Following
a unique collaboration involving NWRC, Queen's University and the International
Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, six Creative Writing students from the
NWRC had their poems selected from a nationwide entry, and witnessed them
performed at a prestigious poetry event which took place in Belfast. George Brien, Tina Burke, Mary Hayward, James
Finnegan, David Florida-James and Deirdre Devine saw their work, and that of
their Course Tutor Liam Campbell, performed by professional actors at the Peace
Poetry event in the Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s
University on Friday June 20th, alongside readings by
renowned poets such as Ciaran Carson & Moyra Donaldson. The
professional actors performing the pieces included Tara Lynne O'Neill who
recently starred in BBC One’s The Fall.