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SUMMARY:Poetry Ireland Review 143 Belfast Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for readings and the Belfast launch of Poetry Ireland Review Issue 143\, edited by Mícheál McCann. This event will be hosted by Mícheál and will feature readings from contributors local to the bookshop: Stephen Sexton\, Emma Must\, Brian Kerr\, Paul Maddern and Trish Bennett. \nReserve your FREE space here. \nMore about this issue of Poetry Ireland: \nPoetry Ireland Review Issue 143\, edited by Mícheál McCann\, is now available to purchase. The issue features new poems from Stephen Sexton\, Vona Groarke\, Emily Cooper\, and Paul Muldoon\, as well as work from emerging poets Isabel Dwyer and Rafael Mendes\, among many others. Irish-language editor Aifric Mac Aodha’s selection includes poetry from Mícheál Ó hUanacháin and Orlaith Ní Icí. \nSpecial additions to the issue include a set of poems from Pulitzer Prize finalist Mary Ruefle and the poetry of the late Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer\, translated into Irish by Colm Ó Ceallacháin. It also features a collaborative essay remembering poet and teacher Gerald Dawe.\nIn this summer issue\, there are a total of 18 books reviewed which speak on internationalism\, surrealism\, and disability\, including collections from Elaine Feeney\, Ciarán O’Rourke\, and Susan Rich\, as well as debut collections from Trudie Gorman and Milena Williamson. \nOther prose in this issue includes Ellen Orchard’s essay on how a poem can bear witness along with Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha’s essay discussing writing poetry in the Irish language today. \nThe artwork in issue 143\, which weaves together the personal and the collective\, is from photographer and visual artist Eslam Abd El Salam\, based in Belfast. \nPresented in partnership with Poetry Ireland. \nPoetry Ireland is funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon & the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/poetry-ireland-review-143-belfast-launch/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Stuart Neville Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in No Alibis to launch Stuart Neville’s latest novel ‘Blood Like Mine’. This is a free event but booking tickets ahead is advised to avoid disappointment!\nTickets are available here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/no-alibis-bookstore-ltd \nRebecca Carter and her daughter Monica\, nicknamed Moonflower\, travel the American West\, always on the move\, always hiding\, always looking behind them\, always keeping Moonflower out of sight. They speak to no one\, only interacting with people when it’s absolutely necessary. But wherever they go\, bodies are left behind.Special Agent Marc Donner of the FBI has been tracking a killer for the best part of two years. A murderer that strikes once every few weeks. The victims are all men\, many disappearing only to be found months later\, dumped in forests or rivers or quarries\, far from their places of death. \n“Stuart Neville at his considerable best. A shocking and powerful thriller that is as moving as it is gripping. This is a book you will not forget in a hurry and which will leave you hungry for the next instalment” – MARK BILLINGHAM \nPre-order a signed first edition (special Indie edition!) copy using the link below \nhttps://noalibis.com/product/pre-order-blood-like-mine-stuart-neville-pub-15-aug-2024/
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/stuart-neville-book-launch/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:STEVE CAVANAGH - WITNESS 8 - BOOK SIGNING
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Book Signing with Steve Cavanagh in No Alibis Bookstore on\n\nSaturday 27th July at 10.30am\n \nBOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE \n  \nThe very definition of a page-turner!’ \nIAN RANKIN \nSteve Cavanagh’s twists hit you between the eyes. You never see them coming’ \nANTHONY HOROWITZ \nThis guy is the real deal. Trust me! \nLEE CHILD \nSteve Cavanagh writes the best hooks in the business. \nMICK HERRON \n  \nAbout Witness 8 \nWHAT IF THE ONLY WITNESS TO A MURDER IS MORE TWISTED THAN THE KILLER? \nRuby Johnson is a nanny and maid to wealthy families in Manhattan’s West 74th Street. \nShe knows their routines. Their secrets. One night\, on her way home\, Ruby witnesses a neighbour’s murder. \nShe knows the victim. She knows the killer. She makes an anonymous call to the police and names the murderer. \nBut Ruby didn’t tell the truth… Because there’s something wrong with Ruby Johnson. Eddie Flynn\, conman turned trial lawyer\, must defend an innocent man accused of this terrible crime. \nAs Ruby’s deadly game begins\, one thing is certain. \nIt won’t be the last murder this witness is involved in… \n‘A fantastic thriller writer’ MARK BILLINGHAM’ \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/steve-cavanagh-witness-8-book-signing/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Olivia Hope Storytime/Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Organised in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing. Join celebrated author Olivia Hope as she reads and leads a creative workshop centred around her wonderful new picture book Little Lion Girl. \nFIND YOUR ROAR! \nIn an interactive feast for the senses\, children and parents join in on one little girl’s trip to the big city\, inspired by Little Lion Girl\, written by Olivia Hope and illustrated by Fiona Woodcock. \nLearn about amazing lions in the wild and in art and then create your own roaring lion too! \nChildren get the chance to create a colourful sensory lion themed artwork\, declaring all the positive affirmations from Little Lion Girl with actions and sound (I am amazing\, I am incredible) and solid advice for little (and big) ones on what to do if you get lost. \nFind your roar is an interactive\, engaging and colourful craft and drama session for children and their families. \nCome along and find your own roar! \nThis is a FREE event but space is limited. \nBook your ticket here
