• Poetry Ireland launch: Trumpet 14 edited by Nandi Jola

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Please join us in the bookshop for an evening to celebrate the launch of Trumpet 14, published by Poetry Ireland. Trumpet is a bite sized literary pamphlet of reviews, opinions and essays on poetry and the arts. This issue of Trumpet is guest edited by Nandi Jola. ***BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE*** Trumpet 14 Trumpet […]

  • Paul Waters – Murder in Moonlit Square Launch

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Join us at No Alibis Bookstore for the launch of Paul Waters' new book Murder in Moonlit Square, published by Bedford Square Publishers. Book your FREE ticket here on TicketSource When semi-retired Irish nun Sister Agatha Murphy meets Avtar Mehta round the back of his historic Delhi hotel, they form an instant bond over a […]

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  • BOOK LAUNCH – KALIE REID – THE SACRED SPACE BETWEEN

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Join us for a Book Launch to celebrate the publication of The Sacred Space Between. Book your FREE space here ​About the Book. A devout iconographer must paint an exiled saint in this sumptuous gothic romantasy full of slow-burn tension and windswept moors, for fans of DIVINE RIVALS and A STUDY IN DROWNING 'Nothing less […]

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  • Neil Shawcross 20th Anniversary Calendar Signing

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

      We will be having the great Neil Shawcross come in to sign our 2026 No Alibis x Neil Shawcross calendars on Saturday 29th November, and it will be extra special as this will be the 20th Anniversary of our calendars! He will be signing calendars from 3-5pm.

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  • Marcus Patton – Out of the Frying Pan – Book Launch

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Join us for a book launch with Marcus Patton to celebrate the publication of Out Of The Frying Pan - From Chaos to Contempt Surely the world can’t be serious? From events in the Ukraine, to the election of Donald Trump...Again, to chaos in the Middle East, Global Warming and a host of other calamities, […]

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  • In Conversation with Steve Pyke – Scribendi: Portraits of Irish Writers

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Join us at No Alibis for an event with Steve Pyke, who will be in conversation with Wendy Erskine, Glenn Patterson and Stephen Sexton about his book Scribendi: Portraits of Irish Writers. Book your free ticket on Ticketsource here! Featuring 100 captivating portraits of many of Ireland’s greatest contemporary writers, alongside conversations with each on their […]

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  • Oliver Jeffers – I’m Very Busy Book Signing

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Join us for a signing with Oliver Jeffers for his new book I'm Very Busy: A (Nearly Forgotten) Birthday Book. Get your FREE ticket here! A poignant – and laugh-out-loud funny – story about our busy lives and how we can fix our mistakes to show our friends how much we care. It's Bridget's birthday, […]

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  • Book Launch: Tim MacGabhann – Found in a Context of Destruction

    Join us at No Alibis for the launch of Tim MacGabhann's new poetry collection from Banshee Press 'Found in a Context of Destruction', reading with Jessica Traynor. Book your free place here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/no-alibis-bookstore-ltd/t-aavkzev Noted novelist and essayist Tim MacGabhann's debut collection demonstrates a rare confidence and coherence. These formally assured and blackly funny poems chart […]

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  • Book Launch: Sinéad Morrissey – Among Communists

    Crescent Arts Centre 2-4 University Rd Belfast BT7 1NH, United Kingdom

    Join us to launch the long-awaited memoir from TS Eliot award-winning Belfast poet, Sinéad Morrissey, who will be in conversation with Scott McKendry. Set against the backdrop of a vanished culture of Belfast Communism – its endless meetings thick with cigarette smoke, its protests, marches, sports days, holidays, discos and jumble sales – ‘Among Communists’ […]

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  • Book Launch: Liz Nugent – The Truth About Ruby Cooper

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Join us for an evening with Liz Nugent to celebrate the launch of her new novel, The Truth About Ruby Cooper, published by Penguin Books. *** BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE *** You can order a copy of the book on our website here! About the book: Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an […]

  • Book Launch: Jan Carson – Few and Far Between

    Crescent Arts Centre 2-4 University Rd Belfast BT7 1NH, United Kingdom

    Join us at The Crescent Arts Centre for the launch of Jan Carson’s new novel 'Few and Far Between', in conversation with Garrett Carr. It’s summer 2017 and the last few residents of the Lough Neagh Archipelago are facing imminent eviction. The flood planned to combat a devastating algae outbreak will submerge their homes, forcing […]

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  • Everything that is Beautiful – Louise Nealon

    Crescent Arts Centre 2-4 University Rd Belfast BT7 1NH, United Kingdom

    Everything that is Beautiful by Louise Nealon Book Launch Wednesday 08 April 2026 Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Price Free Tickets Here Join us at The Crescent for the launch of Louise Nealon’s new novel Everything that is Beautiful. For Niamh Ryan, the Foleys are family. Her childhood flew by on their farm, playing […]