{"id":23666,"date":"2025-02-03T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=23666"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:08:55","slug":"celebrating-belfasts-literary-power-at-4-corners-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2025\/02\/celebrating-belfasts-literary-power-at-4-corners-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Belfast\u2019s Literary Power At 4 Corners Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Author Glenn Patterson leans against the backdrop of a quote from his debut novel, ‘Fat Lad’, which has been used to decorate the window of the former Priceless Shoes premises in Cornmarket, as part of a new Belfast City Council initiative to showcase Belfast’s literary talent in high profile city centre locations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The power of a city\u2019s words from the streets of home<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Belfast\u2019s literary power, legacy and eloquence will be celebrated by the 4 Corners Festival at an event showcasing how all corners of the city fights well above its population\u2019s weight in the arts in general and literature in particular.<\/span><\/p>\n

On The Literary Streets Of Home will be presented at the Cathy Short Theatre, Jennymount Business Centre on Wednesday 5 February at 7:30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

Acclaimed novelist, Glenn Patterson, Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens University, will read extracts from his books and share with us how home has impacted his writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

There will also be poets doing the same, opening up different corners of the city and different corners of our hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-founder of 4 Corners, Steve Stockman explained that we need not hide the literary strength in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe power of words can move us, can inspire and can lead to thought and reflection,\u201d he said. \u201cGlenn and the other writers presenting On The Literary Streets Of Home will demonstrate how Belfast is a powerhouse of arts and literature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

4 Corners Festival has always sought to transform Belfast into a city of deeper connections and shared humanity, with part of the festival acting as a bridge to bring people together, facilitating a celebration of diversity and sparking essential conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Glenn added: \u201c<\/span>Belfast is not short on festivals these days, but there is nothing to match 4 Corners for getting to the very heart of who we are and what we are at and where this place we all call home might be going next.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As always, all 4 Corners Festival events are free of charge, though advance booking is required and tickets will be available to book online via the website.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflecting on 4 Corners\u2019 outreach and its intention, co-founder Father Magill added: \u201cWe want this festival to be a celebration of our home city.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs ever, it is not an end in itself but seeks to highlight what is already happening in the 4 Corners of our city, and perhaps to initiate further creative conversations on how we might all contribute to making our home an even better place to live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

4 Corners Festival is supported by The Executive Office’s Central Good Relations Fund, The Department of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund and Belfast City Council Good Relations Fund, St Anne’s Cathedral Sitout and Linen Quarter BID.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the festival and to keep up to date with programme updates go to <\/b>4cornersfestival.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The power of a city\u2019s words from the streets of home Belfast\u2019s literary power, legacy and eloquence will be celebrated by the 4 Corners Festival at an event showcasing how all corners of the city fights well above its population\u2019s weight in the arts in general and literature in particular. On The Literary Streets Of … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1783,1861,1862,1860],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23666"}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23668,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23666\/revisions\/23668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}