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/olivia-hope-storytime-workshop/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Rónán Hession in Conversation with Jan Carson
DESCRIPTION:Join us in No Alibis Bookstore to celebrate Rónán Hession’s latest novel\, Ghost Mountain\, with an interview of the author by Jan Carson. This event is free but booking early to avoid disapointment is advised. Free tickets are available at the link below \nhttps://www.ticketsource.co.uk/no-alibis-bookstore-ltd/t-lnrngyd \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/ronan-hession-in-conversation-with-jan-carson/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Phil Harrison Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in No Alibis Bookstore to celebrate the launch of Phil Harrison’s new book Silverback\, for what is sure to be a wonderful evening. This event is free of charge so book now to avoid disappointment.Tickets are available at the link below: \nBook your Free ticket Here \n \nIn a Belfast courtroom Robert Rusting is on trial for the murder of his father\, a former loyalist hardman. On the jury is James Fechner\, a middle-aged surgeon in search of meaning in the hushed rooms of justice\, inexplicably drawn to the younger man before him. After trial\, Fechner can’t quite return to life before those days in court. \nIn dingy pubs and rowdy boxing halls Fechner inserts himself into Rusting’s world in another guise\, following a compulsive pull to an aggressive\, unapologetic way of life. So begins a close friendship\, a relationship in which a battle for control is tacit but unspoken – and explosive. Silverback is a powerful portrayal of the complications of masculinity and of the line between fragility and violence told in an unforgettable voice. \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/phil-harrison-book-launch/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Aimée Walsh Book Launch - Exile
DESCRIPTION:Book a free ticket here \nLeaving home was hard. Returning is impossible. Fiadh’s life is turned completely upside down on a night out in Belfast. \nPretty soon everyone has heard about what happened; it is impossible to keep the rumours from spreading\, the gossip from spiralling out of control. And just as she was beginning to finally figure everything out: she was feeling positive about her move to Liverpool\, she was starting to get on top of her uni work and had made some new friends. Now her life is in freefall and Fiadh is helpless to do anything about it. \nShe starts missing assignment deadlines\, stops turning up to class and doesn’t respond to any of her friends’ messages. Her nights revolve around random hook ups\, fuelled by drink and drugs. Without the tightknit group of friends she left behind at home or the support of the new friends she has made in Liverpool\, Fiadh’s life quickly descends into chaos\, a chaos that nearly costs her everything. \nPre-order a signed copy of the book here: \nhttps://noalibis.com/product/exile/ \nAimée Walsh is a writer from Belfast.\nHer debut novel Exile will be published by John Murray Press in May 2024. It has been listed as a highly anticipated release by The Irish Times\, Dazed\, and the Journal\, amongst others. \nIn 2023\, Walsh was longlisted for the London Magazine Short Story Prize.\nHer short fiction\, non-fiction\, and book criticism has appeared in The Irish Times\, The Observer\, RTÉ Culture\, Extra Teeth\, Dazed\, Refinery29 (US\, Germany\, Australia\, and UK)\, and The Independent (UK\, Spain\, and Ireland).\nIn Spring 2022\, she was a participant in the Faber Academy short story workshop ran by Lucy Caldwell. In 2021\, she was the recipient of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Emerging Writers Bursary in conjunction with the Irish Writers’ Centre. \nWalsh holds a PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in Irish Literature and Cultural History\, with a focus on Irish women writers from the north of Ireland. In September 2024\, this work will be published by Liverpool University Press in her first monograph\, Writing Resistance in Northern Ireland. \nShe is working on her second novel.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/aimee-walsh-exile/
LOCATION:Crescent Arts Centre\, 2-4 University Rd Belfast BT7 1NH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Mícheál McCann Book Launch - Devotion
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nJoin us for a book launch of Mícheál McCann’s debut collection ‘Devotion’. \nYou can pre-order the book on our website here  \nBook your free ticket on TicketSource here \nAt the heart of Mícheál McCann’s eagerly awaited first collection is ‘Keen for A— ’\, a re-imagining of Eileen O’Connell’s heartrending Lament for Art O’Leary. In Devotion the poet transports the original tragedy in time and place. Echoing the 18th-century Irish\, it lives now in contemporary Belfast where a young man’s male lover is murdered. The sequence charts from premonition\, in filmic scenes\, the first encounter\, the news\, denial\, rage (and an oath of vengeance) to the funeral and A—’s family’s chilling silence afterwards. \nOther poems range from memories of childhood and relationships with parents to the author’s own imaginary child. There is a wry poem on animal homosexuality\, others on sea swimming and the satisfactions of a shared meal\, while an elegiac poem recreates the final joy of an RUC Constable in a gay bar before he’s shot by a member of the INLA. \nFor all the solemnity of its subject matter love poems leaven its atmosphere as Mícheál McCann’s debut glows with the sense of someone who knows he has ‘discovered the name of his destination’. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/micheal-mccann-book-launch-devotion/
