Culture Northern Ireland: Literaturehttp://www.culturenorthernireland.orgCulture Northern Ireland's Literature RSS FeedCopyright 2010 CultureNorthernIrelandWed, 28 Jul 2010 09:36:31 <![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Charlie Herron]]><p>From Baron Von Munchausen to Dickie McAuley for the retired Derry headmaster</p>

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3441<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: William Patterson]]>Writing is a habit that the playwright just can't kick

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3410<![CDATA[19th Aspects Irish Literature Festival]]>Bangor prepares for the literary spotlight.

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3397<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Damian Smyth]]>'There is no I in poet,' says the scribe from County Down

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3394<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Blood & Thunder]]>Jenny Cathcart learns from this 'valuable resource' by former editor of the Ulster Herald

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3392<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Ken Bruen]]>The internationally renowned crime writer shoots the breeze with Gerard Brennan

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3389<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Rising]]>It starts with a body, a missing boy and a vigilante group. After that, Brian McGilloway's new novel really starts to pick up

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3380<![CDATA[BooksNI]]>A new website selling books from Northern Ireland online

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3369<![CDATA[Joan Lingard]]>The Linen Hall Library marks the 40th anniversary of Joan Lingard's The Twelfth Day of July with an exhibition of her work

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3362<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Claire Allan]]>Garbhan Downey about edgy new bestseller]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3350<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Rising]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3348<![CDATA[SHORT STORY: To The Limit]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3345<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Margaret Irish]]>Ravine, but don't call it horror]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3343<![CDATA[VERBAL MAGAZINE: Michael Faulkner]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3337<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Chris Agee]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3329<![CDATA[Hay-on-Belfast 2010]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3312<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Sinead Morrissey]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3308<![CDATA[POETRY REVIEW: King of Country]]>Joanne Savage]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3305<![CDATA[Olive Broderick]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3299<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Carol Coffey]]>The Butterfly State author speaks to Lyra McKee on writing about ordinary people facing extraordinary difficulties]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3295<![CDATA[SHORT STORY: Congo]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3285<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Jaki McCarrick]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3283<![CDATA[POETRY REVIEW: Paul Durcan]]>Fionola Meredith never looks at her watch once]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3280<![CDATA[TALKS REVIEW: Howard Marks]]>Andrew Johnston ]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3271<![CDATA[The Battle of Tory Island]]>Battles Fought on Irish Soil (Londubh Books, 2010) by Sean McMahon]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3270<![CDATA[Sean McMahon: The Battle King]]>Garbhan Downey about his two latest histories, ‘Battles Fought on Irish Soil’ and ‘The Belfast Blitz’]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3269<![CDATA[FLU]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3259<![CDATA[The Life and Times of the Living Dead]]>The Life and Times of the Living Dead weekend at Queens Film Theatre]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3258<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Brian McGilloway]]>The Rising on Tom Waits, The Great Gatsby and overcoming rejection
]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3256<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Where Are You Really From?]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3249<![CDATA[Howard Marks]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3239<![CDATA[Tim Brannigan]]>Where are you Really From? he talks about jail, growing up in Belfast and his mother's audacious plan to keep him]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3236<![CDATA[English Touring Opera]]>Philip Hamond talks to the director of the English Touring Opera, James Conway, about bringing opera back to Belfast]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3225<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: A Salute from the Banderol]]>Joanne Savage]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3221<![CDATA[Requiems for the Departed]]>Requiems for the Dead, an anthology from Morrigan Books]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3213<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Gerard Brennan]]>Requiems for the