The 2026 Aspects Literary Festival (23 September – 4 October 2026), one of Northern Ireland's leading literary events, which attracts acclaimed authors, poets and audiences to Bangor each year, is well underway.
Religious Studies and Social Sciences Lecturer Amy (who publishes as Amy Louise Wyatt), a poet and visual artist, took part in New Poets Collective last week at Seacourt Print Workshop and, today, current and past students from SERC celebrated The Inkwell Journal's most recent publication at The Inkwell Journal @ SERC.
SERC’s Bangor Campus will be the venue for two further events (all free to attend) during the festival:
Science Fiction Writing (29 September 2026, 12:30 - 1:30pm) Sci-Fi Ireland has a mission to find and publish the best new short science-fiction from the Island of Ireland. Their first anthology was launched in 2026.
The Writing Journey (30 September 2026, 12:30 - 1:30pm) Join writer and experienced literary editor Seán Farrell in conversation about his debut novel Frogs for Watchdogs.
If you are a budding poet aged sixteen or over, and fancy winning the opportunity to perform one of your poems at next year’s London Literature Festival, you will want to check out The Word Exchange, a national competition celebrating poetry, language and dialects.
Visit the Aspects Literary Festivalwebsite for full details.
