Jump to navigation
You are here Home Search Feature Literature Culture Northern Ireland Search
Search
Linen Hall Library celebrates a century of women writers in memory of Christina Reid with this year's series of talks, workshops and performances
Linen Hall Library launch the biennial competition offering writers the chance to win one of Irish literature's top prizes
Paul McVeigh's debut novel The Good Son will be the literary focus of the milestone 50th Brighton Festival
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
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
Round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
'The Snowdrops' is taken from the award-winning Belfast poet's new illustrated collection Sea Asters
The celebrated festival returns to Derry with illustrator Nick Sharratt, comedian David O'Doherty and more hosting fun family events from March 23 - 28
One-day literary celebration encourages aspiring writers of all ages in Derry
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
Glenn Patterson, Jan Carson and Colin Dardis imagine life as displaced people around the world, as part of Oxfam Ireland exhibition touring NI libraries
Give the gift of reading as Damian Smyth selects some of the best works published by local writers over the past 12 months
Derry writer produces new limited-edition novelette in the space of a month, making for a perfect last-minute stocking filler
Linen Hall Library names Cork writer Kevin Doyle as biennial competition winner with runners up Ciarán Folan and Sinéad Slattery
Bellaghy's newly opened literary centre will follow this year's national celebration with three days of classical music, talks and recitals
Red Barn Gallery exhibition traces the origins of Ireland's famous moniker through the poetry of William Drennan
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
One of Ireland's leading contemporary poets, Paul Muldoon is back in Armagh for prestigious John Hewitt International Summer School
Get an early taste of the Irish literary journal's new issue with an exclusive piece of flash fiction by Dublin writer Nollaig Rowan
Huge numbers of artists, cultural organisations and users call for funding to be reinstated to Culture NI website – we hand over your views
Award-winning novelist and playwright 'dismayed' to hear of popular arts website's imminent closure, and rues the loss of 'an invaluable resource'
Acclaimed novelist praises popular arts website for 'energetically highlighting the work of new artists across all genres... I am personally indebted to it'
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
Novelist Jan Carson and singer-songwriter Hannah McPhillimy collaborate for Arts Council of Northern Ireland showcase
£4m development offers creative haven for the arts in Bellaghy, birthplace of the famed poet
Deputy First Minister receives 13p For The Arts petition, while business leaders voice their support
Newry writer wins 2014 Michael McLaverty Short Story Award, and a cheque for £2,000, with 'Upstairs'
Belfast poet makes the cut with 2014 collection The Stairwell
Poet and playwright Damian Gorman begins new nine-part video series featuring readings of new poems
Travel network invites commuters to submit miniature poems for nationwide writing competition
Portstewart author nominated for Edge Hill Short Story Prize for recent collection Sleepwalkers
Four-day conference features readings and more to mark the late Nobel Prize-winner's 75th birthday
BBC Two Northern Ireland to screen series of animated translations voiced by Billy Connolly
Linen Hall Library launch biennial literary competition worth £2,000
An exciting and diverse range of free events in Libraries across NI
Libraries NI seeks nominations from readers to compile a collection of the country's best-loved novels
One of 15 recipients of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's ACES awards on writing for the love of it
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)
The Belfast poet laureate is awarded the prestigious prize for her latest collection Parallax
The affordable art festival returns to Belfast's Cathedral Quarter from January 2 - 26
East Belfast Partnership and Belfast City Council celebrate the acclaimed author from November 11 – 18
The Ulster Hall plays host to a wide variety of authors in the run up to Christmas 2013
Queen's University host a series of talks, readings and performances dedicated to the acclaimed Belfast playwright
Publisher Emma Wright promotes her new anthology of erotic verse at Bookfinders Café
19 libraries across Northern Ireland hold a wide variety of free events aimed at increasing library memberships
Canal Laureate Jo Bell helps Lagan Canal Trust to celebrate Northern Ireland's disused waterways
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
Lord Mayor unveils Queen's University professor as the inaugural poet for the city
Belfast-based poet Sinéad Morrissey's Parallax is one of five books shortlisted for best collection
The festival dedicated to Samuel Beckett returns to Enniskillen from August 22. View the full programme
View the 2013 festival programme and plan your literary wanderings this June
Innovative new digital publishers releases Bernie McGill short story collection, Sleepwalkers, as ebook
Author Lucy Caldwell curates a week of screenings at Queen's Film Theatre that explore the connection between film and literature
The Australian-born director of the Prison Arts Foundation passes away suddenly aged 60
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
Novelist Lucy Caldwell discusses her latest novel, chosen as the focus for the One City One Book Belfast reading initiative
Australians Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor give workshops in Belfast and Derry~Londonderry during Easter for the Story, Book, Grow initiative
Watch video featuring the Belfast author reading from the follow-up to his tremendously successful 2010 memoir, Paperboy
Pages