LOCATION:Harty Room\,\, Music Building\, QUB\, Belfast\, Co. Antrim\, BT7 1NN
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SUMMARY:Lucy Caldwell - Book Launch - Openings
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special book launch.\n \nJoin us to  celebrate the launch of Lucy Caldwell’s latest short story collection\, “Openings”\, in No Alibis Bookstore. \n  \nBOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE \nI still sometimes wonder if one could draw a window in the wall\, or in the air\, and step through it together. To somewhere else\, entirely new.’ \nSince the publication of Multitudes\, her debut collection\, Lucy Caldwell has been celebrated as one of today’s pre-eminent short story writers. In this much-anticipated third collection\, she continues her exploration of the contemporary female experience\, as she delves deeper into motherhood and marriage\, love and longing. From a passionate affair in Blitz-era London\, to a highly charged Christmas party in Belfast\, to a trip to Marrakech which could form a new family\, the  14 striking stories of Openings pulse with possibility and illuminate those fleeting but recognisable moments of heartbreak and hope that can change the course of a life. \nAn exclusive Limited Edition Hardback will be available on the night\, including an additional story\, only available in this edition.\n  \nPre -order your Limited Edition Copy Here \n  \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/lucy-caldwell-book-launch-openings/
LOCATION:Crescent Arts Centre\, 2-4 University Rd Belfast BT7 1NH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:John Connolly Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in No Alibis for an evening with John Connolly to celebrate the launch of his latest novel\, The Instruments of Darkness. Come along for what is sure to be a brilliant evening. Tickets are free of charge but are sure to sell fast so register to avoid disappointment.  \nTickets available with link below   \n  \nhttps://www.ticketsource.co.uk/no-alibis-bookstore-ltd/john-connolly-book-launch/2024-04-30/18:00/t-lnmedok \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/john-connolly-book-launch/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Trudie Gorman Book Launch - Trust the Damage
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Book Launch with Trudie Gorman to celebrate the publication of Trust The Damage. \nFree Tickets Here \n \nIn Trust the Damage\, her deeply intimate debut poetry collection\, Trudie Gorman explores the connection between class\, poverty\, and illness. Journeying from a council estate in the 90s to the fractured ecosystem of the present day\, she contends with the grief of losing her body to illness\, whilst also finding hope and connection. \n \nThe body in all of its morphisms is the main character here\, while memory\, legacy\, violence against women\, healthcare\, working-class culture and love ripple through the collection in vibrant coexistence. The poems are at once visceral and unflinching in their depictions\, yet always stretch towards the light\, capturing what it means for a life to bloom in the dark. \nWe kindly ask all attending to wear a face mask\, if possible. Kind thanks for your understanding
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/trudie-gorman-book-launch-trust-the-damage/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Jan Carson Book Launch - Quickly While They Still Have Horses
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nJoin us for the long awaited launch of Jan Carson’s new short story collection\, ‘Quickly\, While They Still Have Horses’. \nIn sixteen sparkling stories\, Jan Carson introduces us to worlds and characters that feel real enough to touch. All of life is here: the thrill of growing up\, the grief when youth is over; first love\, mature love\, parenthood and loss – all shot through with profound compassion\, warm wit\, and boundless imagination. \nPre-order your copy from No Alibis here  \n  \n  \n \n  \nThis event is free but tickets are sure to go fast- so book to avoid disappointment!   \nWhere: The Crescent Arts Centre                \nWhen: 4th April 2024 at 6pm \n Free Tickets Here \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/jan-carson-book-launch-quickly-while-they-still-have-horses/
