Belfast Book Fesival 2017 Belfast Book Festival 2017 | Page 20

GRITTY YOUNG THINGS
WITH SHIRLEY-ANNE MCMILLAN AND SHEENA WILKINSON
Radical young adult fiction deals with everything from teenage
pregnancy, homelessness, sexual and physical abuse to homophobia,
illness and family dysfunction. More and more writers have begun
approaching the genre as an opportunity to not only tell their own
stories but to offer young readers a thirsting for more serious and
realistic stories, mature reading experiences to reassure, galvanise
and inspire.
Join two of Northern Ireland’s finest writers of Young Adult fiction,
Shirley-Anne McMillan and Sheena Wilkinson as they discuss their
latest works and this fascinating genre.
12.45PM // £7 INC. LUNCH | £5 EVENT ONLY // CRESCENT ARTS
TROUBLE IS OUR BUSINESS
NEW STORIES BY IRISH CRIME WRITERS
Irish crime writers have long been established on the international
stage as bestsellers and award winners. Now, for the first time ever,
the best in contemporary Irish crime novelists have been brought
together in one volume. Author, editor and journalist Declan Burke
will be leading the conversation on Irish crime writing with Louise
Phillips, Julie Parsons and Stuart Neville.
2PM // £6 | £4 // CRESCENT ARTS
Sat 10 Jun