Due to revised COVID-19 restrictions, the Linen Hall Library will remain closed to the public until Monday 23 November. Please keep an eye on our social networks and website for updated information. Thank you for your continuing patience. ...
IMPORTANT FRAUDULENT LINK ALERT!
IMPORTANT FRAUDULENT LINK ALERT! The Linen Hall Library delivered the following online talk on Monday 2 November: Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death with Professor Eunan O’Halpin. Please do not click on any links that offer a subscription to view this video. These are fraudulent links and have nothing…...
Linen Hall November Events
The Linen Hall is locked down until 16 November, but our online cultural programme continues with some fascinating events. Celebrate the life of poet Robert Greacen; reflect on the life and death of Irish rebel Kevin Barry; and discover the fascinating secrets contained in a discovered WWI diary – just…...
Linen Hall in Lockdown from 16 October for 4 weeks
In line with the Northern Ireland Executive’s recent announcement regarding renewed Covid-19 restrictions, the Linen Hall Library will close from 3.00pm today, Friday 16 October, for four weeks until Monday 16 November. We continue to monitor the situation on a daily basis and staff will conduct as much work as possible remotely. To…...
Linen Hall Launches 2020 Michael McLaverty Short Story Competition
The Linen Hall Library in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has announced the launch of the 2020 Michael McLaverty Short Story Award. This prestigious award, which has run biennially since 2006, was set up to foster and encourage the tradition of the Irish short story. Entrants must have been born in, or…...
Death and Feminism by Rosemary Jenkinson
New blog post. Death and Feminism blog by Rosemary Jenkinson, award-winning playwright, essayist, and short story specialist allows us to peep behind the doors of a writer’s life through humour’s glasses. The process of ‘becoming’ a writer doesn’t happen overnight, in this blog Jenkinson highlights pathways usually taken and doesn’t…...
Library Archives Now Available to Access
The Library is delighted to announce that, after a period of phased reopening, all of our special collections are now available for consultation. Non-members wishing to access material from the Literary, Theatre or NIPC archives are required to schedule an appointment in advance of visiting the Library. To check availability,…...