LOCATION:Crescent Arts Centre\, 2-4 University Rd Belfast BT7 1NH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Milena Williamson Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:  \nNo Alibis Bookstore is delighted to announce an evening with Milena Williamson as we launch her debut poetry collection ‘Into the Night that Flies So Fast’. Join us for what is sure to be an unforgettable event. \nBook your FREE ticket here \nhttps://www.ticketsource.co.uk/no-alibis-bookstore-ltd/t-vvkajdv \n \n  \nIn Into the Night that Flies So Fast\, the debut\ncollection of poems from Belfast-based Milena\nWilliamson\, the speaker journeys to the small County\nTipperary village of Ballyvadlea\, to investigate the life\nand death of Bridget Cleary\, in 1895 burned to death\nby her family on suspicion of being a fairy changeling.\nFusing docupoetry and true crime\, travelogue and\ndrama\, the book introduces a compelling cast of\ncharacters as the ill-fated Bridget\, her family and\nmembers of her community all come onstage to give\ntheir versions of events. In the ‘Interval’ of this play for\nvoices\, the speaker herself draws back from Bridget’s\nstory to reflect on her own new life in Ireland\, on the\nrelationships and journey that have brought her to\nthis interrogation of one of the darkest episodes in\nIreland’s past. \n  \n“In this shape-shifting narrative\, not only do we meet Bridget Cleary\, the woman inside the poet’s head\, but we are also given a startling glimpse of how aspects of Cleary’s story reverberate into today; of other voices that will always be an absence. A brilliant debut.”—Moyra Donaldson \n“A lyrical gymnast… ” —Rosamund Taylor \n  \nMilena Williamson is from Swarthmore\, Pennsylvania and has lived in\nBelfast since 2017. She has a PhD in poetry from the Seamus Heaney\nCentre at Queen’s University Belfast. A recipient of the Eric\nGregory Award\, she published her debut pamphlet Charm for\nCatching a Train in 2022 (Green Bottle Press). Her writing about\nBridget Cleary has been supported by the Arts Council of Northern\nIreland and the Ireland Chair of Poetry.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/milena-williamson-book-launch/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Anna Bell Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us in No Alibis Bookstore this leap leap year day… to ‘leap’ into the launch of Anna Bell’s new novel ‘Once upon a leap year’ for what is sure to be a wonderful evening at the shop. \nBook your FREE tickets here \nhttps://www.ticketsource.co.uk/no-alibis-bookstore-ltd/t-pqgdyyx \n  \n  Once upon a leap year is a gorgeous\, high-concept romcom about finding love and daring to take a chance. After all\, it’s all about timing. . . \n29th February 2000. Lucy’s never met another leapling until she encounters Noah also spending his once-in-four-years birthday on a disappointing day trip to Calais. There’s a spark that Lucy is sure Noah must feel too\, and their friends insist they have amazing chemistry\, but they’re both with other people. It can never be more than platonic and that’s OK. \nOver the next twenty years\, they’re at each other’s side through all of life’s big moments – weddings\, babies\, new jobs\, family illness – but Lucy can never shake the feeling that they were meant to meet…If Lucy is to find a love that’s rarer than a leap year\, she’s going to have to take a leap of faith. \nAnna Bell is an author of uplifting\, romantic comedies. She’s had eleven novels published including\, The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart and Note to Self. Anna has an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester\, and before she became a full-time writer she was a curator of artefacts at a military museum. She recently moved to Belfast from the South of France with her young family and energetic Labradors. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/anna-bell-book-launch/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Catherine Gander Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us in No Alibis bookstore for the exciting launch of Catherine Gander’s poetry collection ‘Matches’. \nBook your FREE tickets here \nhttps://www.ticketsource.co.uk/no-alibis-bookstore-ltd/t-qjgezrv \n  \n‘Matches holds its fierce and sudden light close to us\, revealing the hidden world of domestic violence. Inch by inch\, Catherine Gander explores the anatomy of abuse\, allowing the reader to inhabit the darkest and loneliest of places with her. Through deftly woven images and brilliant sequences\, we witness how a woman can be taken apart: this is echoed in how poems are dismantled before our eyes’ – Olga Dermott-Bond \n‘Matches is a profound act of witness. It testifies to the chilling realities of intimate partner abuse\, failed escape-routes and quiet\, everyday attempts at survival. Gander is a fearless voice\, skilfully crafting and elevating wounded experience out of a hidden place into a new home lit by language. How grateful I am that such a poet exists\, persisting against silence\, insisting upon difficult truths. Here is a book\, like a sharp balm\, that stings\, calms\, and transforms.’ – Annemarie Ní Churreáin \n  \nCatherine Gander was born in England and now lives in Ireland. Her poetry has appeared in numerous places\, including Poetry Ireland Review\, Poetry London\, On the Seawall\, Palette\, and Firmament\, and she is the co-author of the poetry pamphlet Sea Between Us. An academic and critic\, Catherine is co-founder of the Poetry & Poetics series with Karl O’Hanlon at Maynooth University and has won awards from the Irish Research Council and the Irish Writers’ Centre to work on diversity and mentorship programmes in poetry criticism\, and to develop her own writing. \n  \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/catherine-gander-book-launch/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Oliver Jeffers Book Event
