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Sam Burnside MBE
Poet and founder of the Verbal Arts Centre receives New Year honour -
Blackbird Book Club Returns to Queen's
Northern Ireland literati set to read for students on the Open Learning course -
Literary Belfast Launches With Gala Evening
New website, iPhone app, tours and exhibitions to be launched in the Ulster Hall -
NI Poet Scoops Top Award
Read a poem by Andrew Jamison -
Belfast Book Festival
A unique seven-day celebration of the book, the reader and the writer -
Belfast Through Writers' Eyes
Literary Belfast? There's an app for that -
Literary Belfast
Literary tourists can now find out about Belfast’s exciting literary scene long before they arrive -
Literary Belfast Reading List
Want to know more about Belfast in fact and fiction? Here's a list of some of the best books around -
A Hundred Doors
Michael Longley expertly explores the passing of a generation in his latest collection, writes Ross Moore -
Cross-Border Scheme Launched by Children's Laureate
Siobhan Parkinson emphasises the importance of reading and writing at a young age -
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 -
Belfast Girls
Read an extract from Gerry McCullough's novel, Belfast Girls -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Arts Council Honours NI Artists
Peter Rosser, Ian Sansom, Dave Duggan and Allan Hughes receive individual awards -
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 -
Human Chain
'A gorgeously understated' new collection from Seamus Heaney, writes Ross Moore -
Seamus Heaney Centre Poetry Prize
English poet Sian Hughes scoops the inaugural award -
Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend
Darach MacDonald enjoys digressions in the road as well as on the page
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