• 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 […]

  • It Brought A Smile To Your Ear – Downtown Radio 50 Years On

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    JOIN US FOR A BOOK LAUNCH IT BROUGHT A SMILE TO YOUR EAR – DOWNTOWN RADIO 50 YEARS ON.   PLEASE BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE HERE PURCHASE A COPY OF THE BOOK HERE 50 YEARS AGO ON 16 MARCH 1976 DOWNTOWN RADIO HIT THE AIRWAVES OF NORTHERN IRELAND. IT PROVED TO BE A WATERSHED MOMENT […]

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  • 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 […]

  • Book Event: Natalie Bennett – Change Everything

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Join us in the bookshop for an evening with Green Party peer Natalie Bennett to celebrate the new edition of her book, Change Everything, published by Wilton Square Books. ***BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE*** About the book: We are living in a social, political, economic and environmental emergency. The status quo is profoundly unstable; change […]

  • Book Launch: Niamh Mac Cabe – Four Night Seas

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Join us in the bookshop for an evening to celebrate the launch of Niamh Mac Cabe's collection of short stories, Four Night Seas, published by Lilliput Press. ***BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE*** Set across liminal landscapes, Four Night Seas is a collection of stories from award-winning author Niamh Mac Cabe feature characters navigating emotional or […]

  • Paul Charles – Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove: A McCusker Mystery

    No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Reserve your free space here Join us for a Book Launch with Paul Charles to celebrate the publication of the third McCusker Mystery Thomas Barry, Lefty Kelly, and Brendy McCusker were all teenage boys who were roaming the streets of Portrush, Country Antrim in Northern Ireland in 1976 when Thomas Barry quite literally bumped into […]

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