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Belfast Meets Wales on St David’s Day

The table - complete with daffodils - has been set for the Academi Belfast Meets Wales conference.  This weekend, the Wellington Park Hotel in Belfast will host a packed programme of speakers from both sides of the Irish Sea.  Conference speakers include esteemed poets Ciaran Carson and Gwyn Thomas; popular and controversial playwrights Gary Mitchell, Ian Rowlands and Martin Lynch; and new stimulating novelists Lucy Caldwell, Glenn Patterson and Catrin Dafydd.

From Friday 28 February to Sunday 2 March, the conference will host an array of events exploring contemporary issues within the Welsh and Northern Irish cultures including poetry, prose, theatre, politics, language and broadcasting.

For the full programme click here.

For more information contact Academi:
029 2047 2266 or post@academi.org