Belfast Book Festival

    The Festival makes a welcome return this year and will be running from the 10 - 13 June with an online programme of live events

    Covering everything from love and politics to Cinderella as a zombie, highlights of the festival include Annie Macmanus, Ian McElhinney, Colm Tóibín and Lemn Sissay. Click here to explore the programme. 

    Mairtín Crawford Awards

    The Submission window for the 2021 Awards for Short Story and Poetry has now closed. The best of luck to all those who submitted work. 

    Click here to read more. 

    Book Festival Highlights

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    10th June / Fiction

    In conversation: Naoise Dolan & Joanna Walsh

    With Chair John Self
    Thursday 10 June 2021
    8:30 PM
    11th June / Fiction

    In Conversation: Elizabeth McCracken & Molly McCully Brown

    With Chair Marie Louise Muir
    Friday 11 June 2021
    8:30 PM

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    Mairtín Crawford Awards

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