Ciaran Carson & Publishing Fellows

The annual Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellowships have been established in memory of the Seamus Heaney Centre’s founding director and are inspired by his writing about the city of Belfast in poetry and prose. The Publishing Fellowship is appointed in recognition of the publishing expertise of our students, and offered to a graduate who has demonstrated an enthusiastic commitment to the wider literary sector, particularly through publishing.

Appointed to recent graduates from the PhD programme at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Fellows will be encouraged to carry on with their own creative work at this crucial stage of their careers, and to contribute to our academic and extracurricular programmes.

““What a pleasure it is to be able to announce these new fellows, writers already of originality and distinction whose experience, expertise and enthusiasm will benefit all those fortunate enough to work with them, inside the university and out. As the Seamus Heaney Centre prepares to move to its new home, the opportunity for collaboration and engagement is set to grow, along with the number of students participating in our programmes and activities. Twenty-twenty-four promises to be a great year, and welcoming Sharon Dempsey, Charles Lang and Mícheál McCann is a great way to be starting it.” Professor Glenn Patterson
Director, Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's