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Changing Times
Peter Smyth fails to confront the political inequalities that characterised our wee country during the 1950s -
Stewart Parker A Life
Marilynn Richtarik's definitive biography pays tribute to the 'greatest playwright the city of Belfast has ever produced' -
Ciaran Carson
The multilingual poet, author and musician describes surviving a stray bullet as 'happenstance' and muses on aislings, Asimov and other worlds -
Belfast The Emerging City
15 academics explain the city's rise to industrial prominence, but author Glenn Patterson's contribution wins out -
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 -
A Sudden Sun
A 'poignant and powerful' examination of bereavement in a changing Derry City by author Dave Duggan -
Be My Enemy
The second instalment in Ian McDonald's Infundibulum series for young adults is a riveting ride through time and space -
Kicking the Black Mamba
Robert Welch's moving account of his alcoholic son's death 'should be on every school curriculum' -
From Farquhar to Field Day
Nuala McCallister Hart recalls three centuries of music and theatre in Derry~Londonderry -
Belfast Taxi
A cast of colourful characters feature in Lee Henry's 'brilliantly researched root and branch history of taxiing in Belfast'