No Alibis

No Alibis is Northern Ireland's only specialist crime bookstore. They are based on Botanic Avenue, just around the corner from the main Queen's University Campus.

They specialise in crime fiction and American studies publications. If you are looking for a novel, book or publication in the crime genre then then you have come to the correct place.

If you are looking for American studies books, both factual and fiction, then No Alibis is the major clue in resolving your search. Our bookstores offer everything that you would expect from an innovative company. We have signed editions and special bookshop events including visiting authors. Bookmark our website and check the News page regularly to see what events are coming up and what special offers we currently have in the stores.

Blackwells

Find us in the Student’s Union at Queen’s – smiling and ready and willing to fulfil all your booky needs.

Historically, Belfast has been a centre for the Irish linen industry (earning the nickname “Linenopolis”), tobacco production, rope-making and shipbuilding: the city’s main shipbuilders, Harland and Wolff, which built the well-known RMS Titanic, propelled Belfast on to the global stage in the early 20th century as the biggest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, establishing its place as a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast, if briefly, the biggest city in Ireland at the turn of the 20th century and the city’s industrial and economic success was cited by Ulster unionist opponents of Home Rule as a reason why Ireland should shun devolution and later why Ulster in particular would fight to resist it.

Today, Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education and business, a legal centre, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. The city suffered greatly during the period of conflict called the Troubles, but latterly has undergone a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and substantial economic and commercial growth. Belfast city centre has undergone considerable expansion and regeneration in recent years, notably around Victoria Square. Belfast is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport in the city, and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 km) west of the city. Belfast is also a major port, with commercial and industrial docks dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline, including the famous Harland and Wolff shipyard. Belfast is a constituent city of the Dublin-Belfast corridor, which has a population of three million, or half the total population of the island of Ireland.