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Cahal Dallat
Second collection of poetry for critic, broadcaster...and computer scientist. Click Play Audio for a podcast interview -
This Other City
A new play by Daragh Carville. Click Play Audio for a podcast interview -
Dave Gorman Unchained
Ahead of his Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival appearance, the comic and author on stickin' it to The Man -
John Hewitt Spring and Summer Schools
Malachi O'Doherty remembers the man and his legacy -
Michael Connelly Comes to Belfast
No Alibis presents a reading from best-selling crime writer -
David Torrans - A Bookseller's Alibi
Writer Ian Sansom talks to No Alibis' owner on bookselling, book loving and becoming immortalised in print -
My Cultural Life: Paul Feldstein
The literary agent on nurturing new talent, living in the land of Yeats and taking a lifetime to write it all down -
My Cultural Life: Catherine McGrotty
Editor of Verbal Magazine on throwing up over Wetlands, journeying back in time and worshipping godlike genius, Alan Moore -
Essay from the Archive
Jonathan Swift graces Tollymore Forest Park - an essay from the Linen Hall Review, 1986 -
Reinventing The Wheel
Dublin novelist Claire Kilroy on writing, the influence of Banville and Nabokov and the how Irish writers learned to behave. Click Play Audio for a podcast -
Peter Murphy
Respected rock journalist finds a new voice in his novel John the Revelator. Click Play Audio for a podcast with the author -
Claire Kilroy
The award-winning writer discusses dead horses, the new Athens, and her upcoming appearance at the Belfast Book Festival -
Dreams from My Father
'A story of race and inheritance', first published in 1995 -
Reluctant Troubadour
Gerry Anderson gives his account of the showband era in second book, Heads -
Edge of the Tide
Michael Viney on beachcombing in this special excerpt from the latest edition of Irish Pages -
Puckoon
Spike Milligan's comic novel gets theatrical reworking -
My Cultural Life: Malachi O'Doherty
The journalist and author on appearing at the Belfast Book Festival, booking tickets for Cirque du Soleil and why Kurt Vonnegut is more patient than Christ -
The President's Man
On the campaign trail with Barak Obama, Irish reporter Niall Stanage tells it like it is -
My Cultural Life: Maria Fusco
Director of art writing at Goldsmith's, University of London on eating with The Third Policeman, teaching the craft and watching bad films in good cinemas -
Brian Moore Short Story Awards
£750 prize money awaits the winner of the 12th annual short story competition -
Justice Is Key To Mid-East Peace
Acclaimed journalist Robert Fisk addresses the University of Ulster on the current crisis in the Middle East -
Our Cultural Year
CNI picks some of its favourite things from 2008 -
Stuart Neville
Markethill author's debut novel snapped up by top agent and publishers -
Queen's Centenary Celebrations
Seamus Heaney receives Lifetime Achievement Award as centenary celebrations go with a bang at Queen's -
My Cultural Life: Leontia Flynn
Following the publication of her second collection, Drives, the poet talks about her respect for Seamus Heaney and Catullus, learning to write and falling in love with Philip Larkin -
SHORT STORY: To The Trade
Winning entry in the 2008 Michael McLaverty Short Story competition, by Aiden O'Reilly -
Michael McLaverty Short Story Award
Dublin writer scoops top prize at the second biennial short story awards -
Tammy Moore Speculates
'I just started talking and all these dreadful things started coming out of my mouth'. Click Play Audio for a podcast with the author -
My Cultural Life: Ciaran Carson
On the eve of the publication of The Collected Poems the poet talks about his love of song, Gerard Manley Hopkins and wonders what Shakespeare would be like after a few drinks -
Stewart Parker - The Northern Star, Part III
Queen's Drama Department commemorate Belfast playwright with a critical look at some of his best work -
Stewart Parker - The Northern Star, Part II
Queen's Drama Department commemorate Belfast playwright with a critical look at some of his best work -
Stewart Parker - The Northern Star
Queen's Drama Department commemorate Belfast playwright with a critical look at some of his best work -
Vampire Fiction Gets Fresh Blood
Portstewart's Philip Henry on horror writing, 12-hour shifts and his own brush with the spirit world -
The New North
Innovative collaboration sees exclusive US publication of three generations of Northern Irish poetry -
Catching the Light
Inspirational collection of essays and musings from Belfast poet and literary critic Gerald Dawe -
My Cultural Life: Martin Lynch
The Belfast playwright on guarding his crown jewels, singing with Brendan Behan and dreaming of Julius Caesar -
Glenn Patterson - Professional Writer, Amateur Genealogist
Glenn Patterson dicusses finding a voice for his new memoir Once Upon a Hill -
Once Upon a Hill
Glenn Patterson's new memoir delves into a history of violence in Lisburn -
Taste The Bright Lights of Self-Publishing
Belfast writer Laura Canning discusses the pros and cons of self-publication -
David Hammond
Tributes pour in to mark the passing of 'a poet of film'
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