Voices
Northern Ireland Children's Writing Fellow Myra Zepf talks about writing for and by children, the joy of multilingual storytelling, and why she loves the Irish word for 'jellyfish'.
Monica McWilliams co-founded the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition and was one of few women at the table for the multi-party peace negotiations leading to the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement.
We asked Northern Ireland's 16-year-olds about their ambitions to go abroad for study, travel and work. Dr Dirk Schubotz, who directed the research, explains their answers.
Are short story writers getting a raw deal? How is writing a short story different? Northern Ireland's Paul McVeigh, author of The Good Son, compares.
Is there a scientific reason that explains why humans kiss? Yes, says Emer Maguire, winner of the Northern Irish instalment of the international science communication competition FameLab.
How should teachers use ‘authentic’ texts in class? Author, trainer and teacher Rachael Roberts gives advice on the example of newspapers.
Mariane Pearl's husband was beheaded by a militant Islamic fundamentalist group in February 2002. In November 2013, Mariane was interviewed by Mike Patterson of BBC. Read it here.
The Study USA programme gives scholarships to Northern Irish students to study business at US universities for a year. Páraic Rafferty writes about spending a year at Bellarmine University.
