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SECRETS OF THE NORTH ANTHONY QUINN AND NEIL HEGARTY Join us for this lunchtime conversation as Anthony J Quinn and Neil Hegarty discuss the hidden landscapes of their Irish border novels and the corrosive power of the past. Anthony J Quinn is an award-winning author of seven novels. His debut book, Disappeared was a Daily Mail Crime Novel of the Year, was picked by The Sunday Times as one of the best books of the year and was shortlisted in the US for a Strand Literary Award. Neil Hegarty books include The Story of Ireland and Frost: That Was the Life That Was. His debut novel Inch Levels has been shortlisted for the 2017 Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award. 12.45PM // £7 INC. LUNCH | £5 EVENT ONLY // CRESCENT ARTS POETRY AND PANCAKES The Belfast Book Festival welcomes all poetry lovers to Cafe Iho for an afternoon of delicious brunch and delectable poetry. Mingle with fellow lyric lovers and wordsmiths over Cafe Iho’s signature vegan pancakes and speciality coffees and teas, before readers and writers of all styles and genres take to the mic, in the first of Cafe Iho’s open mic Poetry and Pancakes afternoon brunches. 12.30PM // CAFE IHO, STRANMILLIS £8 (PAY ON DOOR) INCLUDES TEA/COFFEE, PANCAKES & POETRY Sun 11 Jun