 180 to 193

Belfast: David Nihill at the The Mac Theatre

Thu, 21 May at 07:30 pm The Mac Theatre Belfast

Poyums Annaw: An Evening with Len Pennie

Mon, 23 Mar at 07:30 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Anne Cadwallader: Crossing Over, launched by Stephen Rea

Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 pm Accidental Theatre Free

Eleanor Tiernan

Thu, 26 Mar at 08:00 pm Limelight GBP 0 to 17

Nostalgie: On Film, Memory, and Making

Tue, 17 Feb at 07:30 pm Beanbag Cinema GBP 14

Look North Workshop: Writing for Performance with Aoibh Clarke

Sun, 01 Mar at 10:00 am The Mac Theatre Belfast

Desert Island Poems with Terrance Hayes

Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Beneath and Beyond the Brushstrokes

Wed, 25 Mar at 06:15 pm Lecture Theatre 3, BC Block, Ulster University Belfast Campus Free

Reading Seamus Heaney: The Translations of Seamus Heaney

Thu, 19 Feb at 06:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Kraina: Songs of the Polish Diaspora

Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm Harty Room, School of Music, Queen's University Belfast GBP 0 to 11

Almost Like Belonging

Sun, 29 Mar at 05:00 pm Áras Uí Chonghaile James Connolly Visitor Centre Free

Writing in Plain Sight: Poetry Readings & Open Mic

Sat, 28 Feb at 07:00 pm Paperxclips Books

Crossing Voices: Migration and Belonging Poetry Workshop

Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am Crescent Arts Centre GBP 0 to 22

Let’s Talk about Whiteness

Tue, 24 Mar at 05:30 pm The Black Box GBP 0 to 11

Troubled Queer Stories – Queerness in Conflict

Sun, 29 Mar at 11:15 am Paperxclips Books Free

The Tuesday Group with Bernie McQuillan

Tue, 05 May at 05:30 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Monthly Journaling Club for 2026

Mon, 23 Feb at 06:00 pm Kitsch Sisters Studio GBP 17 to 55

Reclaim The Enlightenment: Slavery and Racism

Sat, 28 Mar at 01:30 pm First Presbyterian Church Free

Write Night with KARIS KELLY

Tue, 10 Mar at 05:30 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Gathering in the glow

Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre Free

Writing Speculative Fiction as a form of Rebellion

Tue, 24 Mar at 10:00 am The Ledger Studio, University of Atypical GBP 0 to 22

Write Night with TIM MACGABHANN, in conversation with Dara McWade

Wed, 18 Feb at 05:30 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

The Green Frog. A theatre showcase of new writing

Tue, 24 Mar at 07:30 pm Shoot Belfast Photography Pop Up Theatre GBP 13

Talk: Mary Beckett - A Belfast Woman

Wed, 25 Feb at 01:00 pm The Linen Hall

An Evening with Rob Parsons - Belfast

Wed, 10 Jun at 07:30 pm Orangefield Presbyterian Church GBP 5

Masterclass D: "The Poetry of Surviving and Thriving" - with Shelley Tracey

Sun, 15 Feb at 11:00 am The ARC (Arts Resource Centre) GBP 9

Masterclass C: "Woods to Words: Writing Eco-poetry" - with Emma Must

Sun, 15 Feb at 11:00 am The ARC (Arts Resource Centre) GBP 9

Look North - Shared Reading Event

Fri, 27 Feb at 02:30 pm Belfast Central Library

Scribe Writing Group - Belfast Playwrights

Mon, 23 Feb at 06:00 pm 23 Fountain St Free

Works in Progress: An Improv Jam

Sat, 10 Jan at 04:30 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

In The Beginning Volume One Book Launch

Thu, 26 Mar at 07:30 pm Templemore Baths GBP 15