Poetry

Poet as Dreamer: Writing Beyond the Ordinary with Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Friday 05 June 2026
10.00 - 12.30

Development

Headshots with Neil Hainsworth

Friday 05 June 2026
10.00 - 15.00

Development

Society of Authors: Members Drop-In with Anna Ganley

Friday 05 June 2026
11.00 - 13.00

Development

1:1 Self-publishing with Editor Averill Buchanan

Friday 05 June 2026
11.00 - 13.00

Development

1:1 with Elizabeth Haylett Clark from Society of Authors

Friday 05 June 2026
11.00 - 13.00

Development

1:1 Quick Pitch (Children’s & Young Adult Fiction) with Agent Molly Ker Hawn

Friday 05 June 2026
11.00 - 13.00

Development

1:1 Ask an Agent (Fiction) with David H. Headley

Friday 05 June 2026
11.00 - 13.00

Panel

Independent Publishing & Small Presses: Kevin Duffy, Jamie Guiney, Blathnaid Healy & Matthew Rice

With Emma Cummins

Friday 05 June 2026
13.00 - 14.30

Panel

Writing & Publishing Children’s Books: Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Molly Ker Hawn & Babita Sharma

Friday 05 June 2026
15.00 - 16.30

Workshop

The Nuts & Bolts of Crime Fiction with Andrea Carter

Friday 05 June 2026
15.00 - 17.00

In Conversation

As if nothing could fall: Essays on monuments with Neil Hegarty & Belinda McKeon

With Maureen Boyle

Friday 05 June 2026
17.30 - 19.00

Crime Fiction

Sophie Hannah: The Opposite of Murder

In Conversation with Jan Carson

Friday 05 June 2026
18.00 - 19.30

Non-Fiction

Katriona O’Sullivan: Hungry

In conversation with Tara Mills

Friday 05 June 2026
18.00 - 19.30

In Conversation

Illustrators North: In-Depth with Paul Howard

Friday 05 June 2026
19.30 - 21.00

Quiz

Belfast Book Festival’s Big Book Quiz hosted by Jan Carson

Friday 05 June 2026
20.00 - 21.00

Poetry

Belfast Book Festival Poetry Slam

with Poetry NI

Friday 05 June 2026
20.30 - 22.00