Bookshops
Many of the books listed in the NIPR database may be ordered directly from the publisher or other suppliers listed below. Just click on the link to be taken directly to the site. This list is only a selection of the many booksellers in Northern Ireland. Others may be found from directories and internet searches.
The Blackstaff Press
Founded in 1971, Belfast-based Blackstaff Press is regarded as one of Ireland's foremost book publishers. Over 700 titles have been published to date, covering a wide range of subjects (mainly but not exclusively of Irish interest) from history and politics to fiction, poetry and sport.
BooksUlster.com
Books Ulster specializes in books on Ireland, including local and social history, politics, arts and much more besides. It’s a great place to find material which may be out of print.
No Alibis
No Alibis is Northern Ireland's only specialist crime bookstore. Based on Botanic Avenue, in the centre of Belfast, specialising in crime fiction and American studies publications No Alibis have signed editions and special bookshop events including visiting authors.
Colourpoint Books
Specialists in general Irish interest and transport books, including railways, buses, shipping, aviation and military. Also specialists in educational school textbooks, workbooks and digital resources for the CCEA Northern Ireland specification at Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level. Publishes fiction under the imprint "Plover Fiction".
Guildhall Press
Guildhall Press was founded in 1979 as a voluntary educational book-publishing trust. Its original aims were to research, write and publish all aspects of local history. In recent years, the scope of the publications produced has widened to encompass books concentrating on the history of the past thirty years in the north of Ireland, giving Guildhall Press the potential to operate in a larger market, whilst retaining its role as an active community organisation.
Ulster Historical Foundation
Over the last forty years the Ulster Historical Foundation has established itself as one of the leading publishers in its field. While focusing on high quality Irish history and genealogy books for general readership, the Foundation also publishes a number of educational texts for the academic market.
Ulster Architectural Heritage Society
Since 1967 the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society has been working to promote the appreciation and enjoyment of good architecture of all periods and encouraging the conservation, restoration and re-use of Ulster's built heritage. The Society's publications range from general books on local architecture to monographs on particular architects or houses. At the core are the historical gazetteers that describe nearly every building in many of Ulster's towns with detailed descriptions and histories illuminated by anecdotes and numerous photographs.
BooksNI
This is a book space dedicated to books about Northern Ireland, books by people from Northern Ireland and books published in Northern Ireland. Find, buy and enjoy locally published books, on local topics, by local authors.