Departed]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3212<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ]]>Philip Pullman offers a realist's view of the Jesus story]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3207<![CDATA[The Writers Group by Michael Shannon]]>The Writers Group by Michael Shannon, part of Accidental Theatre's Rehearsed Reading series at Blick Studios]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3204<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Michael Shannon]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3203<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: James Gracey]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3202<![CDATA[John Thompson's Desert Island Texts]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3162<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Bernie McGill]]>The Butterfly Cabinet. Click play for an exclusive reading.
]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3161<![CDATA[Verbal Magazine: The Vampire Slayer of Lisburn]]>Clive Price investigates]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3125<![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Garrett Carr]]>The Badness of Ballydog, talks about inspiration, publishing and seagulls]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3124<![CDATA[Emily DeDakis Reading from The Yellow Nib]]>The Yellow Nib was an extract from her unfinished novel How I Was Taught]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3106<![CDATA[Launch of The Yellow Nib]]>The Yellow Nib]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3096<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Belfast City Hall: an Architectural History]]>John Gray]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3077<![CDATA[Garbhan Downey - The American Envoy]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3066<![CDATA[Wild Geese Festival - Memoir, Myth and Troubadours]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3052<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: If Trees Could Talk]]> gets spruced up for a jaunt through Belfast's woodland history]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3036<![CDATA[Ian Sansom and The Bad Book Affair]]>Tammy Moore and Ian Sansom investigate The Bad Book Affair]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3022<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Gates]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3015<![CDATA[The Pen Friend: It's Been A Long Time]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2990<![CDATA[Ciaran Carson: The Pen Friend]]>The Pen Friend is published, Ross Moore talks to Ciaran Carson about writing, music and fountain pens]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2989<![CDATA[Literature in 2009]]>William Crawley on his favourite books of the year]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2988<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Pen Friend]]>John Gray reviews the latest novel from author Ciaran Carson]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2984<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Day of the Jack Russell]]>Joanne Savage is partially satisfied by Colin Bateman's latest offering]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2971<![CDATA[Bob Shaw]]>Mik Duffy remembers the life and work of SF author Bob Shaw]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2970<![CDATA[Out To Lunch: Brian Keenan]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2964<![CDATA[Out To Lunch: Seamus Heaney]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2951<![CDATA[Northern Lights: The Women from Poolbeg]]>Garbhan Downey meets the northern chick literati]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2947<![CDATA[Stephen Price]]>Darling Sweetheart]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2937<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Atheist's Guide to Christmas]]>Joanne Savage finds the godless full of festive cheer]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2932<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Don't Mention the Wars!]]>Garbhan Downey reviews Tony Connelly's irreverent trek through stereotypical Europe]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2915<![CDATA[TALKS REVIEW: David Peace]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2876<![CDATA[TALKS REVIEW: Ian Rankin]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2872<![CDATA[TALKS REVIEW: Colm Tóibín]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2870<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: I'll Tell Me Ma]]>John Gray is moved by Brian Keenan's memoir of his Belfast childhood]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2868<![CDATA[POETRY REVIEW: Heaney/Longley ]]>Philip Hammond is in a minority of one at the Waterfront Hall - or is he?]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2867<![CDATA[Task Force Helmand]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2855<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: An Irish Country Village]]>John Gray reviews the second in Patrick Taylor's series of Irish country novels. Watch a video with Taylor below]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2853<![CDATA[Northern Lights: Jennifer Johnston]]>Garbhan Downey recalls reading about a Derry he recognised and why Johnston should be a figurehead of Derry's City of Culture campaign]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2851<![CDATA[Colm Tóibín]]>Before his Belfast appearance, the two-time Booker-shortlisted author offers his take on criticism, the craft of writing, and the childishness of Jeff Koons 

