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CS Lewis: Beginnings in a Belfast Garden
Listen to a podcast featuring Lewis expert Sandy Smith and discover the iconography of Narnia inspired by Belfast landmarks -
Second Novel for Lucy Caldwell
Watch video of the author reading from The Meeting Point, discussing Chekhov and writing about a crisis of faith -
Great Irish Writers: Garbhan Downey on Van Morrison
A Libraries NI initiative saw four Irish writers make the case for four Irish writers. Read the fourth speech and give your opinion -
CS Lewis: It All Began With a Picture
Listen to a podcast featuring Lewis expert Sandy Smith and discover how Lewis’s Belfast homes influenced his writing career -
Lionel Shriver Reporting on The Troubles
The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin speaks with Joanne Savage about how 'we can all still end well' -
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 -
The Early Life of CS Lewis
Listen to a podcast featuring Lewis expert Sandy Smith and discover how Lewis’s early life in Belfast influenced the Narnia works -
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 -
Belfast Girls Take Centre Stage
Searching for 'the good things in life', the heroines in Gerry McCullough's novel reflect new Belfast -
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 -
Blackbird Book Club: Malachi O’Doherty
Watch a video of the Writer in Residence at Queen's University read from his memoir Under His Roof -
An 'In-Life Sat-Nav', Anyone?
Listen to a reading by author Amanda Brobyn and find out why she doesn't need a psychic to tell the future is bright -
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 -
American Artist Asks: Why Belfast?
Watch an online exhibition featuring photographs and testimonies from emigrants in the city, from Why Belfast? -
Derry Writers Sign Petition Against Arts Cuts
Guildhall Press and Yes! Publications lead demonstration against proposed funding cuts to the arts -
Obituary: Brian Moore, 1946 - 2011
The songwriter, cartoonist and playwright who satirised Northern Irish politics -
Charles Dickens: A Literary Life
Watch an online exhibition featuring first edition books, photographs and more from the Linen Hall Library -
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 -
Blackbird Book Club: Sinead Morrissey
Watch video of the Portadown-born poet talking with the book club at Queen's University
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