{"id":8030,"date":"2014-09-22T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=8030"},"modified":"2014-09-22T14:51:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:51:08","slug":"you-never-know-who-you%e2%80%99ll-bump-into-in-bangor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/09\/you-never-know-who-you%e2%80%99ll-bump-into-in-bangor\/","title":{"rendered":"You Never Know Who You\u2019ll Bump Into In Bangor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars of the literary world will be descending on Bangor this week for the ever popular Aspects Irish Literature Festival which is running from September 25 \u2013 28. Among the famous faces you can expect to see are Martin Bell, Fergal Keane, Simon Weston, Virginia Ironside and of the most famous mods of all time Paolo Hewitt.<\/h1>\n
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Also on this year\u2019s programme Tara West will read from her critically acclaimed novel \u2018Poets Are Eaten As A Delicacy in Japan\u2019 followed by a panel discussion on the challenges of mental well-being today\u2019s society hosted by Nuala McKeever. For anyone interested in learning how to slow down and refocus, Ireland\u2019s leading mindfulness expert Padraig O\u2019Morain will be reading from his brilliant handbook \u201cMindfulness On The Go\u201d and giving lots of advice on how to feel calmer and less stressed in everyday life.<\/p>\n

Aspects will host a wealth of local authors too like Sheena Wilkinson who will be reading from her story \u2018Each Slow Dusk\u2019 which is part of the anthology of stories \u2018The Great War,\u2019 Rebecca Reid will read from her stunning new novel \u2018Thickets Wood\u2019 the second novel from the Thickets Wood trilogy and Tony Macaulay will read from his new book \u2018All Growed Up,\u2019 a funny and heart-warming sequel to his memoirs Paperboy and Breadboy. Belfast born David Park will also be appearing at the Festival reading from his latest novel \u2018The Poet\u2019s Wives.\u2019<\/p>\n

For poetry lovers, Damian Smyth will be reading from his latest poetry collection Mesopotamia at The Rabbit Rooms which will also hold The Aspects Poetry Slam, the first ever poetry slam held in Bangor, hosted by Poetry NI. Aspiring poets are invited to bring along their private collections of poetry and share them with the audience with the outright winner being crowned \u2018Aspects Poetry Slam Champion!\u2019 Local Poet Nathanial McAuley will be hosting a poetry reading with a difference \u2013 entitled simply \u201cAdam,\u201d McAuley takes on the story of Adam and The Garden of Eden through the medium of poetry, animation and live music.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, September 27, in The Festival, actor and comedian Michael Smiley will be revisiting some of the stories about his childhood in North Down and his more recent experiences cycling around Northern Ireland for the BBC NI Series \u2018Something to Ride Home About.\u2019<\/p>\n

And children are catered for too with the return of the ever popular \u2018Young Aspects\u2019 where young writers are invited to show case their talents. Then on Sunday 28 September, Flow Studio presents Dr Zeuss Storybook Yoga followed by a special QFT screening of The Cat In The Hat at North Down Museum. Also on Sunday 27, Paula McIntyre will be hosting \u2018Food From Down\u2019 in The Courtyard in The Museum, where she will host a number of local producers and chat to them about their food and demonstrate how their products can be used in delicious and easy to prepare recipes.<\/p>\n

The programme also includes Bernie McGill reading for her collection of short stories \u2018Sleepwalkers,\u2019 The Aspects Book Club hosted by Marie-Louise Muir, \u201cA Better Boy\u201d a dramatic monologue performed by Game of Thrones star Ian McElhinney and lots more! We did say something for everyone! Don\u2019t miss out on these fabulous events \u2013 book your tickets now!<\/p>\n

To purchase a ticket or download a full programme, please go to:\u00a0 www.aspectsfestival.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available at www.aspectsfestival.com<\/a> from the festival Box Office at North Down Museum (028 9127 1200) and from Bangor Visitor Information Office (028 9127 0069).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stars of the literary world will be descending on Bangor this week for the ever popular Aspects Irish Literature Festival which is running from September 25 \u2013 28. Among the famous faces you can expect to see are Martin Bell, Fergal Keane, Simon Weston, Virginia Ironside and of the most famous mods of all time … 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\/8030"}],"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=8030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8033,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030\/revisions\/8033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}