The ambassador isn’t here, but Paulie is. Paulie is the second secretary. A convivial fellow, we’ve drunk a few pints ...

John Travers, author of A Shot of Hope, on how we all 'have the power to find strength at life’s most vulnerable moments . . ...

The Michael Hartnett Annual Poetry Award is awarded in alternate years to books of poetry in the Irish and English language.

Barnes Children's Literature Festival returns to London for its 11th year with more than 100 inspiring events, workshops and performances.

Written by Alexia Casale, this black comedy had me in absolute stitches, while some other parts had me in absolute floods of ...

Rod Reynolds, author of Shatter Creek, on the challenges of working both as a full-time dad and a full-time crime writer . . ...

Author Katie Allen on Writing Happy is the One. Asking questions in fiction . . . writing always begins with the character.

The strangest thing about writing a series character for 20 years, is that you have to write about the same bloody person, ...

Taking its name and ethos from Patrick Kavanagh’s belief in the beauty of the everyday, Every Blooming Thing weaves together ...

Children of the Volcano: Making a Life for Three in Sicily. Ros Belford’s uplifting, humorous memoir building a new life on a ...

The Anthology Poetry Competition is open to original and previously unpublished poems in the English language.