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The Wing Orderly’s Tales
Carlo Gébler’s new collection of short stories is an authoritative portrayal of life and death in a Northern Ireland jail -
Once Upon a Time in the North West
Garbhan Downey's transatlantic newsroom thriller characterises the resilient role of Derry through some of the last century's darkest days -
House of Small Absences
Anne-Marie Fyfe reflects on places past and present in her fifth poetry collection -
Ciaran Carson and Stephen Sexton
Teacher and pupil read from their work at the 2014 John Hewitt Society Spring Festival in Carnlough: 'Everything I do in English, there’s always the shadow of another language' -
The Good Son
Belfast author Paul McVeigh’s debut novel may be set during the Troubles but is a charming coming-of-age story with a refreshingly complex young narrator at its heart -
Oils
Stephen Sexton is inspired by classic works of art in a captivating poetry collection that leaves the reader to 'create their own metaphorical trail of breadcrumbs' -
Northern Noir
Three of Northern Ireland's finest crime authors, Brian McGilloway, Stuart Neville and Steve Cavanagh, share literary insights at Libraries NI Catch a Crime Writer event -
Martina Devlin
Out To Lunch festival goers come out in force to hear the story of Ireland's final conviction for witchcraft -
The House Where It Happened
Martina Devlin spins an eerie tale around Ireland's last witchcraft trail -
Colin Bateman
Crime writer, screenwriter, children's author – Bangor's finest delivers words of wisdom in Ballycastle -
Lines of Vision
Writers respond to paintings in the National Gallery and reveal true value of the arts -
Mickey Finn's Air
Gerald Dawe's new collection takes the reader on flights of nostalgic fancy -
Poetry Ireland Review
Latest issue sees a range of contemporary poets writing about their favourite Seamus Heaney poems -
Belfast Days
Excerpts from Eimear O'Callaghan's teenage diary written at the height of the Troubles in 1972 -
The Stairwell
Michael Longley considers mortality in his new collection shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize -
Stewart Parker Memorial Lecture
Award-winning actor Adrian Dunbar commemorates the late playwright at the Belfast Festival -
The Goose Tree
Moyra Donaldson takes stock of a life in letters and finds solace in nature -
Where They Lie
Mary O'Donnell's fourth novel is a darkly passionate tribute to the Disappeared -
Martin Bell
Acclaimed war correspondent on learning his craft in Troubles-era Northern Ireland -
Bangor Literary Tour
Kenneth Irvine traverses the 'Cradle of Modern Irish Literature' with poetry, song and not a few tenuous links
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