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'I just started talking and all these dreadful things started coming out of my mouth'. Click Play Audio for a podcast with the author
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On the eve of the publication of The Collected Poems the poet talks about his love of song, Gerard Manley Hopkins and wonders what Shakespeare would be like after a few drinks
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Queen's Drama Department commemorate Belfast playwright with a critical look at some of his best work
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Queen's Drama Department commemorate Belfast playwright with a critical look at some of his best work
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Queen's Drama Department commemorate Belfast playwright with a critical look at some of his best work
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Portstewart's Philip Henry on horror writing, 12-hour shifts and his own brush with the spirit world
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Inspirational collection of essays and musings from Belfast poet and literary critic Gerald Dawe
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The Belfast playwright on guarding his crown jewels, singing with Brendan Behan and dreaming of Julius Caesar
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Glenn Patterson dicusses finding a voice for his new memoir Once Upon a Hill
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Glenn Patterson's new memoir delves into a history of violence in Lisburn
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Belfast writer Laura Canning discusses the pros and cons of self-publication
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Tributes pour in to mark the passing of 'a poet of film'
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Opposites attract at Bangor's annual celebration of Irish literature. Click Play Audio for a preview podcast with arts marketing officer Mark Gordon
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The acclaimed poet on falling in love with the medium, admiring Mary Robinson and the exhibition of the year in northern Italy
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The writer reveals his approach to politics, chess and armed robbers
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Audio anthology offers opportunity for poets
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From literary giants to X-tractor talent contests
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Author Martina Devlin on her family's connection to the Titanic and her own plans to sail the 2012 centenary commemoration voyage
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Ciaran Carson's poetry reaches a new high with For All We Know, writes Ross Moore
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Ciaran Carson's poetry reaches a new high with For All We Know, writes Ross Moore
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Early 20th century Northern Irish novelists
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From provincial poets and rhyming weavers to Victorian writing and the national revival
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The intrepid travel writer on meeting Leonard Cohen, catching trains and traveling with a smile
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'We will miss the urbane, courteous intelligence that formed the basis of Robert's quiet-toned, always engaging poetry'
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Fans will find much frivolity in Ian Sansom's third installment of the mobile library detective series, writes Brendan Deeds
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Sven Birkets leads the latest edition of Irish Pages
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Rachel Wilson talks to the internationally recognised author of children's books
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Linen Hall Library exhibition celebrates acclaimed children's author. Click Play Video to hear Waddell's recollections of a life in prose
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The acclaimed novelist on Neon Neon, Trafalmadorians and the freedom of the novel
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Ross Moore is enlightened by Gerald Dawe's account of a city in transition
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Belfast born author best known for his Chronicles of Narnia
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Nobel laureate and Ireland's most internationally significant poet since Yeats
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A practical guide to publishing launched at the Linen Hall Library
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One of Ireland's favourite crime writers admits he 'wouldn't say boo to a goose'
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Anne-Marie Marquess experiences different worlds at Words Indeed!
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Top writers, journalists, poets and playwrights come together to survey the literary landscape
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Armagh playwright and screenwriter Darragh Carville talks tactics
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Bloody Sunday poetry collection from Guildhall Press reviewed by Ross Moore
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Find out more about one of the most prestigious literary awards in Ireland
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...but impossible. Top writers debate the motion, but which house emerges victorious?
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One of Ireland’s foremost novelists
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Gavin Carville travels to Romania in Jason Johnson's latest
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Gerald Dawe's account of a city in transition enlightens Ross Moore
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Explore Belfast's literary history in this exclusive series
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A writer who reminds us of the need for civilization, neighbourliness, and decency
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A profile of Belfast's lyric poet
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Jason Johnson launches his second novel, Alina
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The Bangor-based magazine celebrates the collective zeal, writes Susan Tomaselli
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Representing Belfast to the world
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Poet with a social conscience
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Belfast-born novelist who brings a new understanding to the Troubles
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Lagan Press collection breathes new life into the Irish short story
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Heather Richardson story from new Lagan Press collection
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An insightful tale of woe in a village called Lack, from DW Lewis
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Patricia Craig's podacst and memoir reveals a nearly-forgotten political and personal climate
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Every poet in Ulster should take a lesson from the old master, writes Fred Johnston
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Sci-Fi master Ian McDonald conjures another masterpiece with Brasyl
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Reviews and highlights from Bangor's word-fest
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