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Literary Lions on Tour
John Gray on what the nineteenth century literati thought of the north -
Walter Hegarty
Derry born author who describes growing up in Derry in the 1940s -
Louis MacNeice
Remembering one of Northern Ireland's most famous poets and broadcasters -
Jennifer Johnston
Derry-based Jennifer Johnston is one of Northern Ireland’s most popular novelists -
Joyce Cary
Author of ‘the last great English political novel’... -
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver’s Travels and prebend of Kilroot parish -
John Boyd: A Crossing Place
Exhibition focuses on key literary figure -
Short Story by one of Ireland's Finest Writers
William Trevor's 'The Room' is published online exclusively here -
Sean O'Reilly - Interview with Declan Meade
Part One: Finding a Voice in Fiction -
Frances Thompson
The NI poet based in England brings fond memories of home into her work -
Helen Waddell
Novelist, critic and committed Christian -
Charlie Donnelly Winter School 2006
Ryan Dunne raises a glass to socialism in Coalisland's Craic Theatre -
The Belfast Literary Scene - A Personal Reflection
Highlights from poet and editor of Irish Pages, Chris Agee -
Gaelic Poetry in Ulster
Gréagóir Ó Dúill on how poetry has been composed in the Irish language in Northern Ireland for more than 2000 years -
Sinead Morrissey - In Interview with Declan Meade
Part Two: Returning to Belfast and the challenges of the future -
Contemporary Poets from Northern Ireland
A general introduction to contemporary poets from Northern Ireland -
Graham Reid
Writer of the iconic 'Billy trilogy' -
Forrest Reid
Author of 16 novels and two autobiographies -
The Writers Group at Queens
Where exciting new writers meet to criticise each other’s work -
Colin Dardis Prescribes Speech Therapy
Ryan Dunne meets the editor of Belfast's new poetry magazine -
Frances Molloy
An original Co Derry voice -
Ronan Bennett and The Irish Question Abroad
Martin Mooney considers the work of one of Belfast's most controversial writers -
Gerald Dawe was a City Boy
Apart from the Belfast Group and the Northern Poets -
Classic Essay from the Archive...
Fred Johnston reviews Medbh McGuckian's Selected Poems in Fortnight, May 1998 -
Antonia Logue has advice for aspiring writers
Clare O'Connor tracks down the Derry writer in Chicago -
Contemporary Fiction Writers in Northern Ireland
An introduction to contemporary fiction by Northern Irish writers -
Flann O'Brien
Writer of comic and satirical genius -
Fred Johnston
Martin Mooney interviews the controversial Fred Johnston: poet, musician, founder of Cúirt Literature Festival and the Western Writers Centre. Pt. 1 -
Fred Johnston
Martin Mooney interviews the controversial Fred Johnston: poet, musician, founder of Cúirt Literature Festival and the Western Writers Centre. Pt. 2 -
Brian Moore
A prolific novelist his books ranged widely in subject and theme -
Bernard MacLaverty Interview
The Belfast author reveals, among other things, why he uses a butterfly as a bookmark -
The Poetry of Rural Ulster (1)
From Kavanagh to Heaney with Darran Anderson -
The Poetry of Rural Ulster (2)
Darran Anderson completes his examination of Ulster poets -
A Literary Tour of South Belfast
A virtual tour of south Belfast’s literary history -
Classic Essay from the Archive...
James Simmons writes in the Linen Hall Review of Autumn 1986 -
A Soldier Playwright
John Michelburne wrote a candid account of the last great siege in the British Isles -
Literary Belfast Walking Tour
From the Linen Hall Library to Writers' Square -
Austin Currie talks to CNI
Former politician launches his autobiography -
Antonia Logue
Shadow-Box is her first novel -
George A Birmingham
Prolific novelist, journalist and autobiographer
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