Literature

CS Lewis: Beginnings in a Belfast Garden
Listen to a podcast featuring Lewis expert Sandy Smith and discover the iconography of Narnia inspired by Belfast landmarks
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Second Novel for Lucy Caldwell
Watch video of the author reading from The Meeting Point, discussing Chekhov and writing about a crisis of faith
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Great Irish Writers: Garbhan Downey on Van Morrison
A Libraries NI initiative saw four Irish writers make the case for four Irish writers. Read the fourth speech and give your opinion
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CS Lewis: It All Began With a Picture
Listen to a podcast featuring Lewis expert Sandy Smith and discover how Lewis’s Belfast homes influenced his writing career
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Lionel Shriver Reporting on The Troubles
The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin speaks with Joanne Savage about how 'we can all still end well'
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Great Irish Writers: Anita Robinson on Brian Friel
A Libraries NI initiative saw four Irish writers make the case for four Irish writers. Read the third speech and give your opinion
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The Early Life of CS Lewis
Listen to a podcast featuring Lewis expert Sandy Smith and discover how Lewis’s early life in Belfast influenced the Narnia works
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Belfast Girls
Read an extract from Gerry McCullough's novel, Belfast Girls
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Great Irish Writers: Brian McGilloway on Seamus Heaney
A Libraries NI initiative saw four Irish writers make the case for four Irish writers. Read the second speech and give your opinion
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Belfast Girls Take Centre Stage
Searching for 'the good things in life', the heroines in Gerry McCullough's novel reflect new Belfast
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World Book Day Comes to Belfast
The John Hewitt Society invited bookworms of all ages to the Waterfront Hall on March 5. Watch a video of the day's events
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Blackbird Book Club: Malachi O’Doherty
Watch a video of the Writer in Residence at Queen's University read from his memoir Under His Roof
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An 'In-Life Sat-Nav', Anyone?
Listen to a reading by author Amanda Brobyn and find out why she doesn't need a psychic to tell the future is bright
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Great Irish Writers: Carlo Gebler on Francis Stuart
A Libraries NI initiative saw four Irish writers make the case for four Irish writers. Read the first speech and give your opinion
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American Artist Asks: Why Belfast?
Watch an online exhibition featuring photographs and testimonies from emigrants in the city, from Why Belfast?
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Derry Writers Sign Petition Against Arts Cuts
Guildhall Press and Yes! Publications lead demonstration against proposed funding cuts to the arts
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Obituary: Brian Moore, 1946 - 2011
The songwriter, cartoonist and playwright who satirised Northern Irish politics
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Charles Dickens: A Literary Life
Watch an online exhibition featuring first edition books, photographs and more from the Linen Hall Library
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Raise Your Voice in Support of Libraries
John Gray, former librarian of the Linen Hall Library, makes the case for Northern Ireland's beleaguered public libraries
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Blackbird Book Club: Sinead Morrissey
Watch video of the Portadown-born poet talking with the book club at Queen's University
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Ciaran Carson at the Blackbird Book Club
Watch a video of the poet and novelist reading his own work and discussing his obsession with the written word
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Coleraine-born Author Wins Costa Prize
Best-selling contemporary fiction writer Maggie O'Farrell scoops the best novel award
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Maria Fusco and The Mechanical Copula
Author and Director of Art Writing at Goldsmiths enjoys the art of book publishing, but remains wary of the e-reader revolution
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Blackbird Book Club: Andrew Pepper
Dr Tess Maginess introduces the crime writer's book club appearance at Queen's University
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Armagh Poet Foresaw Irish Crash
Peter Makem on predicting the demise of the Celtic Tiger and remembering the 'Ireland of the Light'
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Arts Council Honours NI Artists
Peter Rosser, Ian Sansom, Dave Duggan and Allan Hughes receive individual awards
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Blog Standard At Queen's University
Writer Tara West visits Malachi O'Doherty's blogging workshop as the new Writer in Residence finds his feet
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The River and Other Stories
Writer and author Sean Mackel was inspired by nature in his first short story collection
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Short Story: Michael McLaverty Award Winner
The Micheal McLaverty Short Story Award is administered by the Linen Hall Library. Read the winning entry, Scandal, by Dublin-based author Michele Forbes
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Edna O'Brien, Enfant Terrible
The doyenne of Irish literature goes Out To Lunch with William Crawley
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Free The Irish Giant!
Poet Moyra Donaldson's new collection takes inspiration from the freaks and geeks of the 18th century
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Moyra Donaldson's Miracle Fruit
Poet explores 'freakery' and loss in new collection
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Roddy Doyle Questions Commitments Tour
'It's called a reunion, but they were never actually a band,' says the Dublin author at the Belfast Festival at Queen's
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Colm O'Gorman
The campaigner against institutional abuse prepares for his Amnesty International lecture
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Chris Binchy
Maeve Binchy's nephew claims that being a writer is a lot like being a chef
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Why the Arts Matter: Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Author Tony Macaulay is inspired by a residential, and hopes to go back
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Song Of Erne
Jenny Cathcart takes a bus tour in Enniskillen celebrating Robert Harbinson's famous book
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Culture Night Derry/Londonderry 2010
Watch a video from the Maiden City, whilst Garbhan Downey attends the Night of Crime literary event
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Seamus Heaney Centre Poetry Prize
English poet Sian Hughes scoops the inaugural award
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Colin Bateman
The crime writer turns his hand to theatre writing and releases a new novel. Watch an interview, featuring a reading from Dr Yes, below
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Taking Flight
Sheena Wilkinson writers Young Adult, but she doesn't do pink, soppy, girly or undead in her latest novel
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My Cultural Life: Tara West
The Newtownabbey author on fancying Les Dawson, striking it lucky and being inspired by empty notebooks
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Derek Landy
Author of the Skulduggery Pleasant book series on being in the right place at the right time - and topping it all off with a well-deserved holiday
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Conor O'Clery
Ahead of his appearance at the Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend, Garbhan Downey talks to the master journalist about rejecting the KGB, writing about 9/11 and Queen's in its heyday
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Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend
Anthony Glavin remembers the author, his friend, and talks about this year's theme 'The Shortest Way Home'
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Emerging Butterfly Launches New Book
Author Bernie McGill launches her book Butterfly Cabinet
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Short Story: Christmas
A short story by e-published author Jamie Guiney
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RISING STAR: Jamie Guiney
E-published author Jamie Guiney says that e-books are the 'wave of the future'
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Queen's University Open Learning
Read with the Blackbird Bookclub and celebrate contemporary Northern Irish work at Queen's
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Stuart Neville: From Armagh to LA
From ThugLit to Hollywood in two not so easy books, Gerard Brennan talks to the Armagh author
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John Hewitt International Summer School
Watch David Park read from his forthcoming novel and more in our video below
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Jump Derry
This debut novel about the love between a parkour enthusiast and a Derry dancer has Garbhan Downey holding his breath
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INTERVIEW: Charlie Herron
Publishing his first novel at the tender age of 74 means the world to this former school teacher from Derry
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19th Aspects Irish Literature Festival
Bangor prepares for the literary spotlight.
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INTERVIEW: Damian Smyth
'There is no I in poet,' says the scribe from County Down
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INTERVIEW: Ken Bruen
The internationally renowned crime writer shoots the breeze with Gerard Brennan
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Blood & Thunder
Tyrone-based author Darach MacDonald, who spent a year shadowing a loyalist band, tells Garbhan Downey how the experience confounded his expectations
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BooksNI
A new website selling books from Northern Ireland online
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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
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INTERVIEW: Claire Allan
The doyenne of chick-lit chats to Garbhan Downey about edgy new bestseller
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