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Bog Meadow & Surrounding Hills
Exploring the literary life of Belfast and the surrounding area -
At the Sign of the Peacock
Newspapers in Belfast -
Iconic Figures of the 20th Century
Leading literary lights -
The Exiles
The 30s and 40s saw many of the most talented writers leave Belfast -
The Hidden Experience: Women's Writing
For nearly 400 years, hardy women pioneers found success in a male dominated world -
The Industrial City
Belfast saw an explosion in its population, production and inquisitive societies -
Printing and Printers
A book is more than a simple possession -
The Industrial City II
In the midst of Industrialisation, Belfast had little time to write -
The 'Little' Magazines
A range of publications that have helped to keep literature alive in the city -
Working-Class Writers
The 'engine that powers the city' -
Writing the Future
Belfast's writers ask, 'where to now?' -
Writing the Troubles
Finding regret, compassion and humour in dark times -
The City and Surrounding Hills
The countryside around Belfast has had its own literary influence -
The Early City
One of the most exciting periods in the city's history -
The 1960s Revival
A period of literary rejuvenation -
The Belfast Group
A staggering roll-call of stellar talent -
The 1980s
A new dynamic -
Anne Tannahill
Pioneering publisher with Belfast's Blackstaff Press -
Malachi O'Doherty
Writer, journalist and broadcaster with a devout allegiance to inquiry -
Patricia Craig
Editor, anthologist and biographer of Brian Moore -
Sinead Morrissey
The youngest ever winner of the Patrick Kavanagh Award -
The Northern Ireland Publication Resource
Preserving for Posterity -
Reading Societies and Libraries
Those reading societies and libraries that were intrinsic to the literary life of the city -
The Ulster Literary Theatre and The Revival
How the ULT helped forge a Northern theatrical identity -
Back from the Brinks
Brendan Deeds talks to best-selling novelist Sam Millar -
Lapsed Protestant
Gavin Carville reviews the new book from Glenn Patterson -
Bit Part in the Big Picture
Poet Gerald Dawe traces his family to an unlikely Belfast -
David Torrence is Caught Red-Handed
Tammy Moore meets the man with no alibis -
I Wouldn't Say 'Boo' to a Goose
Q&A with Colin Bateman -
Drawn to the Magnetic North
Darran Anderson is attracted to the emerging NI poets of this publication -
Sinead Morrissey - Interview with Declan Meade
Part One: Becoming a poet -
Sean O'Reilly: Interview with Declan Meade
Part Two: Character is the Most Important Thing -
This Poet is on Fire
Kirsten Kearney catches the Fire Poet at the Opera Fringe Festival -
Schools Poetry at the Barbican
Chelley McLear answers Antrim's call for 'Poetry Please!' -
John Hewitt: The Granddaddy of Ulster Poets
The forerunner of the new wave of poetry in the 1960s -
Thomas Carnduff
Working class poet and playwright -
Samuel Beckett
Martin Mooney reflects on the importance of the Nobel prize-winning writer -
Enniskillen Pays Tribute to Samuel Beckett
Jenny Cathcart reports on events marking the centenary of the writer's birth -
The Death of a Friend
Poem by Armagh resident Dan Campbell -
Stage Irishmen and Women
Vivien Hewitt seeks out the dramatists of Restoration Ulster
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