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WHAT WOULD BEYONCÉ DO? LUISA OMIELAN IN CONVERSATION WITH SARAH FIRBY You know when you find yourself approaching 30 and your dreams are broken? You’ve got a temping career going nowhere, a student debt that’s mounting and you’ve just had to move back into your mum’s house. Then, to top it all off, you get absolutely annihilated with heartbreak because of an ex, who is just ‘not ready’ but then manages to be ready, a week later, with someone else. And it is here, at your lowest point, that one of your best friends decides to remind you that you are the same age as Beyoncé. FML. The Belfast Book Festival is ridiculously excited to welcome the brilliant stand-up comedian and author Luisa Omielan. Hilariously funny, wonderfully uplifting and brutally honest, Luisa’s memoir shows us all that there is no situation in which Bey can’t save the day. She chats with Sarah Firby about how you turn your life around by answering the one mantra every person needs in their life: What Would Beyoncé Do? 8PM // £10 | £8 // CRESCENT ARTS Are proud sponsors of the Belfast Book Festival Wed 14 Jun