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Liverpool’s Homotopia festival – the annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture – is back for a 12th year, and taking over city venues from a month from this Friday.
This year’s festival has the theme Art = Life, and features more than 50 events from dance, debate and literature to visual art, film and comedy.
If you are around then try to fit at least one of the festival items in.
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Outburst Queer Arts Festival
The Outburst Queer Arts Festival runs from the 14th to 22nd November 2014. It’s programme is wide ranging and will have something for everyone, so please do try and get to at least one event and support a cracking organisation and series of events
Click HERE to be taken to their website check out the events
World Book Day
The Belfast Book Festival was launched at Crescent Arts Centre in May of this year, with principal funders Arts Council Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council, and generous supporters Nicholson Bass and Belfast Calling, a programme of almost 90 events in one week was celebrated.
Speaking at the launch, Keith Acheson, Festival Director said: “This year’s Festival is the biggest and best yet, having grown to encompass almost 90 events over the course of the week.
Following this wonderful festival, I had the opportunity to meet with Keith last week on Friday in the Centre to discuss how we can incorporate relevant books and DVDs in forthcoming events. I was able to advise on the booklists and DVDs that NIGRA has published on its website, (NIGRA Booklists)