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2847<![CDATA[Belfast Festival: Marcus du Sautoy]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2836<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Michael Longley]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2831<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Fear and Loathing in Dublin]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2829<![CDATA[Boho Books]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2820<![CDATA[Verbal Magazine: Forgotten Irish Female Writers]]>Darran Anderson examines the lives of some of Ireland's ignored women writers and asks why so many are all but forgotten]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2810<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Fear and Loathing in Dublin]]>Joanne Savage reviews Aodhan Madden's story of sex, drink and journalism in 1970s' Dublin]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2806<![CDATA[Derek Mahon]]>Hugh Odling-Smee speaks to the legendary poet about Bangor, Belfast and, er, Goa]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2802<![CDATA[Aspects Irish Literature Festival]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2779<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Blood's A Rover]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2768<![CDATA[Sam Millar]]>The Dark Place, below]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2763<![CDATA[The Da Vinci Marketing Code]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2761<![CDATA[The Lost Logo]]>The Da Vinci Code, entitled The Lost Logo
]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2760<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Words of the Grey Wind]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2744<![CDATA[Northern Lights: Adrian McKinty]]>Garbhan Downey on why the Carrickfergus crime writer is destined for the New York Times bestseller's list]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2741<![CDATA[Seaneen Molloy]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2737<![CDATA[Pauline McLynn]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2731<![CDATA[ Adventures In E-reading]]>Garbhan Downey has some teething problems with his new Sony Reader]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2723<![CDATA[VERBAL MAGAZINE: Joyce In Rome]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2698<![CDATA[Faber & Faber 80]]>Jane Coyle looks back on the days when she worked as an editorial assistant in the company co-founded by TS Eliot]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2666<![CDATA[NI Railways Book Club]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2650<![CDATA[Niall Stanage - On The Road]]>The Irish journalist reports on covering Obama's rise to office. Click Play Audio for a full podcast recording

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2599<![CDATA[This Other City]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2591<![CDATA[Dave Gorman Unchained]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2588<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Glover's Mistake]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2587<![CDATA[John Hewitt Spring and Summer Schools]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2574<![CDATA[Michael Connelly Comes to Belfast]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2570<![CDATA[David Torrans - A Bookseller's Alibi]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2562<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Paul Feldstein]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2559<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Catherine McGrotty]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2548<![CDATA[Essay from the Archive]]>Jonathan Swift graces Tollymore Forest Park - an essay from the Linen Hall Review, 1986

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2543<![CDATA[Reinventing The Wheel]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2527<![CDATA[Peter Murphy ]]>John the Revelator. Click Play Audio for a podcast with the author]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2512<![CDATA[Belfast Book Festival Review]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2508<![CDATA[Belfast Joins Book Festival Bandwagon]]>Peter Geoghegan examines how literary festivals help cultural transformation ]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2495<![CDATA[Claire Kilroy]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2494<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Dreams from My Father]]>'A story of race and inheritance', first published in 1995

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2493<![CDATA[Reluctant Troubadour]]>Heads]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2492<![CDATA[Edge of the Tide]]>Irish Pages]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2490<![CDATA[Puckoon]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2488<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Malachi O'Doherty]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2478<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Maria Fusco]]>The Third Policeman, teaching the craft and watching bad films in good cinemas]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2463<![CDATA[Brian Moore Short Story Awards]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2441<![CDATA[Justice Is Key To Mid-East Peace]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2438<![CDATA[Stuart Neville]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2425<![CDATA[Belfast Book Festival]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2413<![CDATA[Queen's Centenary Celebrations]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2392<![CDATA[SHORT STORY: To The Trade]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2364<![CDATA[Michael McLaverty Short Story Award]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2363<![CDATA[Tammy Moore Speculates]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2351<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Ciaran Carson]]>The Collected Poems the poet talks about his love of song, Gerard Manley Hopkins and wonders what Shakespeare would be like after a few drinks]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2338<![CDATA[Stewart Parker - The Northern Star, Part III]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2332<![CDATA[Stewart Parker - The Northern Star, Part II]]>Queen's Drama Department commemorate Belfast playwright with a critical look at some of his best work. Click Play Audio for a podcast with Dr Mark Phelan

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2331<![CDATA[Stewart Parker - The Northern Star]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2330<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Once Upon A Hill]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2293<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Catching the Light]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2268<![CDATA[Glenn Patterson - Professional Writer, Amateur Genealogist]]>Once Upon a Hill]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2254<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Once Upon a Hill ]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2252<![CDATA[Taste The Bright Lights of Self-Publishing ]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2244<![CDATA[David Hammond]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1512<![CDATA[Aspects Irish Literary Festival]]>]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1500<![CDATA[My Cultural Life: Gerald Dawe]]>The acclaimed poet on falling in love with the medium, admiring Mary Robinson and the exhibition of the year in northern Italy

