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Third Writers on Writers Festival
Linen Hall Library celebrates a century of women writers in memory of Christina Reid with this year's series of talks, workshops and performances
Michael McLaverty Short Story Award Returns
Linen Hall Library launch the biennial competition offering writers the chance to win one of Irish literature's top prizes
Belfast Book Chosen for Historic Big Read
Paul McVeigh's debut novel The Good Son will be the literary focus of the milestone 50th Brighton Festival
Belfast Literature - December 2015
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
Troubles Over The Bridge
New memoir tells of late actor Jimmy Ellis' fight against theatre censorship in 1950s Belfast. Listen to an extract read by longtime friend Adrian Dunbar
Belfast Literature - August 2015
Round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
Read a New Poem by Michael Longley
'The Snowdrops' is taken from the award-winning Belfast poet's new illustrated collection Sea Asters
Humdinger! Children's Story Festival 2015
The celebrated festival returns to Derry with illustrator Nick Sharratt, comedian David O'Doherty and more hosting fun family events from March 23 - 28
Guildhall Press Inspired Festival
One-day literary celebration encourages aspiring writers of all ages in Derry
Josef Locke: Still Blazing Away
A century after his birth, a new biography and exhibition of artefacts will give a definitive account of the celebrated singer's life in show business
Writers Respond to Refugee Images
Glenn Patterson, Jan Carson and Colin Dardis imagine life as displaced people around the world, as part of Oxfam Ireland exhibition touring NI libraries
Six Books for Christmas
Give the gift of reading as Damian Smyth selects some of the best works published by local writers over the past 12 months
Garbhan Downey's One-off Christmas Present
Derry writer produces new limited-edition novelette in the space of a month, making for a perfect last-minute stocking filler
Michael McLaverty Short Story Award
Linen Hall Library names Cork writer Kevin Doyle as biennial competition winner with runners up Ciarán Folan and Sinéad Slattery
Poetry Weekend Set for Seamus Heaney HomePlace
Bellaghy's newly opened literary centre will follow this year's national celebration with three days of classical music, talks and recitals
Casting a Light on the Emerald Isle
Red Barn Gallery exhibition traces the origins of Ireland's famous moniker through the poetry of William Drennan
Belfast Literature - November 2015
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
Belfast Literature - October 2015
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
Belfast Literature - September 2015
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Returns to Home Soil
One of Ireland's leading contemporary poets, Paul Muldoon is back in Armagh for prestigious John Hewitt International Summer School
Read a New Short Story from The Incubator
Get an early taste of the Irish literary journal's new issue with an exclusive piece of flash fiction by Dublin writer Nollaig Rowan
Are You Listening, Arts Council of Northern Ireland?
Huge numbers of artists, cultural organisations and users call for funding to be reinstated to Culture NI website – we hand over your views
Lucy Caldwell Supports #SaveCultureNI
Award-winning novelist and playwright 'dismayed' to hear of popular arts website's imminent closure, and rues the loss of 'an invaluable resource'
David Park Supports #SaveCultureNI
Acclaimed novelist praises popular arts website for 'energetically highlighting the work of new artists across all genres... I am personally indebted to it'
Guildhall Press Statement
Paul Hippsley, managing editor of the Derry-based publishing house, releases statement following news that the Arts Council of Northern Ireland have withdrawn its funding
Malcolm Orange Disappears at Brussels Platforms
Novelist Jan Carson and singer-songwriter Hannah McPhillimy collaborate for Arts Council of Northern Ireland showcase
Construction Begins on Seamus Heaney Centre
£4m development offers creative haven for the arts in Bellaghy, birthplace of the famed poet
11,500 Signatures for the Arts
Deputy First Minister receives 13p For The Arts petition, while business leaders voice their support
Annemarie Neary Scoops Award
Newry writer wins 2014 Michael McLaverty Short Story Award, and a cheque for £2,000, with 'Upstairs'
Michael Longley Shortlisted for TS Eliot Prize
Belfast poet makes the cut with 2014 collection The Stairwell
Considerations #1
Poet and playwright Damian Gorman begins new nine-part video series featuring readings of new poems
Translink Haiku Competition
Travel network invites commuters to submit miniature poems for nationwide writing competition
Bernie McGill Shortlisted
Portstewart author nominated for Edge Hill Short Story Prize for recent collection Sleepwalkers
Queen's Commemorate Heaney
Four-day conference features readings and more to mark the late Nobel Prize-winner's 75th birthday
Seamus Heaney's Five Fables
BBC Two Northern Ireland to screen series of animated translations voiced by Billy Connolly
Michael McLaverty Short Story Award
Linen Hall Library launch biennial literary competition worth £2,000
Creativity Month: Libraries NI
An exciting and diverse range of free events in Libraries across NI
What's Your Perfect Library?
Libraries NI seeks nominations from readers to compile a collection of the country's best-loved novels
Meeting Author Jan Carson
One of 15 recipients of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's ACES awards on writing for the love of it
John Hewitt's A North Light Extract
From John Hewitt’s A North Light. Twenty-five Years in a Municipal Museum. eds. Frank Ferguson and Kathryn White (Four Courts Press, 2013; pp. 236-8)
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

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