#SoAatHome

Name: Belfast & Beyond meet-up
Start: 2026-10-31T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-31T16:00:00+00:00
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre

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			1 event 1 1 event, 1 Virtual Event 11:00 - 12:00 Industry Insider – How to make a living as a children’s author and illustrator Virtual Event 1 October @ 11:00 - 12:00 BST Industry Insider – How to make a living as a children’s author and illustrator Join Tọlá Okogwu, Joanna Nadin, Rikin Parekh and Steve Cole as they talk about income streams including making the most of both traditional publishing and self-publishing, school visits, funding opportunities, teaching and more. Free – £15.00	1 event 2 1 event, 2 Virtual Event 17:00 - 17:45 Feel Good Friday – Draw along with Ellen Surrey Virtual Event 2 October @ 17:00 - 17:45 BST Feel Good Friday – Draw along with Ellen Surrey Join Los Angeles-based illustrator and joint ALCS Educational Writers’ Award winner, Ellen Surrey for a colourful, Halloween-themed sketch session to kick off the spooky season. Free – £5.00	0 events 3 0 events, 3	0 events 4 0 events, 4
0 events 5 0 events, 5	1 event 6 1 event, 6 Virtual Event 10:00 - 12:00 Professional Development – How to create a talk for schools Virtual Event 6 October @ 10:00 - 12:00 BST Professional Development – How to create a talk for schools In this session, experienced author, teacher and actor Jo Cotterill will lead you through the jargon of primary and secondary school structures and explain how to create an event that inspires and excites while still being within your comfort zone. £19.50	0 events 7 0 events, 7	1 event 8 1 event, 8 Virtual Event 19:00 - 21:00 Write along Virtual Event 8 October @ 19:00 - 21:00 BST Write along Join us for a relaxed evening of writing in good company hosted by Marlene Lowe, Scottish Committee Member & owner of Ghost & Quill, Scotland's first horror-themed bookshop. Free	0 events 9 0 events, 9	0 events 10 0 events, 10	0 events 11 0 events, 11
0 events 12 0 events, 12	1 event 13 1 event, 13 Virtual Event 10:00 - 11:30 Professional Development – The nuts and bolts of writing series fiction Virtual Event 13 October @ 10:00 - 11:30 BST Professional Development – The nuts and bolts of writing series fiction Join Author Vaseem Khan as he leads this session covering the essentials of writing series fiction, i.e. fiction that features returning characters and settings. Free – £35.00	0 events 14 0 events, 14	0 events 15 0 events, 15	0 events 16 0 events, 16	0 events 17 0 events, 17	0 events 18 0 events, 18
1 event 19 1 event, 19 Virtual Event 18:00 - 19:30 SoA Listening Session \| Online Virtual Event 19 October @ 18:00 - 19:30 BST SoA Listening Session \| Online Join us this October for our online Listening Session. RSVP Now Free	0 events 20 0 events, 20	0 events 21 0 events, 21	1 event 22 1 event, 22 Virtual Event 14:00 - 15:00 Talk with Brandy Schillace – Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses Network Meeting Virtual Event 22 October @ 14:00 - 15:00 BST Talk with Brandy Schillace – Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses Network Meeting Join the ADCI this October to hear from Brandy Schillace about her work with disability, visibility and inclusion. RSVP Now Free	0 events 23 0 events, 23	0 events 24 0 events, 24	0 events 25 0 events, 25
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