Hosted by the current Poet Laureate of Belfast, Toad Hall’s Maya Stein and the Belfast Public Library and put together by a local community of writers and artists, the Belfast Poetry Festival will begin on Thursday Oct 17 at 6:30 with a reading and reception with Belfast Poet Laureates past and present, and end on Sunday Oct 20 with a picnic lunch at 2pm at the Belfast Boathouse.

Visit the Belfast Poetry website to get the full schedule of events, and if you so desire, Donate to the festival to keep it alive and vital!