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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Tom Hulme - Belfastmen
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBook Your Free Ticket Here \nBelfastmen reconstructs the everyday experiences of queer men in a region infamous for its recent history of intolerance\, violence\, and religious homophobia to show how queer lives before the gay rights movement were not only possible but also rich\, exciting\, and fulfilling. Irish churches and governmental authorities found the topic of sex between men unmentionable and imagined such vice as a problem only found in decadent and degenerate societies abroad. Belfastmen shows how this tacit ignorance and public silence paradoxically enabled male queerness to flourish with only rare exposure\, condemnation\, or regulation. \nTom Hulme traces the intimate lives of men across time\, space\, and self-understanding: their meeting places\, their sexual and romantic relationships\, the scientific and social models of desire they used to define themselves\, and the responses to them from families\, neighborhoods\, and the law. From Belfast’s industrial boom in the late nineteenth century to the social transformations accompanying WWII\, Belfastmen reveals how homosexuality finally emerged as a recognized social problem in the 1950s. Only then did Northern Ireland start to transform into the expressively homophobic society of the more recent past.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-tom-hulme-belfastmen/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:John Connolly Book Launch - A River Red With Blood
DESCRIPTION:  \nJOIN US FOR A BOOK LAUNCH SAT 9th MAY\n \n  \nTICKETS ARE FREE BUT BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL \nThe 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 recovered from a river in Maine’s Kennebec Valley\, and a young woman disappears from a small rural town\, they draw the attention of the private investigator named Charlie Parker. \nNow Parker will be forced to confront a band of men without morality and without loyalty\, not even to one another\, in a place where the very darkness is alive. Because something has emerged from the shadows\, something very bad. And it wants revenge.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/john-connolly-book-launch-a-river-red-with-blood/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Paperback Launch: Chloe Michelle Howarth - Heap Earth Upon It
DESCRIPTION:Join us at No Alibis to celebrate the launch of the paperback edition of Heap Earth Upon It\, published by Verve Books\, with author Chloe Michelle Howarth! \nBook Your Free Ticket Here \nJanuary 1965. The orphaned O’Leary siblings – Tom\, Jack\, Anna and Peggy – arrive in the village of Ballycrea\, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start. After being met with suspicion from most of the locals\, the family are thrilled when they’re taken under the wing of their well-respected neighbours\, Bill and Betty Nevan\, who offer them work\, companionship and an opportunity to fit in. \nBut for one of the O’Learys\, this new friendship sparks an intense attachment that makes the dynamic dangerous for all. It’s difficult to bury secrets\, but almost impossible to bury feelings… Crackling with suspense and intensity from start to finish\, Heap Earth Upon It revisits the rural Ireland of Howarth’s critically acclaimed debut\, delving into claustrophobic relationships and tangled identities\, and leaving you wondering who to trust until the very last page.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/paperback-launch-chloe-michelle-howarth-heap-earth-upon-it/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Sue Divin - Runaway Road
DESCRIPTION:Join Northern Irish author\, Sue Divin\, to celebrate the launch of her third novel\, Runaway Road. In conversation with Cathy Carson & Q&A. \n***BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE*** \n\n\n\n\nThree life-changing minutes. Two siblings on the run. One choice that changes everything… \nAdults and teens\, writers and readers all welcome to this free book launch event. Light refreshments available from 5.30pm. Event starts 6pm. \nSue Divin is a Derry-based writer with Armagh roots. Her critically acclaimed novels are popular with teens and adults alike. Published in May 2026\, Runaway Road (First Ink\, Macmillan)\, is on the Irish Times ‘Best fiction of 2026’ list. Set in Northern Ireland and Donegal in 2023\, it explores themes of family and belonging\, identity\, borders and youth justice. Sue’s début novel\, Guard Your Heart\, shortlisted in the prestigious Carnegie awards and her 2nd novel\, Truth Be Told\, is now included on the Ireland’s curriculum. \nEzra is sixteen. He’s no stranger to crossing the line\, but this time it’s serious – and someone might be dead. To escape justice\, he’ll have to cross another line: the Northern Irish border. But that means leaving behind the only thing that really matters. His little sister\, Evie. Evie is nine and sees it differently. Why shouldn’t she go on the run with him too? Raised in care\, the siblings are used to feeling invisible. Now they have to become invisible for real. \nBook sales and signing will be available on the night\, with kind support of No Alibis Bookshop. \nSue Divin will be in conversation with Cathy Carson. \nCathy Carson is the writer and performer of the award winning one woman show ‘ Becoming Marvellous’ which has been staged in venues throughout UK and Ireland and is published by Flight of the dragonfly press. Her writing focuses on human connection and condition and she has performed for radio\, television\, festivals\, theatres and podcasts. She has been nominated for the pushcart prize for her performance poem ‘17’ and has been published in several anthologies.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-sue-divin-runaway-road/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Book event: The Rag Doll Contract by Dorothy Herson
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the bookshop for an evening with Dorothy Herson to celebrate the publication of her novel\, The Rag Doll Contract. Dorothy will be in conversation with Andrew Comiskey. \n***BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE*** \nAbout The Rag Doll Contract: \nOlivia has always believed that worth is earned through achievement-by any means necessary. Her ruthless ambition fuels her escape from the deadening familiarity of Bracknell. First\, she conquers Oxford; then law school; and finally\, the Only Circle-a shadowy network of the most elite corporate law firms in the world. The promise of power and greatness beckons\, and Olivia surges forward\, convinced she’s found what she’s always craved: wholeness\, identity\, and a self remade. But beneath the gleaming high-rises and immaculate offices of the Only Circle lies a brutal reality. Trainees work through endless nights on thankless deals that siphon their time\, sanity\, and identities. In-house gyms\, sleeping tubes\, and on-site clinics ensure employees never leave the building. Dull-eyed psychiatrists dole out prescriptions\, keeping staff steady on little white pills and beta blockers as they grind through the twilight hours.\nAnd in everyone lurks a need-visceral and stiff\, more brutal than want-to be the best. To break from the bloodshot masses. To be the thing that is perfect and shiny and new. Under this carnivorous system of constant monitoring\, appraisal\, and scrutiny\, Olivia tells herself\, again and again\, that she is willing to pay the price. Whatever the cost. \nAbout the author: \nDorothy qualified as a lawyer at a Magic Circle firm before transitioning into writing and activism. As a journalist\, her work has been featured in prominent publications\, including the Independent\, Marie Claire\, National Geographic\, Antics\, and others. She is an editor and writer at Cambridge University Press\, where she has contributed to leading mental health research. Dorothy has designed and edited impactful mental health policy work\, which she successfully launched in Parliament. ​Dorothy is currently studying for a PhD in Literature and Medicine in Belfast.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-event-the-rag-doll-contract-by-dorothy-herson/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Jamie Guiney - The Lightning
DESCRIPTION:Join us at No Alibis to celebrate the release of The Lightning\, published by Bluemoose Books\, with author Jamie Guiney. \nBook your free place here \nWolf Island is in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean. An old lighthouse-keeper is at the end of his rope and he challenges the universe and his place in it. It is a tale of unexpected visitors\, their personal histories and navigating the natural surroundings\, whilst confronting the elemental rage of the sea.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-jamie-guiney-the-lightning/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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