Our February events at a glance
12th December 2022
A LIFE IN LOW RELIEF Exhibition Farhad O’Neill, the old familiar of The Linen Hall, returned to Belfast, after 17
A LIFE IN LOW RELIEF Exhibition Farhad O’Neill, the old familiar of The Linen Hall, returned to Belfast, after 17
January is a month of commemoration at The Linen Hall.
January’s exhibition ‘The Men Behind the Glass’ pays tribute to to the sacrifice made by pupils and staff of Campbell College. Francis Hutcheson and Contemporary Ireland, Andrew Gibson Memorial Lecture, After Auschwitz are some of the events…
Join us at The Linen Hall this month for a series of events focusing on conflicts through history as well as a couple of bonus talks and panel discussions.
Extraordinary Times is a cutting-edge, literary thriller set in an imagined future in Belfast on the eve of a referendum on Irish unity. Download the first two chapters exclusively from The Linen Hall.
The Linen Hall Library has been always known as the home of poetry in Belfast, holding some of the most significant works of local poetry, from the historic works of Robert Burns to Belfast poets Louis MacNeice and John Hewitt.
Everybody kens a wee bit o’ Ulster-Scots and this is your chance to get creative with it. We are pleased
There are many fascinating and surprising artefacts in the vast trove of the Gibson Collection. I came across one particular piece during a recent rummage that I’d like to bring to your attention.
Mark Thompson, Ulster Scotsman, presenter and Scots Language enthusiast picked out an early edition of James Orr’s poetry from the Gibson Collection. He told Alistair Heather about the man and the work.
The Gibson Collection, wi its squatter o Burns quairs, Burnsiana, an Burns material, is a testament tae the routh o
I’m Iona, a Scots Sangster fae Huntly in Aiberdeenshire. I muived tae Glesca in 2015 an stairted studying Scots Sang unner the tutorship o Rod Paterson, ane o Scotland’s maist celebrated sangsters an exponents o Burns sangs.
Len Pennie, Scots poet and activist (@missPunnyPennie on Twitter) writes about her relationship with Burns, and picks out the foreign language Burns editions from the Gibson collection.
The Linen Hall Library has a depth of material that sheds light on the local love of Burns and helps explain in part why the Gibson Collection came to be deposited in the city.
The Linen Hall (Belfast Library And Society For Promoting Knowledge) is registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland NIC 104 564.
