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Because of our current problems due to a BURST pipe we have had to move the date for this concert. It is now scheduled for Saturday 13th February at 8:00PM. Tickets are still available, at the same price as before (more details below).
If you have already purchased tickets for the original date, please hold onto them, as they will be valid for this date…if this date does not suit we will of course give you a FULL refund or swap for another concert.
No Alibis Bookstore is pleased to invite you to an evening of entertainment and musical delight with Kyron Bourke on Saturday 13th February at 8:00PM. Tickets, priced £8, are now on sale.
Kyron is an all round entertainer in the musical, visual and artistic sense. He has been performing as a solo artist for many years and with other musicians, most recently in band, “Kyron and The Strangles.”
Kyron has also appeared in many film and television roles throughout the UK and Ireland as well as on radio and has been exhibiting his work as an artist since 2000. His most recent joint exhibition with Fluer Jackson in the ArtTank.
You can find more information on Kyron's website.
Tickets are on sale now, priced £8 each and can be obtained by emailing David, or calling the shop on 9031 9607.
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No Alibis Bookstore invites you to an evening of reading and conversation with singer/songwriter Andy White on Monday 1st March at 7:00PM. Andy will be reading from his book, 21ST CENTURY TROUBADOUR, and speaking to Belfast author, Glenn Patterson. Tickets, priced £5 each, are on sale now.
Irish singer/songwriter Andy White writes with wit, precision, humanity and incredible patience as he lovingly reveals his life performing as musician all over the world in his new book, 21st Century Troubadour.
More of a journal than a memoir, closer to ‘On The Road’ than an autobiography, 21st Century Troubadour gives a real insight into White’s travels and experiences of touring over the last eight years.
His publisher describes the book as “laugh out loud funny” but relishes the craft behind the musician’s carefully written words: “In determining to get the experience ’just so’ Andy illustrates that his talent is not just that of a songwriter, but that of the artist everywhere — the determination to craft the medium to his meaning.”
In his introduction, the Belfast man — who lives with his family in Melbourne, Australia, when not on tour — describes himself as a troubadour, a modern-day folk artisan who goes out into the world with only his talent to trade on.
While romantic in notion, White acknowledges that times have changed and today he’s armed with a mobile phone and laptop, as well as his guitar, book of words, and the omnipresent Bag, full of instruments, equipment and packets of crisps.
As the son of well-known Northern Irish journalist Barry White, Andy was fortunate to be born into “a beautiful, artistic home environment in the middle of the chaos of 70s Belfast,” and so “writing, poetry, music, and art were always present.”
Even from scanning the contents page, you realise that you are in for an entertaining and diverse read. There are hints of Colin Bateman’s dark Ulster humour and the clever overtones of Nick Hornby, but White writes with a confidence and deftness that’s all his own.
Says White: “The book isn't an autobiography, so you won't read about my family or growing up in Belfast, what I found out about Peter Gabriel's tomato plants or why Johnny Depp once bought me a beer. But it is full of flashes from hotel rooms, departure lounges, and backstage bars. Soundchecks, lots of driving, crazy club owners, and even crazier people at the shows.
“Most people have a celebrity ’X Factor’ view of a musician’s life – great if you're living it, but being on the road for the 21st Century Troubadour is a different thing, and, I hope you’ll find, it has its own glamour.” The chapters take the reader all over the world, with experiences ranging from ‘Nuns on a Plane’ and ‘Only in Czechoslovakia’ to ‘The Space Where the World Trade Centre is Not’, in what makes great reading and compelling story-telling. Along the way, there are lists, poems and advice on such topics as checking in luggage on budget airlines and what to do when being mistaken as a member of U2.
Singer/songwriter and poet White considers himself “a lucky man”, and has always shared his views on life, love and society in song or verse. Now as a 21st Century Troubadour, White gives us a fascinating insight into his blessed life on the road.
