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By the Banks of the Lagan
Ben Simon's collection of oral histories of the Lagan conjures up rural idylls and model asylums -
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
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