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1494<![CDATA[Ronan Bennett]]>The writer reveals his approach to politics, chess and armed robbers

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1482<![CDATA[Write To Be Heard]]>Audio anthology offers opportunity for poets

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1471<![CDATA[The Flat Lake Literary & Arts Festival 2008]]>From literary giants  to X-tractor talent contests

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1445<![CDATA[Devlin's Titanic Voyage]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=304<![CDATA[POETRY REVIEW: We Don't Know The Half of It: part 2]]>For All We Know, writes Ross Moore]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=300<![CDATA[POETRY REVIEW: We Don’t Know The Half Of It ]]>For All We Know, writes Ross Moore]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=299<![CDATA[Robert Greacen]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=223<![CDATA[The 9th Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=221<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Delegates' Choice]]>Brendan Deeds]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=220<![CDATA[The Digital Self]]>Irish Pages]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=199<![CDATA[The Secret Habits of Happy Humans]]>Lee Henry. Click Play Audio for a podcast with the author]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=192<![CDATA[Martin Waddell - A Child for Forty Years ]]>Rachel Wilson talks to the internationally recognised author of children's books]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=182<![CDATA[Martin Waddell]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=181<![CDATA[Snapshots of Modern Irish Life]]>Lee Henry chews the fat with Darragh McIntyre and finds out what it is to be Irish]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=176<![CDATA[My Mother-City ]]>Ross Moore is enlightened by Gerald Dawe's account of a city in transition]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=164<![CDATA[Seamus Heaney]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=137<![CDATA[The Parker Project]]>Two plays from 'the greatest playwright of his generation' return to Belfast. Click Play Audio to hear the Parker Project Podcast

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=131<![CDATA[Publishing for Success]]>A practical guide to publishing launched at the Linen Hall Library

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=130<![CDATA[James Joyce revolutionized writing and died half-blind in poverty. ]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=129<![CDATA[Q&A: Colin Bateman]]>One of Ireland's favourite crime writers admits he 'wouldn't say boo to a goose'

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=123<![CDATA[FESTIVAL REVIEW: Linen Hall Literary Festival]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=114<![CDATA[Diary of an Arts Critic]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=111<![CDATA[The Academi Literary Conference]]>Top writers, journalists, poets and playwrights come together to survey the literary landscape

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=110<![CDATA[The Truth Commissioner]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=84<![CDATA[In Memory of Mary]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=80<![CDATA[Becoming Carville]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=70<![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Harrowing of the Heart]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=64<![CDATA[The Michael McLaverty Short Story Award]]>Find out more about one of the most prestigious literary awards in Ireland

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=52<![CDATA[Bog Meadow & Surrounding Hills: Index]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2215<![CDATA[Glenn Patterson]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1893<![CDATA[Asking For Trouble]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2108<![CDATA[Jean Bleakney]]>Newry-born poet Jean Bleakney skims lyrical stones with Martin Mooney

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=37<![CDATA[Magilligan Prison Writing]]>Lee Henry and Gavin Carville offer a podcast and review of writing from Magilligan

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=32<![CDATA[Sun Spots]]>Ni Gudix's first encounter with Gerald Dawe would have a lasting effect]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1934<![CDATA[Surveying the Poetry Scene]]> reporter Lyra Mckee rates Belfast poetry]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1848<![CDATA[NI Readers Make a Courageous Choice]]>Brendan Deeds on the resonance of To Kill A Mockingbird in NI]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1925<![CDATA[Lucy Caldwell]]>

Click 'Play Video' to watch a film profile or 'Play Audio' to listen to a podcast interview at the Linen Hall Library

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=17<![CDATA[The Belfast Group]]>

A staggering roll-call of stellar talent

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=16<![CDATA[On the Great Liquid Train of Memory]]>

Kirsten Kearney reviews Moyra Donaldson's The Horse's Nest

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