Tickets are now on sale, priced £5 each. To book your spot, email David or call 9031 9607.
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We're very excited to announce that Faber author and frontman of the band Richmond Fontaine, Willy Vlautin, will be in the store for an acoustic concert and book launch, on Friday 12th March at 8:00PM. Tickets, priced £15, are now on sale.
Willy and RF guitar player Dan Eccles will play music and Willy will read from Lean on Pete, his latest novel published by Faber & Faber. Books will also be available to purchase on the evening. This event is already close to selling out, so book your tickets early!
We are pleased to announce that a percentage of all monies made at this event will go towards the NINOS DE LA PAZ Literacy Programme in the La Paz Children’s Home, Bolivia.
Tickets are on sale now, priced £15 each and can be obtained by emailing David, or calling the shop on 9031 9607.
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The Out to Lunch Arts Festival is back in 2010, bigger, better and bolder than ever. From 6 – 31 January, the precocious younger sibling of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival impresses once again with a wildly diverse, attractive and affordable a la carte selection of music, literature, theatre, comedy and art.
Since it started in 2006, Out to Lunch has become the winter arts festival in Belfast, offering those living in, working in or just visiting the city nutritional and cultural sustenance through the long dark lunchtimes and teatimes of January. Proving that quality and quantity aren’t mutually exclusive, Out to Lunch kick-starts the cultural calendar for 2010 with a dizzying array of entertainment, talent and food. And all from just a fiver a ticket.
A full programme of events is available at No Alibis Bookstore; you can also view events and book tickets online at the Festival website or in person at The Belfast Welcome Centre, 47 Donegall Place, Belfast.
LITERATURE EVENTS taking place at this year’s Out to Lunch Festival include:
Brian Keenan - Wednesday January 13 at 1:00PM - The Black Box
Brian Keenan became known around the world as a hostage in Beirut and author of the extraordinary testimony of imprisonment, An Evil Cradling.
In this special ‘Out to Lunch’ event, Brian Keenan joins us to discuss his life and talk about his new memoir, Ill Tell Me Ma, in which he captures the vanished world of 1950s Belfast and his own disaffected childhood.
Chris Mullin: A View from the Foothills - Friday January 15 at 1:00PM - The Black Box
Chris Mullin has been a Labour MP for twenty years and has held several prominent posts. He was for a time the only person appointed to Government who voted against the Iraq War. He also chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee, giving him direct access to the court of Tony Blair.
Before being elected as an MP, he was a journalist working for the Granada Television current affairs programme World in Action. His book Error of Judgment was pivotal in securing the release of the Birmingham Six. Mullin is irreverent, wry and candid. He offers humorous and incisive takes on all aspects of political life: from the build-up to Iraq, to the scandalous sums of tax-payers’ money spent on ministerial cars he didn’t want to use. His diary is a joy to read.
Grace Maxwell - Friday January 15 at 6:00PM - The Black Box Café - £2.00
Grace Maxwell: Falling & Laughing The Restoration of Edwyn Collins.
In February 2005, Edwyn Collins suffered two devastating brain haemorrhages. He then went on to contract MRSA as a result of an operation to his skull and spent six months in hospital. He had lost all movement in his right side and was suffering from aphasia – an inability to use or understand language. With the help of his partner Grace and their 18-year-old son Will, Edwyn fought back. Slowly, and with monumental effort, he began to teach his brain to read and speak all over again – with some areas of his mind it was if he had been a slate wiped utterly clean.
Through a long and arduous road of therapy he began to re-inhabit his body until he could walk again. Grace’s story is an intimate and inspiring account of what you do to survive when your husband is all but taken away without warning by a stroke.
Black Books - Sunday January 17 from 12:00PM until 5:00PM - The Black Box - Free Entry
Inspired by the crafty resourcefulness of the Black Market and a cult tv-show about a dusty bookshop and a taciturn, alcoholic Irishman, trans in association with the Black Market, present a new, grass-roots book fair. With a cacophony of stalls manned by book-sellers, zine writer’s and literary enthusiasts and an afternoon of word-based entertainment, Black Books is a revival and a celebration of the multiplicities of language and printed word.
