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Lagan Canal Trust Event
Poet and the UK's official Canal Laureate Jo Bell to perform as part of a series of events celebrating the Lagan Canal's 250th anniversary -
Sinéad Morrissey is Belfast Poet Laureate
Lord Mayor unveils Queen's University professor as the inaugural poet for the city -
Jaki McCarrick's The Scattering
Ahead of her reading at Eason's, Belfast, the author discusses her acclaimed debut short story collection -
County Down's Dancing Days
A new book by musician and amateur historian Nigel Boullier documents the county's little-known musical heritage -
Alicia Daly on Writing Just Another Statistic
The Belfast-based youth worker writes about her own experiences with suicide in a new play for Féile an Phobail -
Forward Prize for Poetry Nominees Announced
Belfast-based poet Sinéad Morrissey's Parallax is one of five books shortlisted for best collection -
Short Story: Soundtrack to Our Lives
Read a short story from a new anthology inspired by music and written by students from Derry~Londonderry -
Happy Days Beckett Festival Launches
The festival dedicated to Samuel Beckett returns to Enniskillen from August 22. View the full programme -
The Yard Playwrights
Tom Thompson on how the Belfast shipyards informed the work of Thomas Carnduff, Sam Thompson and Wilson John Haire -
Author Deirdre Madden Releases Time Present and Time Past
Deirdre Madden explores how old photographs can stir long-forgotten memories in her latest novel. 'It really challenged ideas I had about the past' -
Belfast Book Festival
View the 2013 festival programme and plan your literary wanderings this June -
The Story of Amelia Earhart Retold in Graphic Novel
Derry~Londonderry's Joe Campbell retells the aviator's story in comic book form. 'These stories can now emerge' -
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 -
One Night Only with Author Emma Heatherington
The County Tyrone author talks about her latest novel, juggling jobs and using Northern Ireland as a literary backdrop -
Whittrick Press Launches
Innovative new digital publishers releases Bernie McGill short story collection, Sleepwalkers, as ebook -
One City One Book at QFT
Author Lucy Caldwell curates a week of screenings at Queen's Film Theatre that explore the connection between film and literature -
Obituary: Mike Moloney (1953 - 2013)
The Australian-born director of the Prison Arts Foundation passes away suddenly aged 60 -
100 Lucy Caldwell Books Hidden Around Belfast
100 copies of All the Beggars Riding, have been hidden around the city as Belfast gears up for the One City One Book reading initiative -
Julieann Campbell Sets the Truth Free in Derry~Londonderry
Derry Journal reporter Julieann Campbell discusses her Ewart-Biggs Prize-winning book about the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign -
One City One Book: All the Beggars Riding
Novelist Lucy Caldwell discusses her latest novel, chosen as the focus for the One City One Book Belfast reading initiative
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