# Event Details - **Event Name**: Writing home and other places: newness in the back yard of our life - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: The inaugural talk from Deborah Levy, Visiting International Chair for Creative Writing.About this EventFree, booking essentialTue 29 Sep, doors at 6.30pmThe Great Hall at Queen'sWe are delighted to welcome Deborah Levy to the Great Hall for her first talk as the Seamus Heaney Visiting International Professor for Creative Writing.Deborah Levy is a novelist and playwright. Her novels include the Booker-shortlisted Swimming Home (2011) and Hot Milk (2016), The Man Who Saw Everything (2019) and August Blue (2023). Hot Milk was made into a major motion film starring Fiona Shaw and Emma Mackey, released in 2025.Deborah is also the author of a collection of short stories, Black Vodka , and a trilogy of prize-winning Living Autobiographies: Things I Don’t Want to Know, The Cost of Living, and Real Estate.She has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and for BBC Radio 4, Deborah wrote two acclaimed dramatizations of Freud’s most famous case studies, ‘Dora’ and ‘The Wolf Man’; other Radio 4 dramatizations include Carol Shields’ last novel, Unless, (10 episodes), Katherine Mansfield’s short story collection, In a German Pension, and Colette’s novella, Chance Acquaintances. Her most recent play, 50 Minutes, premiered at Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, in January 2025.Deborah was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1989-1991; AHRB Fellow at The Royal College of Art 2006-09 where she taught writing in the Animation Department, and Visiting Professor in Writing at Falmouth University 2012–15. Her books are widely translated around the world and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.Established through philanthropy, the Visiting International Chair for Creative Writing is part of the University’s recent development project which included the Seamus Heaney Centre’s move to their landmark building in 2024 and enhanced public and outreach programming. The Seamus Heaney Visiting International Chair of Creative Writing is a philanthropy-funded post that will bring a visiting professor to the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s for one semester of the academic year in each of the next six years. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/belfast/writing-home-and-other-places-newness-in-the-back-yard-of-our-life/100001998537773279 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, entertainment, it, theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: The Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Belfast - **state**: NI - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: The Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast - **lat**: 54.5844087 - **long**: -5.9340494 - **full address**: The Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Writing home and other places: newness in the back yard of our life - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/5c3a9596523eb1bd8b1eb191316c443a00d5f9f53e5555c3bcb64aee396310c7-rimg-w1200-h600-dc98d8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1787352443 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Writing home and other places: newness in the back yard of our life being held? - **A:** Writing home and other places: newness in the back yard of our life takes place on Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm at The Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Writing home and other places: newness in the back yard of our life? - **A:** Writing home and other places: newness in the back yard of our life is organized by School of Arts, English and Languages. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Writing home and other places: newness in the back yard of our life is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Belfast, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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