Friday 3 October
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s
£5
BSL
Literature
Belfast
Following our fantastic literary sharing event at Bounce in 2024, we are looking for d/Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent writers who would like to share their work with an audience.
For audiences, this is a chance to hear work read by disabled writers—some writing about disability and some not—along with a glass of something in the beautiful Seamus Heaney Centre.
If you are interested in reading your work, please complete the Open Mic expression of interest form before 4:00 pm on Friday 26 September 2025 (deadline extended). Access facilitators need to read the work in advance, so we will allocate all slots before the day of the event.
Drinks will be available from 6:00 pm and readings will begin at 6:30 pm.
You can find more information about accessibility at Bounce Arts Festival venues on the Venue Accessibility page.
You can also request other accommodations. You can see some examples below.
You can request these in different ways:
We require two weeks’ notice to organise a British or Irish Sign Language interpreter, or an audio describer, for an event. Our funds are limited, and some accommodations take time to organise. Please give us as much notice as possible so we can do our best to meet your requests.