DESCRIPTION:Join us in No Alibis as we host a meet and greet with world famous children’s author Oliver Jeffers. New titles and old favourites will be available in store to have signed on the perfect Christmas day out for young fans. \nAdmission free but grab your tickets to avoid disappointment! \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oliver-jeffers-book-event-tickets-765179160467?aff=oddtdtcreator \n \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/oliver-jeffers-book-event/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Neil Shawcross 2024 Calendar Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in No Alibis bookstore for the highly anticipated launch of Neil Shawcross’s 2024 calendar. Get your free tickets on the eventbrite page linked below \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neil-shawcross-2024-calendar-launch-tickets-765158157647?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/neil-shawcross-2024-calendar-launch/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Book Who Wanted To Be Loved Storytime Event
DESCRIPTION:Come along to an exciting event with the author and illustrator of The Book Who Wanted To Be Loved\, for a storytime\, Q&A\, and some drawing! \nIf attending\, please select enough tickets for both parent and child \nA magical and enchanting debut\, The Book Who Wanted to Be Loved will capture the hearts of readers with its celebration of bookshops\, stories\, and the power of books. Penned by a dynamic duo of long-time book lovers\, this extraordinary tale is set to win over the hearts of readers of all ages. \nIn the heart of a cosy bookshop resides our lovable hero\, content with his existence or so he believes. Brimming with excitement\, romance\, daring deeds\, and adventure within his pages\, he watches as his friends are chosen by excited children\, adored\, and carried away. \nIt is at this moment that he yearns for something more—to be loved. Fuelled by this desire\, he embarks on an epic journey\, venturing beyond the confines of the bookshop. Along the way\, he encounters numerous prospective friends\, but none seem to fit perfectly. Could it be that the love he seeks has been within the bookshop all along?
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/the-book-who-wanted-to-be-loved-storytime-event/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Michael Mansfield K.C. - The Power in the People : How We Can Change The World
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Michael Mansfield K.C. to celebrate the launch of his new book\, The Power in the People : How We Can Change The World.  \nBarrister Michael Mansfield\, KC\, has spent his career fighting injustice\, persecution and corruption. And be it the Birmingham Six\, Bloody Sunday\, Stephen Lawrence\, the Marchioness\, Hillsborough or Grenfell\, he has come to learn one thing – that people power is unstoppable. \nTime and again he has witnessed governments\, police forces\, legal institutions and the establishment\, try to block change and maintain the status quo in order to protect their interests. But almost every time he has seen that passion\, perseverance\, collectivity and courage create a powerful momentum which is increasingly difficult to stop. \nIn this short but powerful book\, the veteran barrister draws upon his 50 years of fighting for justice and revisits his most important cases and clients\, proving without doubt that when people get together they can make lasting and positive change. \nBook your FREE ticket here \n‘I want this book to inspire people\, give them a blueprint for fighting their own battles\, and challenge the status quo. To see that together\, we are always stronger. To understand that those who stand in the way of change cannot do so forever.’ Michael Mansfield\, KC
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-michael-mansfield-k-c-the-power-in-the-people-how-we-can-change-the-world/
LOCATION:Room 02/026 Peter Froggatt Centre QUB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231104T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231104T193000
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SUMMARY:Begin Again - A Visual Journey with Oliver Jeffers
DESCRIPTION:Take a visually stunning journey through humankind’s history with globally renowned artist and internationally bestselling author\, Oliver Jeffers\, as he examines our shared motivations for existence in his first illustrated book aimed at an adult audience\, BEGIN AGAIN: The Story of How We Got Here and Where We Might Go.\nThis is a ticketed event that includes a solo presentation from Oliver\, a moderated Q&A\, and a signed copy of Begin Again! While investigating the ways the human mind understands its world\, Oliver Jeffers’ work functions as comic relief in the face of futility. His new book\, Begin Again\, is a powerful and thought-provoking visual examination of the state of the world\, building upon his artistic exploration of humankind’s impact on itself and on our planet. Featuring Jeffers’ bold and iconic art\, Begin Again follows humankind on its journey through history\, sharing profound\, sometimes poignant\, commentary on our present\, and the offers a challenge: where do we go from here? \nJeffers’ engagements and practice are truly International in scope. His critically acclaimed picture books have been translated into over fifty languages and sold over 14 million copies worldwide. His original artwork has been exhibited at such institutions as the Brooklyn Museum in New York\, the National Portrait Gallery in London\, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Begin Again will be released in October 2023. \nTickets: £22.50 (includes a Signed Copy Of Begin Again) £7.50 (Admission only to Begin Again – A Visual Journey) \nClick here to purchase your tickets.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/begin-again-a-visual-journey-with-oliver-jeffers/
