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Unquestionably, Belfast now attracts global literary renown and over the past four decades this has been its foremost imaginative export.

Michael Longley, Derek Mahon and the Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney emerged in the sixties, and are known across the world as some of the finest poets writing in the English language. Creator of the Narnian Chronicles, CS Lewis wrote many of the haunts of his east Belfast boyhood into the magical series. Brian Moore, that unquiet exile, moved from Belfast to all corners of the globe,while illustrious visitors from John Keats to E.M. Forster, Anthony Trollope to Kate O’Brien, have entered the city and written about what they’ve seen and heard. Subsequent generations have thrown up talents no less distinguished and distinct.

There are few better ways to get to know a city than through its writers, whether they are locals who appreciate every nuance of the complex city, or visiting scribes, writing of how Belfast assaults the senses of those who meet it for the first time. Literary Belfast will assist you as you journey through the literary city and the many shades of our history, taking you from the lives commemorated in Writers' Square to back alleys and quiet suburban streets across the city where the finest of our writers lived, walked and worked, and continue to live, walk and work.

Your video guides for Belfast Through Writers' Eyes are Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon, Marie Jones, Patricia Craig, Glenn Patterson, Martin Lynch, David Park, Frank Ormsby, Sinead Morrissey, Leontia Flynn, Owen Mc Cafferty, Bernard MacLaverty and Ciaran Carson.

Also included is a section for News/Events keeping you up to date with a multitude of readings and festivals, Tour info for a range of literary trails, the Poets & Writers Exhibition and selected reading for you to enjoy.

Developed by Belfast City Council in partnership with NI Tourist Board, Filmtrip, CultureNI, Queen's University and BBC.