The Aspects Debate
Whether it's apathy across the water or sighs down south, the authors at Aspects agree things are only getting worse
Colin Bateman's Crime Night
The Scottish crime writer hints Rebus may have another story to be told
Nick Laird and Blake Morrison
Two different writers, two different styles, one common theme - mothers and fathers.
Mebdh McGuckian
Garden poems in a garden setting delight Jill Black, but the poet's thoughts on Jane Eyre are the highlight
Stolen Souls
Monsters are ten-a-penny in crime novels, Neville writes humans and makes them so much worse
John Connolly and Alan Glynn
No Alibis' David Torrans hosts an evening with acclaimed crime writers John Connolly and Alan Glynn
Michael Longley
The Belfast poet contemplates mortality at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Henry Rollins
The rocker turned scribe on his love of travel and campaign to free the West Memphis Three
John Hewitt International Summer School
Watch video and read our review of the week
Ireland's Antarctic Explorers
Remembering the great endeavours of Ireland's most intrepid
Belfast Shipbuilders
An admirable exploration of Belfast's engineering heyday
David Peace & Eoin McNamee
Crime writers make the case for historical fiction
New Writing Showcase
Poets and prose writers keep the Crescent Arts Centre audience entertained
A History of the Irish Novel
A whistle-stop tour of Derek Hand's thesis, touching on Edgeworth, Joyce and Bell
The Forgotten Waltz
The Booker Prize winner Anne Enright continues to explore the anatomization of women's lives
Falling Glass
Adrian McKinty lives up to his reputation as 'the toughest, the best' Northern Irish crime writer
Irish Blood, English Heart
A 'meticulous and enthralling' exploration of Irish musicians in 1980s Britain
Michael Longley
The professional grandfather of poetry on wedding dresses, the wonders of childhood and remembering Ronan Kerr
Mike Scott
The Waterboys frontman reads from his forthcoming autobiography - but the audience want more
The Dervish House
Turkey provides the setting for Ian McDonald's near-future science-fiction epic. It is the 'one SF book to read this year', says Gerard Brennan
A Hundred Doors
Michael Longley expertly explores the passing of a generation in his latest collection, writes Ross Moore
Belfast Blitz
A 'well organized and accessible' compendium of eyewitness accounts by Stephen Douds
New Irish Short Stories
Ireland's financial ruin provides a new narrative, but the influence of the old masters still pervades
Take Three Girls
John Gray discovers new writing from Tara West, Lesley Richardson and Tanya Ravenswater at Finaghy Library
John Hegley
The performance poet proves to be a most charming man at the Out To Lunch Festival
The Last Romantic Out of Belfast
Sam Keery's autobiographical novel delves into the constricting world of 1940s Belfast
The Return Room
WR Rodgers' radio play is reissued with illustrations and a recording of the original production
The Stray Sod Country
Patrick McCabe returns to 'a macabre world and a lost way of life'
Voices from Cave Hill
Learn about the secret history of Cave Hill from the people who lived there
Miracle Fruit
Newtownards poet Moyra Donaldson engages with Enlightenment ideals in her fourth collection
Joseph O'Connor
Author of The Star of the Sea 'has a candle burning' for Richard and Judy
Chris Binchy
Apathy and Auntie Maeve make this a night to forget
A Time To Speak
One woman's remarkable story of surviving Auschwitz through friendship, determination, luck and dance
Dr Yes
'A good-natured pastiche of the detective novel' from Colin Bateman, writes Tammy Moore
Human Chain
'A gorgeously understated' new collection from Seamus Heaney, writes Ross Moore
Mike Faulkner at Aspects
The Poet Laureate of Strangford Lough takes a gentle dander through his past with Fionola Meredith at Aspects Literature Festival
The Auditor
County Tyrone writer Francis Hagan mixes sci-fi elements and apocalyptic vision in his debut novel with almost Orwellian results, argues Joanne Savage
Stephen Fry
The writer and comedian helps to revolutionise book publishing by launching his autobiography live from the Royal Festival Hall, writes Andrew Johnston
Room
Inspired by the Joseph Fritzl case this novel moves beyond the gruesome aspects of imprisonment to create a story of love and growing up, says Julie Harvey
Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend
Darach MacDonald enjoys digressions in the road as well as on the page
C
The bookies' favourite for the Man Booker Prize renews Peter Geoghegan's faith in the English novel
Collusion
Markethill master of the crime thriller Stuart Neville delivers another gruesome page-turner, writes Joanne Savage
Blood & Thunder
Jenny Cathcart learns from this 'valuable resource' by former editor of the Ulster Herald
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
King of Country
Howard Wright is wonderfully irreverent in his first poetry collection, writes Joanne Savage
Paul Durcan
The rock-poet Paul Durcan packs out the Dark Horse - Fionola Meredith never looks at her watch once
Howard Marks
Drug dealer turned raconteur Howard Marks' is compelling, but his charm doesn't win over Andrew Johnston
Launch of The Yellow Nib
Tammy Moore gives her opinion on the fifth edition of The Yellow Nib
If Trees Could Talk
Ben Simon gets spruced up for a jaunt through Belfast's woodland history
Ian Sansom and The Bad Book Affair
Tammy Moore and Ian Sansom investigate The Bad Book Affair
The Gates
John Connolly's Gates of Hell are about to open - mind the gap
The Pen Friend
John Gray reviews the latest novel from author Ciaran Carson
Out To Lunch: Seamus Heaney
Leading light of the Belfast Group returns to the place of his poetic birth
Colm Tóibín
The author keeps the Belfast crowd entertained
I'll Tell Me Ma
John Gray is moved by Brian Keenan's memoir of his Belfast childhood
Heaney/Longley
Philip Hammond is in a minority of one at the Waterfront Hall - or is he?
An Irish Country Village
John Gray reviews the second in Patrick Taylor's series of Irish country novels. Watch a video with Taylor below
From a Clear Blue Sky
Timothy Knatchbull's investigation into the IRA bombing of Earl Mountbatten takes a profound journey into personal and Irish history
Glover's Mistake
Nick Laird's second novel proves that these days, everyone's a critic
Belfast Book Festival Review
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