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

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.

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

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 . . ...

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

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

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

This week sees two top titles storming the tip of the Top 20 in the Irish books bestseller lists – at no. 1 is Jacqueline Connolly with Deadly Silence: A sister’s battle to uncover the truth behind ...

The Anthology Poetry Competition is open to original and previously unpublished poems in the English language.