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Culture Night Belfast
Jim Meredith plans a route through the myriad free arts events taking place in the Cathedral Quarter on September 19 -
Belfast Prepares for Eastside Arts Festival
Jim Meredith picks out some choice highlights in music, theatre, literature and film as east Belfast prepares to party -
Ciaran Lavery Goes Kosher With New EP
The prolific singer-songwriter ups the tempo for his latest collection of songs, typified by the joyous 'Left For America' -
Poetry NI Online Resource Launched
Founder Colin Dardis on providing a platform for new writers and launching Pen Points Press at Belfast Book Festival -
Writers on Writers Festival
Belfast's Linen Hall Library presents inaugural four-day festival featuring playwrights, novelists, poets and more until May 15 -
Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival
Legendary folk musician Donovan on finger-picking, his Irish ancestry and the enduring power of the arts -
And The BAFTA Goes To...
Glenn Patterson on being nominated for Good Vibrations and writing his new novel The Rest Just Follows -
Teenage Kicks - A Punk Musical
Colin Bateman draws on his life-long love of punk in his first musical commissioned for UK City of Culture -
My Noir: Belfast Film Season
Queen's Film Theatre hosts a season of classic and modern film noir flicks as part of the Belfast Festival at Queen's -
Ronnie Greer on A Lifetime With the Blues
Aged 62, the guitarist and singer finally releases his debut album. 'I'm glad I did it' -
Writing Comedy for TV
Vanessa Haynes prepares for her workshop at the Aspects Irish Literature Festival in Bangor with some choice advice -
Real Music Club Celebrates 15 Years of Folk
Now in its 15th year, Jim Heaney's roots and Americana club is spreading the gospel by venturing out of Belfast -
Aurora Belfast Film Festival
Film screenings in Templemore Baths and Bangor Castle Walled Garden? James Meredith browses the full August programme -
Malojian's Musical Masterclass
Stevie Scullion maintains the momentum of a busy year with a songwriting seminar at the Belfast Book Festival -
The Beats at QFT
Kerouac, Ginsberg, Borroughs and others are the focus of a series of film screenings as part of the Belfast Book Festival -
My Cultural Life: Nick Laird
'A Cookstown skinnymalink mumbling for a bit' - Nick Laird warns his Aspects audience what to expect. -
Anti-Nuclear Film Shows at QFT
Countdown to Zero producer Lawrence Bender believes the 'time has come' to campaign -
Me, My Dad and Country Music
With Father's Day around the corner, Jim Meredith writes about a shared love for Merle Haggard -
Five Irish Novels Adapted for the Silver Screen
Cinematic adaptations can be hit and miss, as James Meredith demonstrates -
CQAF: Michael Longley
The poet on his new collection, A Hundred Doors, keeping it fresh at readings and how he only cares about one critic - his wife
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