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Ciaran Carson
The multilingual poet, author and musician describes surviving a stray bullet as 'happenstance' and muses on aislings, Asimov and other worlds -
A Verse to Murder
Belfast's salacious literary scene provides the backdrop for Tony Bailie's latest crime story, which is short, sharp and sleazy -
Be My Enemy
The second instalment in Ian McDonald's Infundibulum series for young adults is a riveting ride through time and space -
The Decline of the Irish Murder
Author and performer Reggie Chamberlain-King on crime and punishment in fiction and song -
Shadowstory
Jennifer Johnston brings her latest novel to life and talks how it is a 'sort of disappearing book' -
The Fall
Violent gangs, murderous bankers and a clever, twisty narrative herald the arrival of Claire McGowan, a new voice in crime -
Ahab's Daughter
Lisa Keogh's deftly written, emotionally fluent account of what happened to Captain Ahab's family after Moby-Dick -
Planesrunner
Quantum widgets and tarot-reading pilots: a ‘fantabulosa bona’ start to Ian McDonald's Everness series -
Streets
The Wireless Mystery Theatre brings urban folklore and children's rhyme together on the very literary Streets -
Stolen Souls
Monsters are ten-a-penny in crime novels, Neville writes humans and makes them so much worse