Belfast Book Festival

Date: Thursday 5 to Thursday 12 June 2025

Venue: Crescent Arts Centre

Category: Arts and culture, Festival

This is the 15th Belfast Book Festival, Northern Ireland’s leading literary festival.

The event programme includes:

• poetry
• contemporary fiction
• crime writing
• the art of journalism
• words on film, and
• a striking and memorable exhibition in The Crescent’s Café space.

The Belfast Book Festival offers a vibrant range of events and activities for adults and children. It offers the perfect platform for conversations, workshops, residencies and awards that seek to connect, amplify and showcase the creative communities of Belfast and beyond.

This year’s festival will also feature commemorative events to honour both Michael Longley and Edna O’Brien.

For more information, go to Belfast Book Festival (link opens in new window)