Victoria Gallery and Museum

Colm Tóibín presents authors Sally Rooney, Lisa McInerney and Anthony Joseph who have have enjoyed considerable critical success and are clearly writers to watch in future.

Two stalwarts of Irish literature – Sebastian Barry and Professor Roy Foster (Oxford) – in conversation as part of the Liverpool Literary Festival.

Colm Tóibín (Chancellor of University of Liverpool) reading – and in conversation – with James Naughtie (BBC) as part of the Liverpool Literary Festival.

Hughes draws on Van Morrison’s work to examine VM’s representation of Belfast and offer insight into his originality, innovation and song writing artistry.