No Alibis Bookstore

Denise Mina in Armagh
2023-07-26 13:30 - 14:30 (Europe/London) | Market Place Theatre, Market Place Theatre, 9 Market Street, Armagh, Co. Armagh, BT61 7BW, United Kingdom
In association with the John Hewitt International Summer School, we would like to invite you to the Market Place Theatre in Armagh for an event with Denise Mina in conversation with Brian McGilloway.
Denise Mina in Conversation with Brian McGilloway
Denise Mina is a Scottish crime writer, playwright and comic book writer. A former university tutor in criminology and criminal law, it was during her PhD studies at Strathclyde University that she penned her first novel: Garnethill (1998).The prize-winning author of fifteen crime novels, she received the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award twice. In 2019 she was awarded the MacIlvanny Prize for Scottish Crime for her thriller, Conviction, a New York Times Bestseller, while The Less Dead was shortlisted for the 2020 Costa Book Awards best novel category. In her latest book, The Second Murderer, a smart, atmospheric and witty mystery (published July 2023), she delivers a clever and timely new take on Raymond Chandler’s infamous detective, Philip Marlowe. denisemina.com/
“…one of the most original voices in the notably expanding field of Irish crime fiction.” The Irish Independent.
“Denise Mina is crime-writing royalty.” Val McDermid
“Denise Mina is the cream of the crop, an author who pushes the crime novel in new and exciting directions.” Ian Rankin
Brian McGilloway is the author of the Inspector Benedict Devlin Mysteries and Lucy Black series. His most recent standalone novel, The Empty Room, was published in March 2022.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://marketplacearmagh.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873637167

Lee Child and Andrew Child in Armagh
2023-07-24 20:30 - 22:00 | Market Place Theatre, Market Place Theatre, 9 Market Street, Armagh, Co. Armagh, BT61 7BW, United Kingdom
In association with the John Hewitt International Summer School, we would like to invite you to the Market Place Theatre in Armagh for an evening with Lee Child and his brother Andrew Child, in conversation with Stuart Neville.
The annual highlight of the JHISS, multi award-winning Armagh writer Stuart Neville invites two of the most popular and critically acclaimed international crime writers to join him for this JHISS Crime Fiction Special.
Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He is the creator of the iconic Jack Reacher Series, a global phenomenon. Having written over 24 Jack Reacher novels and numerous short stories, his books have consistently achieved the number one slot on bestseller lists around the world, with book sales of over one hundred million. Now resident in the USA he grew up in the Midlands, and after an extraordinary writing career he has announced his retirement from writing.
Andrew Child, his brother, is a highly successful thriller author in his own right and has taken on the daunting task of continuing the Jack Reacher Series. Lee and Andrew have collaborated on three thrillers to date, with the most recent, No Plan B, having been described by Karin Slaughter as “perfectly plotted … with bigger twists than ever before”.
“Lee and Andrew Child nail it again with No Plan B.” Richard Osman
‘It’s no wonder Jack Reacher is everyone’s favourite rebel hero.’ Karin Slaughter.
Stuart Neville is a critically acclaimed best-selling crime writer whose Jack Lemon and DCI Serena Flanagan series have won him many awards.
Tickets can be purchased here:
https://marketplacearmagh.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873635901

Challenging the Narrative - Cahal McLaughlin - Book Launch
2023-06-20 17:30 - 19:00 | No Alibis Bookstore, 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1JL, United Kingdom
Book launch of ‘Challenging the Narrative: Documentary Film as Participatory Practice in Conflict Situations’

The book addresses the role of filmmakers in creating platforms for survivors of political violence to tell their stories in order to challenge marginalizing narratives and injustices. Reflecting on films produced in the North of Ireland, South Africa, Haiti and Brazil, the challenges and limitations of participatory practice as a form of public acknowledgement are addressed.

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Aaron Edwards - A People Under Siege - Book Launch
2023-06-15 18:00 - 19:30 | No Alibis Bookstore, 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1JL, United Kingdom
In Northern Ireland’s centenary year, military and political historian Aaron Edwards, a native of Belfast, explores the profound challenges facing Unionists, as extraordinary uncertainty hangs over the future of the Union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In doing so he confronts the narrow, sectional beliefs and prejudices of unionists and loyalists, as well as outlining their more positive and forward-thinking aspects. By embracing these, Edwards explains how divisions could be healed and a position reached of mutual acceptance, tolerance and understanding that will benefit the entire population.
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Alexander Poots - The Strangers' House Book Launch
2023-06-08 18:00 - 19:30 | No Alibis Bookstore, 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1JL, United Kingdom
Join us for a Book Launch.
Alexander Poots will be in discussion with Malachi O’Doherty
A penetrating study and celebration of Northern Irish literature—telling the region’s story through the extraordinary novels and poetry produced by decades of conflict.
Northern Ireland is one hundred years old. Northern Ireland does not exist. Both of these statements are true. It just depends on who you ask. How do you write about a place like this? THE STRANGERS’ HOUSE asks this question of the region’s greatest writers, living and dead. What have they made of Northern Ireland – and what has Northern Ireland made of them?

About the Author
Alexander Poots was born in London in 1985. After studying at the University of Manchester and Magdalen College, Oxford, he worked as a bookseller. The Strangers’ House is his first book. He lives in Belfast.
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An Evening With Steve Cavanagh, Claire Allan & Brian McGilloway
2023-06-01 18:00 - 20:00 | No Alibis Bookstore, 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1JL, United Kingdom
No Alibis in association with The Crime Writers’ Association invites you to an Evening of Criminal Chat.
To celebrate National Crime Reading month in June and the 70th anniversary of the Crime Writers’ Association we welcome you to an evening with three of the finest Crime Writers writing today, Steve Cavanagh, Claire Allan and Brian McGilloway.
Steve, Claire and Brian will be chatting about their work and the importance of the crime genre within the literary world.
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