LOCATION:Mandela Hall. Queens University Belfast\, Mandela Hall .77 University Road\, Belfast\, Antrim\, BT7 1NF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Liam Brady- EVENT CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:EVENT CANCELLED \nAn Evening With Liam Brady \nEuropa Hotel Belfast \nFriday 3rd November 7pm \n  \n 
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/born-to-be-a-footballer-an-evening-with-liam-brady/
LOCATION:Europa Hotel\, Great Victoria St\, Belfast\, Belfast\, Northern Ireland\, BT2 7AP
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SUMMARY:Rachel Connolly and Nicole Flattery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Rachel Connolly and Nicole Flattery as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. \nBelfast writer Rachel Connolly’s Lazy City is an electrifying debut set in Northern Ireland exploring dysfunctional relationships\, love and heartbreak as a young woman grieves the loss of her best friend. She has written for The New York Times\, New York Magazine\, The Guardian and many other publications. She has also featured as a guest to discuss her work on This American Life and several BBC radio programs. \nNicole Flattery is the winner of An Post Irish Book Award\, the Kate O’Brien Prize\, the London Magazine Prize for Debut Fiction\, and the White Review Short Story Prize. Her work has appeared in the Stinging Fly\, the Guardian\, the White Review\, and the London Review of Books. Her debut novel Nothing Special is described as a wildly original debut novel about two young women navigating the complex worlds of Andy Warhol’s Factory\, and coming of age in 1960s New York. \nClick here to purchase your tickets via the Belfast International Arts Festival website.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/rachel-connolly-and-nicole-flattery/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Keina Yoshida
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with eminent human rights barrister Dr Keina Yoshida\, as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. \nIn Keina Yoshida’s book\, written alongside fellow human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson\, How Many More Women: The silencing of women by the law and how to stop it she examines the broken systems and explore the changes needed in order to ensure that women’s freedom\, including their freedom of speech\, is no longer threatened by the laws that are supposed to protect them. \nDr Keina Yoshida is a human rights barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London. Keina has represented victims and survivors of abuse in different legal proceedings\, including in judicial reviews and in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Keina is also an academic at the Centre for Women\, Peace and Security at the LSE and sits on the editorial board of the journal Feminist Legal Studies. Keina’s publications include Feminist Conversations on Peace (Bristol University Press\, 2022) as well as academic journal articles in the European Human Rights Law Review\, Human Rights Quarterly and International Affairs. \nClick here to purchase your tickets via the Belfast International Arts Festival website.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/keina-yoshida/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231031T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231031T193000
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SUMMARY:Jacqueline Crooks and Santanu Bhattacharya-EVENT CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:EVENT CANCELLED. \nPLEASE CONTACT BIAF THROUGH LINK BELOW TO ARRANGE A REFUND \nTwo of the most exciting debut novelists of 2023 come together to discuss their works and influences as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. \nJacqueline Crooks grew up in 70s and 80s Southall\, part of London’s migrant community carving out a space through music\, culture and politics. Immersed in the gang underworld as a young woman\, she later discovered the power of writing and music to help her look outwards and engage differently with the world – a power that has driven her ever since\, from her work with charities to her short stories\, which have been nominated for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction\, the Wasafiri New Writing Prize and the BBC National Short Story Award. Her much lauded first novel Fire Rush has been shortlisted for The Women’s Prize For Fiction 2023. \nSantanu Bhattacharya grew up in India and studied at the University of Oxford and the National University of Singapore. He is the winner of the 2021 Mo Siewcharran Prize\, Life Writing Prize and London Writers’ Awards. His works have been nominated for the 4thWrite Prize\, Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award\, and Pontas/JJ Bola Emerging Writers’ Prize\, and have appeared in Commonwealth Writers’ adda. His debut novel One Small Voice was published in February 2023 to critical acclaim including an Observer Best Debut Novel of 2023. \nClick here to purchase your tickets via the Belfast International Arts Festival Website.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/jacqueline-crooks-and-santanu-bhattacharya/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231021T193000
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SUMMARY:K Patrick and Tom Crewe
