Verbal Arts Centre

[1] The project's goal is to promote the written and spoken word and is also involved in research and the publication and provision of information, including material for schools.

[1][3] The centre publishes a bi-monthly, Verbal, which has a circulation of over 235,000 and is the largest free literary magazine in Ireland.

[citation needed] Launched in January 2007 the publication covers books, authors, reading and the arts in general.

[1] The centre houses a number of arts and crafts pieces, including works by Louis le Brocquy and John Behan.

[4] In 2013, VAC absorbed Lagan Press, an independent arts publisher founded c. 1990 by poet Gerald Dawe and Fortnight magazine manager Patrick Ramsey.