{"id":12498,"date":"2016-09-15T11:02:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T10:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=12498"},"modified":"2016-09-15T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T10:02:14","slug":"aspects-25th-anniversary-festival-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/09\/aspects-25th-anniversary-festival-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspects 25th Anniversary Festival Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aspects has a long tradition of embracing writing in all its forms. For 2016, Ards and North Down Borough Council’s 25th<\/sup> Anniversary Aspects Festival continues to celebrate every aspect of Irish writing with bestselling authors, comedy, crime, song-writing, poetry, sport, family events, resources for aspiring writers, and a Festival Yurt, all happening in Bangor (18-25 September).<\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>A standout highlight of this year\u2019s programme is \u2018Lit Up Inside\u2019 with Van Morrison, who will be performing and talking about his song writing and poetry \u2013 with some very special invited guests!<\/p>\n

Aspects 2016 is getting ready to welcome a glittering list of literary luminaries including Paul Muldoon, Glenn Patterson, Sin\u00e9ad Moriarty, Gerald Dawe, Tara West, Owen O’Neill and many more.<\/p>\n

The festival has seen the stratospheric rise of many local wordsmiths over its 25 year history, and this year offers you, no less than any other, the chance to hear new voices in Irish writing as they make their way in the literary world.<\/p>\n

This year also brings a first for the Aspects Festival, as it sees the launch of \u2018The Bangor Book\u2019. Bangor has a long tradition of writing, and this special publication charts and showcases this rich history – from the ancient to some of the highest profile contemporary poets and authors.<\/p>\n

To nurture reading and creativity, there will be workshops that emerging writers won\u2019t want to miss, and family events to engage both young and old.<\/p>\n

Mayor of Ards and North Down, Alderman Deborah Girvan said, \u201cIn this silver anniversary year, Ards and North Down Borough Council are looking forward to welcoming everyone to join us in this celebration of the wealth of writing talent in the Borough and beyond. We hope readers and aspiring authors of all ages will be inspired by the programme.\u201d<\/p>\n

The core of the festival takes place from the 18-25 September. Bangor Castle Walled Garden will host our Festival Yurt, a unique and atmospheric venue for Aspects\u2019 weekend events. For further details and to book see aspectsfestival.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aspects has a long tradition of embracing writing in all its forms. For 2016, Ards and North Down Borough Council’s 25th Anniversary Aspects Festival continues to celebrate every aspect of Irish writing with bestselling authors, comedy, crime, song-writing, poetry, sport, family events, resources for aspiring writers, and a Festival Yurt, all happening in Bangor (18-25 … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12500,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12498\/revisions\/12500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}