The Mill for Grinding Old People Young, the latest novel by author Glenn Patterson, has been selected as Belfast’s first ‘One City One Book’ read. Watch video of him reading from his novel and find out what events are coming up.
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Discover Belfast's rich literary heritage and exciting contemporary writing scene. From past greats like CS Lewis and Louis MacNeice to internationally renowned poets Michael Longley (pictured), Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon. Take a tour, check out an exhibition, attend a reading, and, of course, buy the book…
New website, iPhone app, tours and exhibitions launched at the Ulster Hall
The Literary Belfast iPhone app will take you on a journey through the literary city and Belfast's history, taking you from the splendour of City Hall and the lives commemorated in Writer's Square to the back alleys and quiet suburban streets where our finest writers lived, walked and worked, and continue to live, walk and work.
Since the publication in the 1950s of his internationally recognised and much loved Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis is now one of the most widely known authors in the world. But even among his avid readers there are still many who are not aware of his roots in 19th and early 20th century Belfast.
'The city rises and falls like music, like breathing… Belfast is Rome with more hills: it is Atlantis raised from the sea. And from anywhere you stand, from anywhere you look, the streets glitter like jewels, like small strings of stars... However many, whatever size, it is magical.' Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street
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- Any venue - Ardoyne Community Centre Ballyhackamore Library Belfast Central Library Belmont Tower Conference and Arts Centre Carew II Carryduff Library Chichester Library Church of God Glenmachan Cregagh Library Crescent Church Assembly Divis Community Centre Dundonald Library Dundonald Presbyterian Church Europa Hotel Falls Road Library Finaghy Public Library Fortwilliam Park Presbyterian Church Grove Library Holy Trinity Centre Holywood Arches Library La Mon Hotel and Country Club Linen Hall Library Lisburn Road Library Lyric Theatre Mount Vernon Community House No Alibis Bookstore Ormeau Public Library Ormeau Road Library Public Record Office of North Ireland Queen's Film Theatre St Bartholomew's Church St. Mark's Church Streamvale Open Farm Suffolk Library T13 The Black Box The MAC The Naughton Gallery at Queen's The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Tullycarnet Library Ulster Hall Ulster Museum Waterstone's Belfast Fountain Whiterock Library
Belfast Through Writers' Eyes Local writers share stories and read from their work
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A Suspense Version of the Mystery of Edwin Drood Wireless Mystery Theatre as they give their take on Dickens' last novel.
Safety Last! A classic twenties action movie curated by Glenn Patterson
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