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Noel has been invited to read at the awards ceremony of this year’s Allingham Festival in Ballyshannon, Donegal. His poem ‘Micro Engraver’ was placed third in the poetry competition.
Micro Engraver… he has even inscribed Nothing is Impossible along the edge of a razor blade … Dark curtains tightly drawn,

His long poem, ‘L […]

A selection of Noel’s photographs and poems will be exhibited at the Shire Hall Gallery in Stafford this summer. The poems have been especially written to accompany his images of the dramatic Donegal shoreline.
The group show runs from 9th July to 4th September. The exhibition will be open to the public on Monday – Saturday 9.30am – […]

The Verbal Arts Centre, Derry / Londonderry
(2st May – 30st June 2016)
Noel presents selected images from two new sequences of his photographic work. They originated and evolved as an integral visual response to some of his most recent poetry.
‘The Bilko Rosary’ and ‘The Quiet Man – an interrogation’, will be on show at The Ve […]

Three of the poetry plaques from the Birdsong series will be sited at the ForM Sculpture Exhibition at Bangor Castle Walled Garden this June.

Noel has been shortlisted for the Corinium Poetry Prize. His piece, ‘The Painted Angel’ was inspired by one of the museum’s medieval stone carvings and it will be displayed within the Hare Gallery for the next month.

An exhibition of art and poetry at Birdoswald Roman Fort, Cumbria.
(July to October, 2014)
Connor’s new photographic series Holystone,plays on the notion that light and colour can permeate stone, and will always return to breach and brighten the darker walls of history.
The exhibition includes a number of poems and images from In […]

Noel has been shortlisted for this year’s Buxton Festival Poetry Prize and will be reading at the awards ceremony in July.

Paintings of the North Pennines
by Paul Stangroom
with poems by Noel Connor
Just published by Whin Sill Press, Northumberland, this is a beautifully produced full colour, large format book. It is a case bound hard back, cover printed, with an additional laminated printed wrap cover.
Noel will be reading his work at a book launch at the Ro […]

Exhibition Opening Times:
Fri 14 June: 6pm – 9pm
Sat 15 – Sun 30 June: 10am – 5pm daily

Noel has recently been commended for the Whitworth Poetry Prize.  Watch the above video to find out more and to see Noel’s reading at the Whitworth Gallery.