DESCRIPTION:Join us as two exciting novelists discuss their new works centred around LGBTQ+ themes as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. \nK Patrick is a writer based in Scotland. In 2023\, they were named an Observer Best Debut Novelist and were selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. They were runner up for the Ivan Juritz Prize and the Laura Kinsella Fellowship and were shortlisted for The White Review Short Story Prize. Their poetry has appeared in Poetry Review and Five Dials\, and was shortlisted for The White Review Poet’s Prize. Mrs S is their debut novel which The Guardian calls\, ‘atmospheric and daring’ and The Telegraph describes as ‘bold and beautiful… desire crackles through these pages like fire’. \nTom Crewe was born in Middlesbrough in 1989. He has a PhD in nineteenth century British history from the University of Cambridge. Since 2015\, he has been an editor at the London Review of Books\, to which he contributes essays on politics\, art\, history and fiction. A Granta Best of Young British Novelist for 2023\, his book The New Life ‘brims with intelligence and insight’ (The New York Times) and has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize For Political Fiction. \nClick here to purchase your tickets via the Belfast International Arts Festival website.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/k-patrick-and-tom-crewe/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231018T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: ISDAL by Susannah Dickey
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the launch of Susannah Dickey’s debut poetry collection\, ISDAL. The event will be hosted by local poet Sacha White. \nAbout ISDAL: \nShortlisted for the 2023 Forward Prize for Best First Collection  \nThe much-anticipated debut poetry collection from acclaimed novelist Susannah Dickey\, on the subject of our cultural obsession with true crime.  \nISDAL is a timely interrogation of the true crime genre. In the first of its three parts\, we follow the flirty co-presenters of a podcast about the mystery of ‘Isdal Woman’\, whose burnt remains were discovered in Norway in 1970 and who has never been identified.  \nAt the centre of the book is an inquiry into our perennial obsession with female victims\, sexiness\, and death: ‘The death in question has already occurred’\, the poet observes\, ‘has occurred to someone sufficiently abstract as to allow us to romp gainfully\, guilelessly\, guiltlessly through a simulacrum of death’s corridors’.  \nThe free verse poems in the final section both explore and – perhaps inevitably – enact the ethical ambiguities of the genre. Witty\, excoriating\, formally ingenious\, ISDAL marks the arrival of a thrilling talent in contemporary poetry. \nAbout the author:  \nSusannah Dickey is a poet and novelist from Derry and the author of four pamphlets\, I had some very slight concerns; genuine human values; bloodthirsty for marriage; and Oh!. Her poems have been published in The Poetry Review\, The TLS\, Poetry London\, and Poetry Ireland Review\, amongst others. She is an Eric Gregory Award winner\, a prize granted for a collection by poets under the age of thirty. Susannah is the author of two novels\, Tennis Lessons and Common Decency. ISDAL is her debut poetry collection. \nBook your free ticket here.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-isdal-by-susannah-dickey/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Event: Bryan Moriarty - Sounds Like Fun
DESCRIPTION:Book Event: Bryan Moriarty – Sounds Like Fun\nJoin us for an evening with Bryan Moriarty as we celebrate his debut novel Sounds Like Fun. \n \nDate and time\nThu\, 12 Oct 2023 18:00 – 19:30\nNo Alibis Bookstore  83 Botanic Avenue Belfast BT7 1JL \nBook your FREE tickets here \nMeet Eoin. Eoin is doing great. He’s 27\, gainfully employed and in a long-term relationship with his boyfriend Rich. \nOkay\, so his best friend Jax is diving into yet another disastrously bad relationship and Eoin’s going to be the one dealing with the eventual fallout. And his boss at the café\, Rebecca\, seems to have vanished\, so somehow Eoin’s left managing the place. \nAnd to be honest\, he’s not got much else going on. \nBut still\, he’s got his boyfriend Rich – steady\, sensible and dependable Rich. That is\, until Eoin’s world is turned upside down when Rich announces that he wants an open relationship. Terrified of losing the man he loves\, Eoin reluctantly agrees to this new arrangement\, and stumbles into the world of dating with no strings attached. \nA warm and bittersweet novel about love\, loneliness\, coffee and the pitfalls of an ill-advised selfie\, perfect for fans of Monica Heisey\, Nora Ephron and Katherine Heiny. \n‘Moriarty’s uplifting debut has much in common with Ephron’s classic novel Heartburn\, covering as it does long-term love\, casual sex and heartbreak.’ IRISH INDEPENDENT \n‘Delightful . . . entertaining\, often funny\, but also makes you think about relationships\, loneliness\, and how to find out who you really are’ IRISH EXAMINER
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/7006/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231005T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Michael Viney's Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening to celebrate the launch of the writer\, artist and naturalist Michael Viney’s book\, \n“Michael Viney’s Natural World” \nThe event will be hosted by Michael Longley\, who has written the introduction to this beautiful new publication. \nMichael Longley will be talking about Michael Viney’s work\, and reading from his own poetry on the night. \nAbout the book: \nNot long before he died\, Michael completed this book\, which he described as ‘a personal popular narrative that gives a lot of my illustrations a further bit of life’. This highly visual publication contains over fifty of Michael’s meticulous illustrations in full colour\, accompanied by a personal narrative full of keen insights and observations on nature\, our relationship with nature\, and a growing