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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 3h

Always nice to be the bestselling book in Ballymena. Thank you book buyers in the City of the Seven Towers.
Thank you to all the staff in @waterstones Ballymena.

Love Ballymena @loveballymena.online · 3h

From David Trimble: Peacemaker to Mary 90 and Bob Mortimer’s latest, here’s this week’s Top 10, half-price offers and book club pick at Waterstone’s Ballymena!

Catch up below.

Waterstone’s Ballymena unveils this week’s Top 10, half-price favourites and November book club pick

Discover the latest Top 10 bestselling books at Waterstone’s Ballymena, from David Trimble: Peacemaker and Mary 90 to The Impossible Fortune. Plus, enjoy half-price deals, storytime fun and the Novemb...

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks to Aine Toner at @belfasttelegraph.co.uk for a great interview.
Talked about things I don’t normally talk about. Do buy a copy today.
Trimble book tour continues on Tuesday 21 October in Enniskillen.
Tickets stephenwalker.uk

Headline of feature and picture of Stephen Walker

Front cover of magazine. It reads Stephen Walker on life after BBC NI

Picture of Stephen Walker holding his biography of David Trimble.

Details of Stephen Walker’s book tour. The next event is in Enniskillen on Tuesday 21 October.

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 3d

Tickets available for the Fermanagh launch of ‘ David Trimble : Peacemaker ‘.
Tuesday 21 October at 7.30pm
Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow Place, Enniskillen BT74 7HR
Via Stephenwalker.uk or Ticket Source

Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 3d

Fermanagh Book Launch
Tuesday 21 October 7.30pm
Fermanagh Trust, Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow Place, Enniskillen
Chatting with David Kerr.
Tickets at Stephenwalker.uk
Be great to see you !

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Love Ballymena @loveballymena.online · 5d

𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦 | Homegrown talent returns to Ballymena!

Join acclaimed author Stephen Walker and Blue Lights writer Declan Lawn at The Braid Theatre this week for an evening discussing Walker’s new biography David Trimble: Peacemaker.

Find out more below.

Ballymena hosts evening on David Trimble’s life with author Stephen Walker and Declan Lawn

Ballymena writers Stephen Walker and Declan Lawn will host a special evening at The Braid Theatre on 14 October to discuss Walker’s new biography David Trimble: Peacemaker.

www.loveballymena.online

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 5d

Really lovely piece by @loveballymena.online in advance of tomorrow’s event at the Braid Theatre in Ballymena.
Tickets via shapedbyseasndstone.com
Or you can go to Stephenwalker.uk

Love Ballymena @loveballymena.online · 5d

𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦 | Homegrown talent returns to Ballymena!

Join acclaimed author Stephen Walker and Blue Lights writer Declan Lawn at The Braid Theatre this week for an evening discussing Walker’s new biography David Trimble: Peacemaker.

Find out more below.

Ballymena hosts evening on David Trimble’s life with author Stephen Walker and Declan Lawn

Ballymena writers Stephen Walker and Declan Lawn will host a special evening at The Braid Theatre on 14 October to discuss Walker’s new biography David Trimble: Peacemaker.

www.loveballymena.online

Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 6d

Need a ‘ Blue Lights’ fix ?

I will chatting to screenwriter Declan Lawn at the Braid Theatre in Ballymena on Tuesday 14 October.

We will also be talking about my new biography of David Trimble.

Tickets via Stephenwalker.uk or from shapedbyseaandstone.com

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 9d

Really looking forward to this -TOMORROW !!!

Chatting about my new biography of David Trimble with the wonderful Donna Traynor.

Good conversation, political insight and a bit of craic.

Europa Hotel in Belfast. Friday 10 October at 7.30pm.

Tickets from Stephenwalker.uk or via noalibis.com

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 11d

Need a “ Blue Lights” fix ?

Chatting to screenwriter Declan Lawn about my new Trimble book and a certain TV show !

Catch us at the Braid Theatre in Ballymena on Tuesday 14 October at 7.30pm.

Tickets via Stephenwalker.uk or shapedbyseaandstone.com

Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 11d

Really looking forward to this on Friday 10 October.
Chatting with Donna Traynor at the Europa Hotel about my new biography of David Trimble.
Tickets via noalibis.com
Or via Stephenwalker.uk

Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 13d

Great display @waterstones Foyleside. Thanks to all the staff there.
Next Trimble book event is Friday 10 October with Donna Traynor at the Europa Hotel at 7.30pm.
Tickets via noalibis.com or via Stephenwalker.uk

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 14d

Looking forward to chatting with Donna Traynor on Friday 10 October at the Europa Hotel in Belfast.
We will talk about my new biography of David Trimble.
Tickets via Stephenwalker.uk or
at noalibis.com

Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 14d

What a night !
It was a great start to the Trimble book tour in Bangor Abbey last night. At the Aspects Literature Festival Lady Hermon and I had an audience of 200.
Great venue, lovely crowd.
Donna Traynor and I will be at the Europa Hotel on Fri 10 Oct.
Tickets stephenwalker.uk
Or noalibis.com

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 23d

Enniskillen launch of David Trimble biography. Tuesday 21 October with David Kerr. Tickets 👇

www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/cou...

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 22d

One week today. Chatting to Lady Hermon at Bangor Abbey.
Tickets via Stephenwalker.uk
Or aspectsfestival.com

Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 23d

Enniskillen launch of David Trimble biography. Tuesday 21 October with David Kerr. Tickets 👇

www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/cou...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 26d

You probably didn't know that David Trimble - then a hardliner close to Bill Craig & involved in bringing down Stormont's first power-sharing experiment - travelled to jail to teach republican students interned in 1971. Lots more nuance like that in @stepwalktv.bsky.social's new biography.

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Bridge Books Dromore @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social · Sep 9

David Trimble—Nobel Laureate & key architect of the Good Friday Agreement—gets his first full biography. Peacemaker by @stepwalktv.bsky.social charts his journey from Belfast academic to NI’s first First Minister, with insights from the Trimble family.
bridgebooksdromore.co.uk/product/davi...

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · 29d

Great to chat to Paul Clark about my new book ‘ David Trimble : Peacemaker’ You can watch it on ITV X

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · Sep 16

As a tribute, can I watch All the President’s Men for the 10,000th time?

Yes, I probably can

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · Sep 15

Latest hearing in the PSNI covert surveillance of journalists scandal will take place today, 10:30am at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, London.

This time it involves well-known journalists Vincent Kearney, Chris Moore and BBC vs PSNI, the Met, MI5 and others. #PressFreedom

Text: IN THE INVESTIGATORY POWERS TRIBUNAL

At 10:30am

BETWEEN

(1) MR VINCENT KEARNEY

(2) BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION

CLAIMANTS

and

THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THE POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND and OTHERS

RESPONDENT

And

MR CHRISTOPHER DAVID SAMUEL MOORE

CLAIMANTS

and

THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THE POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND and OTHERS

RESPONDENT

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · Sep 11

Enjoyed chatting to Claire Byrne on RTE today about my biography of David Trimble.

Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.impartialreporter.com/news/2541772...

New biography on Lord Trimble to launch at Fermanagh Trust event

A book chronicling the life of Lord Trimble is set to be launched.

www.impartialreporter.com

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social · Aug 8

Delighted to help launch this year’s Aspects Festival in Bangor.
Chatting to Lady Hermon on 3 October at Bangor Abbey about my biography of Lord Trimble.

Tickets aspectsfestival.com/whats-on