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Getting a Read on Keith Acheson, Belfast Book Festival Director
The man behind Belfast's leading literary event opens up about this year's programme, the titles he can't put down and why books are more important than ever
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Rave Reviews: Ciarán McMenamin
With its dark humour and '90s hedonism, the Fermanagh actor's first novel is like Trainspotting during the Troubles. Before opening the Belfast Book Festival, he talks about the positive reception and bringing Skintown to the big screen
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'No Limits' to Disabled Artists' Creativity in New Three-in-One Exhibition
Participants in groups run by Open Arts will have a variety of works showcased at the Black Box as part of charity's 25th anniversary year
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Meilana Gillard's Reawakening
After years out of the spotlight, the saxophonist speaks candidly about depression, getting help and returning with new album Dream Within a Dream
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Listen to a Reading from the Stewart Parker Novel 'Hopdance'
Biographer Marilynn Richtarik previews the late playwright's long 'lost' work depicting the events around his life-changing leg amputation
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Belfast Book Festival Offers Literary Nourishment for Mind, Body and Soul
This year's newly-launched programme features 100 events offering an 11-day escape into fiction, comedy, current-day issues and much more
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Helen Lewis to be Commemorated with Centenary Plaque
The Ulster History Circle will celebrate the life and work of the Holocaust survivor and choreographer who spent 60 years in Belfast
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Tinderbox Show Us What We're Made Of
The theatre company's fearless new three-in-one production confronts humanity's fundamental questions
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Closer
With its imaginative direction and competent cast, this modest adaptation has the charm to see past its lack of Hollywood gloss
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Cinemagic Calls for Young Film Consultants
The Belfast-based charity is inviting film lovers aged 8 - 18 to have their say this summer and help shape its annual festival programme
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When We First Dared to Dream
With the Euros just weeks away, Belfast archivist Evan Marshall shares the untold story of the first Northern Ireland footballers to light up the international stage in new book Spirit of '58
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Edge of Reflection
The Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble use Easter as the entry point for contemporary classical with an accessible programme of evocative compositions
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Mi Mundo
The third instalment of Terra Nova's Arrivals project immerses audiences in the domestic hardships of the UK immigration system
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Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble
Through fearless programming and financial initiative, Greg Caffrey's contemporary music group are delivering a scintillating season of classical in Belfast
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All Through The House
Though drawn out, a superb cast and an intricate plot help Judith King's festive farce break with tradition, making it the feel-good hit of the winter
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Beat Root
Robyn G Shiels and Richard Dawson turn folk on its head as Moving On Music's weekend takeover at the Crescent Arts Centre concludes
