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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 -
Children's Laureates Tour Ireland
Australians Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor give workshops in Belfast and Derry~Londonderry during Easter for the Story, Book, Grow initiative -
Video – Author Tony Macaulay Reads from Breadboy
Watch video featuring the Belfast author reading from the follow-up to his tremendously successful 2010 memoir, Paperboy -
Author Sheena Wilkinson's Winning Ways
The County Down author on writing dialogue whilst mucking out the horses and being indebted to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland -
World Book Day: My Favourite Book
A host of arts sector luminaries, including Lucy Caldwell, Ralph McLean and David Park, reveal their all-time favourite reads, from 'How Music Works' to 'David Copperfield' -
Humdinger! Children's Book Festival in Derry~Londonderry
Derry~Londonderry plays host to Roddy Doyle, Julia Donaldson, Rasta Mouse and many more from March 7 - 9 -
Medbh McGuckian, The High Caul Cap
Belfast poet Medbh McGuckian came to terms with her mother's demise by writing her latest collection. Despite the limitations of the English language, she found catharsis in creativity -
Libraries NI Celebrate Creativity Month
Browse the full programme of events taking place in libraries across Northern Ireland during March 2013 -
All the Beggars Riding - One City One Book Belfast
Lucy Caldwell on her new novel, being the focus of the One City One Book Belfast reading initiative and steering clear of surgical procedures -
One City One Book Belfast 2013
Lucy Caldwell's new novel, All the Beggars Riding, will be the focus of a series of talks, tours and events to get people reading this May -
Reviving Shan Bullock
James Doyle, founder of Turnpike Books, on reprinting the Fermanagh writer's final novel and his hopes to do the same with other 'lost' authors -
Jenni Doherty's Rain Spill
The Derry poet mines her love life, and stands up for the Northern Irish weather, in her latest collection published by Guildhall Press -
To Publish Fiction, or Not to Publish Fiction?
Literary agent Susan Feldstein laments the lack of opportunities for new writers in a celebrity-obsessed industry -
Painting Meets Poetry
A forthcoming afternoon poetry reading at the Ulster Museum, featuring Michael Longley, is inspired by artist John Luke and poet John Hewitt -
Selecting Moyra Donaldson
At what stage in a career is it prudent to publish a retrospective of your work? The poet from Newtownards let others decide -
To Call Myself Beloved - Eina McHugh on a Very Personal Memoir
Following the bombing of her family home during the Troubles, Eina McHugh spent years in therapy. Her new memoir details a very personal journey -
Lionel Shriver: 'I Find Solace in Physics'
The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin on Raynaud's disease, what happens when we die and being humbled by the writers on Breaking Bad -
Belfast 400: People, Place and History
Read an extract from the glossy new history and discover how visual artists, playwrights and authors depicted the city up until the 1960s -
Stewart Parker: A Life - Listen to a Reading
Listen to academic and author Marilynn Richtarik read from her 'definitive' biography of the late Belfast playwright -
Tony Bailie's A Verse to Murder
The Belfast-based poet and crime writer ventures away from Lagan Press to dip his toe into self-publishing -
Carlo Gebler: My Desert Island Book Collection
Author Carlo Gebler intuitively choses fiction as a mirror unto the self as the World Literature series continues at Queen's University
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