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.
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us at No Alibis for the launch of Tom Hulme's Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation, published by Cornell University Press. Book Your Free Ticket Here Belfastmen reconstructs the everyday experiences of queer men in a region infamous for its recent history of intolerance, violence, and religious homophobia to show how […]
JOIN US FOR A BOOK LAUNCH SAT 9th MAY TICKETS ARE FREE BUT BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL The players call it The Game. There are just two rules: No Killing Close to Home. No Killing Outside the Game. But what happens when those rules get broken?When the drowned body of a troubled teenager is […]