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    6th June / Non-Fiction

    AC Grayling: Who Owns the Moon?

    We are delighted to welcome to the stage Professor AC Grayling discussing his new book Who Owns the
    Thursday 06 June 2024
    7:30 PM
    9th June / Fiction

    Lucy Caldwell: Openings. In conversation with Kathy Clugston

    Join Lucy Caldwell to discuss her powerful new collection of short stories Openings (Faber, 2024), w
    Sunday 09 June 2024
    6:00 PM
    10th June / Poetry

    Belfast Invites: Miriam Gamble & Padraig Reagan

    Belfast Invites: a mini-series in which Belfast-based writers are asked who they’d like to be
    Monday 10 June 2024
    8:00 PM

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