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Romancing Ireland
Paul Clements' biography of Richard Hayward reveals a forgotten renaissance man -
Free Derry Protest and Resistance
Adrian Kerr's history of protest and resistance in the maiden city 'is a valuable addition to the Troubles canon' -
Plath – A 50 Year Retrospective
Academics commemorate the life and work of prolific writer and poet Sylvia Plath -
The Loughsiders
Shan Bullock's 1924 novel is republished by Turnpike Books, but is Bullock really 'the Thomas Hardy of Fermanagh'? -
A Twisted Root
Patricia Craig delves into her mixed Irish ancestry to discover Republican activists and the founder of the Orange Order -
Changing Times
Peter Smyth fails to confront the political inequalities that characterised our wee country during the 1950s -
Belfast The Emerging City
15 academics explain the city's rise to industrial prominence, but author Glenn Patterson's contribution wins out -
Charles Dickens in Belfast
In the author's bicentenary year, John Gray looks back on his visits to Ireland -
PODCAST: Children of the Revolution
John Gray talks with author Bill Rolston about interviewing the children of paramilitary combatants -
Eagle's Wings
'A unique and definitive history' of Ulster-Scots, Scotch-Irish and Presbyterians in Northern Ireland -
By the Banks of the Lagan
Ben Simon's collection of oral histories of the Lagan conjures up rural idylls and model asylums -
Belfast Shipbuilders
An admirable exploration of Belfast's engineering heyday -
Belfast Blitz
A 'well organized and accessible' compendium of eyewitness accounts by Stephen Douds -
Take Three Girls
John Gray discovers new writing from Tara West, Lesley Richardson and Tanya Ravenswater at Finaghy Library -
Obituary: Brian Moore, 1946 - 2011
The songwriter, cartoonist and playwright who satirised Northern Irish politics -
Raise Your Voice in Support of Libraries
John Gray, former librarian of the Linen Hall Library, makes the case for Northern Ireland's beleaguered public libraries -
The Last Romantic Out of Belfast
Sam Keery's autobiographical novel delves into the constricting world of 1940s Belfast -
The Return Room
WR Rodgers' radio play is reissued with illustrations and a recording of the original production -
Voices from Cave Hill
Learn about the secret history of Cave Hill from the people who lived there -
If Trees Could Talk
Ben Simon gets spruced up for a jaunt through Belfast's woodland history