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Dear friends and colleagues,

This week’s edition of our Newsletter showcases Northern Ireland poetry, drama, history, sport and tourism.

We are delighted to bring you the TRANSPOESIE poetry festival which will feature Northern Ireland Poet Stephen Sexton. Last year we had the pleasure of hosting an event to celebrate Transpoesie in our Office where Northern Ireland’s First Children’s Writing Fellow, Myra Zepf, along with Welsh National poet, Ifor ap Glyn, and Scottish film maker and poet, Roseanne Watt, read excerpts of their amazing work. The audience enjoyed rich and diverse poetry in Irish, Shetlan and Welsh, with English translations provided.

In addition to TRANSPOESIE, our newsletter also features the HERoNI lecture series on local heritage & archaeology; a chance to embrace the Giant Spirit of Northern Ireland; Denouement, an audio recorded reading presented by Lyric Theatre in conjunction with Traverse Theatre; as well as the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, which is being held in Northern Ireland this weekend.

We hope that you are all keeping well and enjoy this week’s Newsletter. As always, please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Wishes,
Lynsey Moore, Director

TRANSPOESIE

For its 10th edition the TRANSPOESIE poetry festival is going Vir(tu)al. The festival celebrates cultural and linguistic diversity in Europe. Northern Ireland poet, Stephen Sexton, will join five other poets from Czech Republic, Spain, Basque Country Region, Georgia and Finland for a poetry reading- voices that invites you on a transcendental journey of the spirit. The poets will tell tales of urban and rural spaces through small moments of time. Each poet shares their work in their consecutive languages. The event will take place on 30th September and will be livestreamed on Zoom and across the festival’s Facebook and Instagram. You can also view the poems on display in the public transportation hub around Brussels City until 15th October.
TRANSPOESIE

HERoNI Archaeologist lectures

The Historic Environment Record of Northern Ireland (HERoNI), which is part of the Department for Communities, will host a series of lectures delivered by archaeologists, architects and historians to highlight various aspects of local heritage from Northern Ireland. The six lectures, which run between September 2020 and June 2021, provide insight into local NI heritage, archaeology and more. The first lecture “I see you, rider: An assessment of the lack of artefactual evidence of early medieval equitation” will be hosted by Dr Rena Maguire, Archaeologist, Visiting Research Fellow at QUB on 21st at 1pm, and will also be available on Zoom.
HERoNI Archaeologist lectures

Denouement

Lyric Theatre, in conjunction with Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, present an audio recorded reading entitled Denouement which was nominated for the inaugural Popcorn Award for playwriting. The production stars real-life couple Marie Jones and Ian McElhinney, who you may remember from his performance at Bozar Theatre as part of the #BrusselsPlatform in 2014. The audio recording is available until Sunday 27th September on the Lyric Theatre’s website.
Denouement

Dubai Duty Free Irish Open

This weekend, 25th -27th September, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open continues in Northern Ireland for the fourth time since 2012. Galgorm Castle Golf Club hosts this year’s tournament. For the latest updates on the event over the weekend please check out the official website.
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open