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Sinéad Morrissey Wins TS Eliot Prize
The Belfast poet laureate is awarded the prestigious prize for her latest collection Parallax -
Out To Lunch 2014
The affordable art festival returns to Belfast's Cathedral Quarter from January 2 - 26 -
CS Lewis Festival Launches
East Belfast Partnership and Belfast City Council celebrate the acclaimed author from November 11 – 18 -
Literary Lunchtimes Continue
The Ulster Hall plays host to a wide variety of authors in the run up to Christmas 2013 -
Stewart Parker Retrospective
Queen's University host a series of talks, readings and performances dedicated to the acclaimed Belfast playwright -
The Mildly Erotic Poetry Tour
Publisher Emma Wright promotes her new anthology of erotic verse at Bookfinders Café -
Libraries NI Festival of Words
19 libraries across Northern Ireland hold a wide variety of free events aimed at increasing library memberships -
Canal Laureate Jo Bell Reads 'Lighter'
Canal Laureate Jo Bell helps Lagan Canal Trust to celebrate Northern Ireland's disused waterways -
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 -
Forward Prize for Poetry Nominees Announced
Belfast-based poet Sinéad Morrissey's Parallax is one of five books shortlisted for best collection -
Happy Days Beckett Festival Launches
The festival dedicated to Samuel Beckett returns to Enniskillen from August 22. View the full programme -
Belfast Book Festival
View the 2013 festival programme and plan your literary wanderings this June -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Libraries NI Celebrate Creativity Month
Browse the full programme of events taking place in libraries across Northern Ireland during March 2013 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Continuing Communities
The 'significant contribution' made by artists to life in Belfast celebrated at Queen's University with new series of courses -
Orion
Rosie Johnston's story of Orion the hunter is 'an epic poem in the classical tradition', writes Louise Richardson -
My Favourite John Hewitt Poem
Watch video of Seamus Heaney, Sinéad Morrissey and others reading their favourite verses ahead of the 2012 John Hewitt International Summer School -
Fifty Shades of Blue
Librarian Dewey Decimal on our erstwhile reading habits and the potential for 'a new climax in erotic literature' -
Poet Pádraic Fiacc Honoured at John Hewitt
A plaque dedicated to the iconic Belfast writer placed him 'on the Belfast Literary Trail' -
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
Watch video of author Jen Campbell talking about her bestselling book in Waterstone's, Belfast -
One City One Book Tour
Author Glenn Patterson visits some of the Belfast locations mentioned in his book The Mill for Grinding Old People Young -
One City One Book: Belfast's Historic Public Houses
Author and historian Gary Law hosts a pub quiz at the Grove Library in Belfast -
One City One Book and Glenn Patterson
The Mill for Grinding Old People Young, the latest novel by author Glenn Patterson, has been selected as Belfast’s first ‘One City One Book’ read. Watch video of him reading from his novel and find out what events are coming up. -
Glenn Patterson Curates Film Season at QFT
Queen's Film Theatre show a series of films chosen by the author of The Mill For Grinding Old People Young -
One City One Book: Watch Glenn Patterson Reading from his Latest Novel
Find out what talks, tours and film screenings are happening near you this month -
Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
The inaugural festival kicks off August 23. Watch video and book tickets now -
Literary Lunchtime Readings at The Ulster Hall
Four lunchtime readings showcasing works by celebrated Irish writers
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