Sophie Hayles, CEO of the Crescent Arts Centre, launching this year’s Belfast Book Festival
Presented by the Crescent Arts Centre, highlights of the festival include Annie Macmanus (BBC Radio 1) unveiling her debut novel ‘Mother, Mother’ which is set in Belfast; Ian McElhinney (‘Derry Girls’) and literary biographer Roy Foster exploring the work of Seamus Heaney; Glenn Patterson (‘The Northern Bank Job’) in conversation with author Conor O’Callaghan; Colm Tóibín (‘Brooklyn’), reading from ‘Queer Love: An Anthology of Irish Fiction’ and a special recorded performance from the official poet of the 2012 London Olympics, Lemn Sissay.
For up and coming writers and poets, there will be discussions with industry professionals from the worlds of poetry, prose and publishing about how to get your work seen and heard, and the lucky winners of the Mairtín Crawford Awards for Poetry and Short Story 2021 will also be announced.
In Saturdayâs Irish Times, we publish Dirty Linen: a personal history of Northern Ireland, a revised version of my contribution to The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices, edited by Paul McVeigh, to be published by Unbound in July.
Reviews are Diarmaid Ferriter on The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885-1925 by Charles Townshend Louise Kennedy on Real Estate by Deborah Levy; Claire Hennessy on the best new YA fiction; Sarah Moss on Snowflake by Louise Nealon; Paschal Donohoe on Together: 10 Choices for a Better Now Ece Temelkuran; Sarah Gilmartin on The Rules of Revelation by Lisa McInerney; Anna Carey on The Beauty of Impossible Things by Rachel Donohue; Paul Gillespie on State and Nation in the United Kingdom: The Fractured Union by Michael Keating; and Houman Barekast on Intimacies by Lucy Caldwell.
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Who is Lisa Dawn? All you need to know about Irish actress and star of upcoming BBC Belfast based show Bloodlands
Lisa Dawn plays Tori Matthews, a doctor teaching at Queen s University in Bloodlands
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Bloodlands Is The Explosive New Drama From The Makers Of Line Of Duty – Here s What You Need To Know
James Nesbitt leads the cast of the four-part BBC series, executive produced by Jed Mercurio.
If you love Line Of Duty or were blown away by Bodyguard, chances are you’re going to enjoy the BBC’s new drama Bloodlands.
The show is executive produced by the man behind two of the UK’s biggest hits in recent TV history, Jed Mercurio.
Ahead of its debut on Sunday night, here’s everything you need to know about the thrilling new show.