Aspects Festival

HELLO AND WELCOME

Welcome to Aspects Festival 2024! This year, we will once again bring you a selection of writing events covering many diverse genres. These include crime, song-writing, poetry, politics, memoir, nature writing and storytelling, featuring writers from all over Ireland as well as talented local writers.

This year’s line-up includes some very special events that will explore careers and lives in writing. Aspects is delighted to kick off the Festival with Bangor songwriter Foy Vance, who will discuss his favourite books, writing inspiration and stories from over three decades of honing his songwriting craft.

The poetry lover is in for a real treat this year with the renowned Michael Longley, Theo Dorgan, Paula Meehan, Victoria Kennefick, Emma McKervey and Mícheál McCann all reading from recent work.

Award winning writers Evelyn Conlon, Mary Costello and Andrew Hughes will discuss their recent books.  As always, these events offer a chance to hear the writer read their own work, along with giving the audience a chance to ask questions they have always wanted to know.

This year’s workshop programme caters to a wide range of interests, including two new workshops – Storytelling and Ulster-Scots Poetry.

There are events that mix poetry, writing and music in Bangor’s Ghost and Four: with Glenn Patterson and Anthony Toner and friends.

After a fun and successful Young Aspects weekend earlier this year, we will have more Young Aspects events in 2025, so watch out for those events in the new year!

Whatever your interest, there are events that will challenge, teach and entertain. See you at the Festival.

You can view the full programme and purchase tickets HERE

Aspects Festival Team