Culture Northern Ireland: Literaturehttp://www.culturenorthernireland.orgCulture Northern Ireland's RSS Feed for Literature eventsCopyright 2010 CultureNorthernIrelandWed, 01 Feb 2012 03:50:43 <![CDATA[Colin Bateman, Class Clown]]>Colin Bateman

The crime author has re-published a children's novel and plans to tour schools throughout Northern Ireland

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4744http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4744http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4744Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:45:51 GMT<![CDATA[THEATRE REVIEW: Streets]]>THEATRE REVIEW: Streets

The Wireless Mystery Theatre brings urban folklore and children's rhyme together on the very literary Streets

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4727http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4727http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4727Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:19:54 GMT<![CDATA[Dickens 2012 NI Festival Launch]]>Dickens 2012 NI Festival

Listen to a podcast featuring performances by the Belfast Pickwick Players and actress Rosie Pelan

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4724http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4724http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4724Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:03:14 GMT<![CDATA[TALK REVIEW: Jon Ronson]]>Jon Ronson

The author and film-maker on George Clooney, Ian Paisley and psychopaths in the room

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4706http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4706http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4706Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:38:51 GMT<![CDATA[TALK REVIEW: Lionel Shriver]]>Lionel Shriver

The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin on why she considers herself a 'Belfast writer'

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4689http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4689http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4689Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:58:48 GMT<![CDATA[Literary Lunchtime Readings at The Ulster Hall]]>Literary Lunchtime Readings at The Ulster Hall

Four lunchtime readings showcasing works by celebrated Irish writers

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4686http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4686http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4686Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:08:40 GMT<![CDATA[Sam Burnside MBE]]>Sam Burnside

Poet and founder of the Verbal Arts Centre receives New Year honour

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4682http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4682http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4682Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:44:29 GMT<![CDATA[Charles Dickens in Belfast]]>Charles Dickens

In the author's bicentenary year, John Gray looks back on his visits to Ireland

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4673http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4673http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4673Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:59:02 GMT<![CDATA[2011: A Year in the Arts]]>2011

Fionola Meredith looks back on a successful funding campaign and a whole host of stand out events

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4672http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4672http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4672Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:02:44 GMT<![CDATA[Author Tara West: I Relent, I Want an E-Reader For Xmas]]>E-Reader

Technophobe author bows to the inevitable and sets aside her paperback

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4670http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4670http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4670Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:14:45 GMT<![CDATA[Neil Powell's Search Dogs and Me]]>Neil Powell

New book charts rescue expert's extraordinary missions, from Lockerbie to the Mourne Mountains

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4663http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4663http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4663Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:48:10 GMT<![CDATA[Crime Writer Gerard Brennan is a Wee Rocket]]>Crime Writer Gerard Brennan is a Wee Rocket

Belfast author Gerard Brennan sells two books to Blasted Heath e-publisher. Listen to a reading here

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4646http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4646http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4646Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:56:02 GMT<![CDATA[Derry Says Hi to Zombies]]>Derry Says Hi to Zombies

Issue four of Derry-Londonderry's newest cult comic launches at the Verbal Arts Centre

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4645http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4645http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4645Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:16:57 GMT<![CDATA[CS Lewis Centre Opens in Belmont Tower]]>CS Lewis

The creator of the Narnia series is celebrated with permanent exhibition

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4631http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4631http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4631Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:18:34 GMT<![CDATA[Blackstaff Launch eBook List]]>Blackstaff Launch eBook List

The Belfast-based publisher celebrates their 40th anniversary by joining the ebook revolution

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4603http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4603http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4603Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:42:30 GMT<![CDATA[Blackbird Book Club: Carlo Gebler]]>Carlo Gebler

Watch video of the author reading from his latest novel, The Dead Eight, at Queen's University

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4573http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4573http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4573Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:19:03 GMT<![CDATA[May, Lou & Cass: Jane Austen's Nieces in Ireland]]>May, Lou & Cass

Author Sophia Hillan on the three women whose lives repeated the passions and travails of their aunt's novels

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4532http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4532http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4532Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:18:06 GMT<![CDATA[PODCAST: Children of the Revolution]]>Children of the Revolution

John Gray talks with author Bill Rolston about interviewing the children of paramilitary combatants

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4518http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4518http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4518Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:29:12 GMT<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Eagle's Wings]]>Eagle Wings

'A unique and definitive history' of Ulster-Scots, Scotch-Irish and Presbyterians in Northern Ireland

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4474http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4474http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4474Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:24:28 GMT<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: By the Banks of the Lagan]]>BOOK REVIEW: By the Banks of the Lagan

Ben Simon's collection of oral histories of the Lagan conjures up rural idylls and model asylums

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4462http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4462http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=4462Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:05:26 GMT