awareness of our vulnerability. \nPraise for the book: \n“Michael Viney’s words and images are vital in both sense. The sense of wonder they convey so powerfully is vital for our survival on Earth. And their vitality makes us glad to be alive. His eye is as sharp as it is keen\, but it is always seeking out the possibility of joy. This gorgeous book\, which brings together his words and his pictures as never before\, reminds us how visual his writing is and how precisely expressive are his drawings and paintings. It throbs with the pulse of a life so richly lived and so generally shared.” \nFintan O’Toole \n“With the eye of an artist\, the soul of a poet and the discipline of a scientist\, Michael Viney brings a unique and compelling perspective on our natural world. His writing and illustrations draw primarily on experiences and observations in and around his one-acre holding in my native county\, Mayo. But his outlook is anything but parochial — instead\, he alerts us to the urgent need to respect Earth’s systems and tread gently — as he did — on this planet we call home.” \nMary Robinson \nBook your free ticket here : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-michael-vineys-natural-world-tickets-700895255577?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-michael-vineys-natural-world/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Carl Frampton
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a truly amazing event with Carl Frampton in the Europa Hotel\, Belfast on  \nSaturday 30th September at 7pm. \nTicket Price £22.50 includes a SIGNED copy of Carl’s AutobiographyBelfast’s Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton MBE is no ordinary boxer. One of only three fighters from the British Isles to be named the Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year\, he has headlined multiple sell-out world championship bouts on both sides of the Atlantic\, winning multiple world titles in the process. His dedicated army of fans have traversed the globe to be ringside throughout it all.\nBut Frampton’s popularity far exceeds the traditional adulation for a sporting icon; he is regarded as a symbol of hope and unity by both sides of the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland.\nIn this captivating autobiography\, Frampton reveals the most personal aspects of being a fighter; of fears and doubts\, of exhilaration and devastation\, of friendship and animosity. He also recounts for the first time his high-profile\, acrimonious split with Barry McGuigan\, in devastating and revealing detail.\nFrampton speaks openly and passionately\, not only about boxing\, but about his country\, how far it has come and the problems it faces. This is a uniquely intimate account of a true modern-day sporting great and a local hero like no other.The ticket price includes a copy of the fearless\, fast-paced autobiography of World Title winning boxer and Belfast hero Carl Frampton\, with a foreword by Patrick Kielty.\n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 6:00PM\nFrom 7:00PM to 9:00PM \nBook your ticket here.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/an-evening-with-carl-frampton/
LOCATION:Europa Hotel\, Great Victoria St\, Belfast\, Belfast\, Northern Ireland\, BT2 7AP
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Máiría Cahill - Rough Beast
DESCRIPTION:Máiría Cahill grew up steeped in the traditions of Irish republicanism and the shadowy world of the IRA: her great-uncle Joe was one of the main founders of the Provisional IRA and her grandfather was Gerry Adams’s mentor in the republican movement. From an early age she seemed destined for a glittering career within the increasingly successful political machine of Sinn Fein\, which was then enjoying the aftermath of the Good Friday Agreement. She worked in a radio station alongside leading republicans; the Sinn Fein offices were her second home. \nShe knew Gerry Adams and other senior republicans as family friends. But at the age of 16\, she was sexually abused by a prominent Belfast IRA man. When she confided in some friends she trusted about the abuse\, one of them told the IRA without Máiría’s knowledge. \nA year later the organisation came calling\, and forced her to take part in an inept and grotesquely insensitive internal investigation. She was subjected to round after round of interrogations by senior IRA men and women\, usually in a network of safe houses around Belfast. Doubt was cast on her account of what had been done to her. \nHer assailant was allowed to confront and denounce her. Eventually her rapist was permitted to vanish from Belfast while Sinn Fein and the IRA professed bafflement about his whereabouts. Gerry Adams emerges chillingly from Cahill’s meticulous account of her ordeal\, a mixture of smugly avuncular concern and denial. \nRough Beast is Máiría Cahill’s harrowing story of her life and of what she went through at the hands of what is now Ireland’s largest and richest party. That story is told here for the first time in full detail and with unsparing honesty. It is a story of unimaginable trauma and political corruption. \nIt brings to life a world of paramilitary secrecy and parallel laws\, but above all it is the story of one young woman’s defiance of the power wielded by ex-gunmen inspiring fear and silence\, and their influence over elected politicians. \nPre-Order your SIGNED copy here \nReserve your FREE space here
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-mairia-cahill-rough-beast/
LOCATION:Crescent Arts Centre\, 2-4 University Rd Belfast BT7 1NH\, United Kingdom
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