The inaugural all-island edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival opened in Belfast with three days of events at Ulster University.

Discussions addressed empire, partition, borders, identity, and geopolitics.

William Dalrymple, Nandini Das and Jane Ohlmeyer examined the shared histories of Ireland and India.

Shashi Tharoor spoke on constitutions and political futures.

Leo Varadkar discussed geopolitics and the constitutional future of the island of Ireland.

Lucy Caldwell, Michelle Gannon, Sinéad Gleeson and Wendy Erskine addressed writing craft in post-conflict settings.

The Belfast programme was supported by the Government of Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

The ten-day festival continues in Armagh, Dundalk and Dublin.