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This weekend in Belfast
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Showing Talks & books only.
Saturday 31 October 5 listings
11:00to 14:00
Belfast’s Statues and Sculptures - from Frink to the Big Fish | Walking Tour 2 times
A walking tour of some of the best sculptures in Belfast, starting outside the Ulster Museum and ending at the Big Fish on Donegall Quay. These…
14:00
Eoin McNamee
Details Eoin McNamee presents his new short story collection, The Comets . The Comets is a richly textured collection of stories, set in Ireland and Northern Ireland, that explore working-class lives teetering on the borderlands between violence and love. McNamee tells these haunted stories with precision and care, cementing again his position as one of the most loved literary stylists of contemporary Irish writing. The author of eight novels including Resurrection Man and The Bureau , McNamee has been nominated for theMan Booker Prize, and has won the Kerry Fiction Prize and the CWA Steel Dagger. Liam McIllvaney said of McNamee's prose that it has the 'cadenced majesty of McCarthy or DeLillo, but the vision it enacts is all his own.' Most recently, Eoin was part of the writers room for Netflix’s Vikings Valhalla series. Programmed as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.
16:00
Bel Trew: From the Front Lines
Details Bel Trew is The Independent's multi award-winning Chief International Correspondent, documentary filmmaker, commentator and photographer. Born and raised in the Gulf and Eastern Europe, Bel has covered some of the biggest conflicts and crises of our time since the start of the Arab Spring in 2011. She is a documentary filmmaker, specialising in uncovering evidence of international law violations and the plight of civilians, making films that range from the disappeared in Ukraine war to the deadly impact of unprecedented aid cuts in sub-Saharan Africa. Bel was named Foreign Reporter of the Year at the UK Press Awards and also won the Marie Colvin Award. She has lived across the world from Cairo to Berlin. Her forthcoming book focuses on reframing war reporting by telling the stories of crises and conflict through the eyes and experiences of the extraordinary ordinary people forced to endure it. Age Guidance: 14+ Programmed as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.
Sunday 1 November 4 listings
11:00to 14:00
Look Up! | Walking Tour 2 times
When walking around Belfast city centre we usually don't stop to 'look up' and take the time to 'look up' at some of the fine carvings or ghost signs…
14:00
Bette A. & Brian Eno
Details Why do we need art? In this special event, artist, musician and activist Brian Eno and writer and artist Bette A. explore the ideas behind their acclaimed book What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory . Through conversation, they examine how art is made by all of us; how it creates communities, expands our worlds and has the power to transform how we see the future. Bette A. is on stage and joined by Brian Eno via videolink for this fascinating exploration of the vital role of art in our lives. Programmed as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.
16:00