Upcoming Events at No Alibis Bookstore
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Book Launch: But & Though – Jake Hawkey
Thursday 27 February 6pm
Join us to celebrate the launch of Jake Hawkey's debut collection, But & Though, published by Picador. Book your free ticket here. About But & Though: In But & Though, Jake Hawkey scrutinizes the impact of parental addiction on families, its title a nod to the language of dependency, its circles of prevarication and excuse.
After the Party by Sharon Dempsey – Book Launch
Wednesday 5 March 6pm
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After the Party by Sharon Dempsey is a story of a young woman named Georgia, her battle for justice and the lengths some mothers will go to protect their sons. When Georgia is raped by three boys from influential families after a house party, she decides to speak out... only to face cruel accusations and […]
Charles Lang – The Oasis – Book Launch
Thursday 6 March 6pm
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The Oasis Charles Lang ‘This debut collection announces Charles Lang as one of the best new poets in Scotland.’ — Alan Gillis A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE HERE Pulsing with the energy of urban life, these poems traverse the gritty, playful and tender moments that shape our lives. From the […]
Judith McQuoid Book Launch
Tuesday 11 March 6pm
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Join us at No Alibis Bookstore for an evening celebrating the launch of Judith McQuoid's new children's novel 'Giant' Thrilling historical fiction on the childhood of beloved author CS Lewis. Davy, a working-class boy living in East Belfast in 1908, is sent to work at the wealthy Lewis household. When he meets Jacks – the […]
Book Launch: Patrick Holloway – The Language of Remembering
Wednesday 12 March 6pm
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Please join us to celebrate the launch of Patrick Holloway's debut novel, The Language of Remembering, published by Epoque Press. Patrick will be introduced by local author Wendy Erskine. Book your free ticket here. About The Language of Remembering: Returning from Brazil with his wife and daughter, Oisín is looking to rebuild a life in […]
Book Launch: Paving the Path to Peace by Connal Parr and Stephen Hopkins
Friday 21 March 6pm
Join us for an evening in the bookshop to celebrate the launch of Paving the Path to Peace by Connal Parr and Stephen Hopkins. Book your free ticket here. About Paving the Path to Peace: In the context of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in April 2023, elite politicians and paramilitary groups […]
Book Launch: Ali Marie Watkins – The Next One Is for You
Tuesday 25 March 6pm
Join us for an evening with Ali Watkins to celebrate the launch of The Next One Is For You as part of Imagine Festival 2025. Book your free ticket here. About The Next One Is For You: Join us for this launch of a gripping tale of crime, rebellion and the hazy line between them […]
Currents in Crime Fiction: Trans-Atlantic Translations
Tuesday 25 March
This is an event organised by the Arts, English & Languages Department of Queen’s University Belfast which will take place in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre of the Seamus Heaney Centre. Further details here.
Join us for a thought-provoking double-header where crime fiction translators, editors, and critics, and the best crime novelists from Ireland/Northern Ireland discuss the knotty issues of influence and translation, of national and transnational writing traditions and identities, and how far their work and the genre in general travels and the complications that accrue along the way.
Book Launch: The Bureau – Eoin McNamee
Thursday 3 April 6pm
Join us for an evening with Eoin McNamee to celebrate the launch of his new novel, The Bureau, published by Riverrun (Quercus). Book your free ticket here. About The Bureau: Lorraine would say afterwards that she was smitten straight off with Paddy Farrell. You could tell that he was occupying the room in a different way, he […]
Book Launch: Liam McIlvanney – The Good Father
Wednesday 23 July
No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, United Kingdom
Join us on Wednesday 23rd July for an evening in the bookshop to celebrate the launch of Liam McIlvanney's new novel, The Good Father, published by Bonnier books. Book your free ticket here. Signed copies of the book can be pre-ordered here. About The Good Father: Gordon and Sarah Rutherford are normal, happy people with successful, fulfilling […]