QUB English Society

The English Society at Queen's University, Belfast is a society for students interested in Literature, Creative Writing or the socialising with like-minded individuals. The English Society organise poetry readings, social events and publish new writing gathered from contemporary writers at Queen's. The English Society is one of the largest non-sporting, non-political societies at Queen's and one of the most active.

Visitors to the English Society over the past ten years have included Ciaran Carson, Cairns Craig, Robert Crawford, Robert Creeley, Seamus Deane, Denis Donoghue, Ian Duhig, Carol Ann Duffy, James Fenton, Mark Ford, Allen Ginsberg, Alasdair Gray, Kerrie Hardie, Seamus Heaney, Galway Kinnell, Kenneth Koch, Doris Lessing, Medbh McGuckian, John Montague, Chris Morash, Andrew Motion, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Camille Paglia, Jo Shapcott, Alan Sinfield, Jon Stallworthy, Graham Swift and many others.

As of April 2008 the English Society president is Stephen Connolly. See Also List of educators List of guests on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross List of people associated with Wall Street OpEdNews The Little Green Book