Stalls will include new and second hand books, zines, rare books & antiquities, comic books, magazines, papers and children’s literature.
Come and enjoy a laid-back Sunday afternoon, and have a hoke through some dusty old books sitting side-by-side with cutting edge writing from both the local and international avant-garde. Readings, spoken word performances, DIY publishing workshop and zine-related film screenings in the Black Box Café throughout the day.
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Please note that due to the work going on as a result of the flooding earlier in the month, this event has moved to a new venue: The French Village Cafe, at the corner of Botanic Avenue and University Street, a two-minute stroll from the front door of No Alibis.
No Alibis Bookstore is pleased to invite you to an evening of Blues with Paul Lamb and Johnny Dickinson on Thursday 28th January at 8:00PM. Tickets, priced £10, are now on sale.
Hailed by aficionados and music press around the world as Europe’s foremost blues harmonica exponent, Paul Lamb has forged himself a place in the history books as one of the greatest players of our time. He has won countless awards, sold record-breaking quantities of albums, and performed the world over with his long-standing musical compatriots, The Kingsnakes. Recently inducted into the British Blues Awards Hall Of Fame (alongside the likes of Peter Green, John Mayall & Alexis Korner), Lamb still continues to bring his infectious brand of soulful blues to a plethora of fans around the globe…
For more information on Paul, visit his website.
Johnny is an outstanding blues and folk slide guitarist and founder member of blues legends Paul Lamb and The Kingsnakes. Now performing as a solo artist, he is proving himself to be a worthy songwriter and magical live performer.
For more information on Johnny, visit his website.
This will be the second time Paul and Johnny have played No Alibis….last time we had a full house, book early! Tickets are on sale now, priced £10 each and can be obtained by emailing David, or calling the shop on 9031 9607.
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No Alibis Bookstore is pleased to invite you to an evening with Stephen Hall, on Friday 29th January at 7:00PM. Tickets, priced £5, are now on sale.
Belfast born Stephen Hall is an Illustrator, Storyteller, Poet and Musician. He visits schools and works with adults using a mixture of his skills to entertain and encourage pupils or individuals to be creative.
On this night Stephen plans to use a story called "The Island" to help illustrate his various storytelling and illustrative styles. He will also entertain with a number of mildly humourous poems prior to the story. A Picture Show will be provided!
The layers of meaning that are imbued in every image are part of Hall’s aim to tell a story through his illustrations. His images - colourful, vibrant and expressive - offer an alternative version of storytelling, rather than a rigid pictorial representation of the text. Stephen's pictures are available on his website. Some of his poems and songs are available at his My Space page.
Tickets are on sale now, priced £5 each. To book a spot for this event, email David, or call the shop on 9031 9607.
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Sadly, due to water damage caused by a burst pipe in the property above the bookshop, we have had to POSTPONE the Anthony Toner concert on Fri 15th January.
Once the Insurance Assessor has carried out the survey we will endeavour to have repairs carried out as soon as possible.
Unfortunately the timing of this “disaster” has meant that Anthony will not be able to play in the shop this Friday. We will reschedule another concert in the very near future.
Apologies for any disappointment this has caused…it’s disappointed us here at No Alibis!
Anyone who has purchased a ticket for this event can of course use it for the rescheduled date or obtain a full refund.
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We now have signed copies of Malachi O'Doherty's latest book, UNDER HIS ROOF, in stock.
Email David for more information, or to place an order.
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We now have copies of this limited edition poster for sale. There are 100 copies, each signed and numbered by Paul Charles. Each poster costs £25.00 (postage will be charged separately if you are unable to pick up your poster in the shop).
Email David for more information, or to place an order.
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