Northern Ireland Authors: Writer Websites & Blogs

Northern Ireland has produced a disproportionate number of internationally recognized writers for its size, led by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney and the wider group of poets who studied and taught around Queen's University Belfast in the 1960s. Belfast remains the center of the region's literary life, supporting a mix of poetry, literary fiction, and nonfiction that often engages directly with the region's history and politics.

Northern Irish authors write across genres but are especially well known for poetry and literary fiction. Browse this section to find the personal websites and blogs of authors based throughout Northern Ireland.