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Why dressing up has always been at the heart of Halloween
From warding off spirits of the dead to bringing cities like Derry to life, costumes have played a key role in Ireland's traditions for thousands of years
'People say once you get to 40 you can’t run your own business. That’s nonsense.'
As co-owner of award-winning tech firm Flint Studios, Jeremy Biggerstaff has shown that with the right steps 'it's never too late' to achieve those creative career goals
How to have a decorated career as an interior designer
'I really love what I do' – Jude Burrows on the joys of thinking outside the box when it comes to styling beautiful spaces and working creatively with clients
Theatre company's audio walking tour will let you explore Belfast with new eyes and ears
Dominic Montague's immersive love story Quartered aims to challenge perceptions and remove fear around how the city's LGBTQ+ community might feel in public
Why there's no right way to becoming a writer
Authors Myra Zepf and Claire Savage reflect on their different routes to publication and share tips for aspiring scribes to carve their own path
The buzz about Louise Brogan aka The Social Bee
The Newtownabbey native had an unconventional route to becoming a digital entrepreneur, but now businesses are swarming her for marketing expertise
Carving out a music industry career in Northern Ireland
'It's a good time to be involved' says Keith Millar, whose keen ear for talent and willingness to make connections has lead to an array of exciting roles
How archaeologist Emma Thorpe unearthed a career in crafts
As the countdown to Creativity Month begins, the Portstewart-based artist charts her journey from digging up the Bronze Age to making it as a silversmith – plus tips for how you can move up the crafty careers ladder
NI Opera Bring the Music of Mozart into the Roaring Twenties
Award-winning soprano Aoife Miskelly on wrapping her voice around the Italian language for Così fan tutte's glittering makeover
Mount Stewart Keeps the Conversation Going
The award-winning property aims to pick up from where last year's festival left off with another vibrant weekend of talks, panels, music and much more
Clear the Decks for Titanicdance
Choreographer and lead performer James Keegan promises audiences will be 'reeled' in once more as the as the hit show returns to our shores
10 Northern Ireland Holiday Reads
Local authors who are worth taking along on your summer break
Jane Austen at 200
NI writers on the literary icon's work remaining relevant and its role in bringing women-led stories to wider prominence
Rave Reviews: Ciarán McMenamin
With its dark humour and '90s hedonism, the Fermanagh actor's first novel is like Trainspotting during the Troubles. Before opening the Belfast Book Festival, he talks about the positive reception and bringing Skintown to the big screen
Joe McElderry is Still Living the Dream
Seven years after his breakout success, the X Factor winner is savouring every opportunity while he can, whether in the studio or his blossoming stage career
A Few of My Favourite Children's Books
Author and Culture NI critic Claire Savage recalls the stories which enchanted her early years ahead of the launch of her own first novel for young readers
The Faerie Thorn
After a promising preview, Big Telly bring Jane Talbot's North Coast fables to the stage in a fully realised adaptation fit for the company's 30th year
Derry-Strabane Mean Business with Enterprise Week 2017
From Virgin Media and Google to self-made millionaire Lara Morgan, budding entrepreneurs and start-ups won't be short of motivation from this year's line-up
Fun and Games at the Museums
Not just a place for old relics – a new festival plans to exhibit the priceless potential of Northern Ireland's museums for ages 0-5
Northern Ireland Artists to Watch in 2017
A round-up of some of the rising stars tipped to light up local literature, theatre, music and more in the year to come
Christmas Ghost Stories
Claire Savage traces the chilling roots of a largely forgotten festive tradition, from Shakespearean theatre to Victorian séances
Do Authors Need to be Bloggers?
A worthless distraction or a necessary means of interaction? Five local wordsmiths share their views on the lot of the modern writer
Of Heart and Land: Limavady Celebrates Steinbeck
The fifth annual series of events inspired by the Roe Valley-rooted Nobel Prize winner uses the human side of his work to highlight the area's natural beauty
Aspects at 25: A Quarter Century Celebrating the Written Word
Bangor's annual literary festival marks its silver anniversary with a milestone programme, from crime writing and comedy to poetry and prose
Paul McVeigh Shortlisted for Polari Prize
Belfast author 'over the moon' to be in line for award recognising LGBT literature, but publishing prejudice is hindering others from taking the same risk
Lucy Caldwell is Keeping 'er Lit
The award-winning Belfast author on the importance of women having their voices heard in contemporary fiction, ahead of a special Open House Festival panel
Mammoth Ambitions for Moville Mini-Fest
Derry singer Sarah McGuinness on planting the seeds of what she believes could become a Glastonbury-sized celebration of arts in her own back garden
Stretcher Bearers of the Somme
Artist Leslie Nicholl uses raw materials from the WWI battlefields to explore humanity amidst the horror in his current Linen Hall Library exhibition
Drawn to the Sea
Fusing fashion with intricate illustration and Irish mythos, artist/designer Sara O'Neill is taking her unique, coastal style to the international stage
The Organised Criminal
Dublin-based author, Jarlath Gregory, on his latest novel, set in Crossmaglen in South Armagh
House of Small Absences
Anne-Marie Fyfe reflects on places past and present in her fifth poetry collection
Disappear Hear
A sell-out crowd gathers in No Alibis Bookstore for an evening of musical and literary entertainment in support of the Alzheimer’s Society
Yeats 150
The world commemorates one of Ireland's most esteemed literary figures a century and a half after his birth
Belfast Circus: Defying Death for 30 Years
More than just the Greatest Show on Earth, the community performance mainstay is giving back with a whole weekend of spectacular free events to mark the milestone
Kelly Creighton
Newtownards author on what helped shape her 'brilliant crime debut' ahead of its launch on June 4 and what to expect from her appearance at the Belfast Book Festival
Strabane Has Gutz
Singer-songwriter David Oliver’s original play is a fast-paced musical about a group of young hopefuls attempting to make it in the New York business world
Debut Authors to Watch in 2015
From deliciously dark fairy tales and gritty crime thrillers, to stories of love, redemption and fantastical space battles, there is plenty to get your teeth into this year
I Will Go There, Take Me Home
Curated by Derry's Gregory McCartney, The MAC’s latest group exhibition challenges visitors to consider the dangers of ignoring new political, social and economic realities
Lanciatore – The Juggling Man
Narrated by three prostitutes, and played out in a medieval Italian circus, Rawlife Theatre Company's new production is an allegory on the art sector's current plight
Ciaran Carson and Stephen Sexton
Teacher and pupil read from their work at the 2014 John Hewitt Society Spring Festival in Carnlough: 'Everything I do in English, there’s always the shadow of another language'

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