Yes, I admit it, I did once apply to be a Lord. There was a short-lived scheme to appoint a few so-called 'People's Peers'.

Anne Cassin grew up in Balbriggan, County Dublin. She’s the eldest daughter of the late actor and director Barry Cassin.  She ...

Previous birthday posts: 45 wishes, 44 thoughts about the future, 43 things, 42 / 42 admissions, 41 things. One. I lie in bed ...

Louise Anne Meredith drew her literary inspiration from the Australian landscape and crafted her own ‘brand’ in its image.

I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls ...

Every January 1 in the Books department, we like to make an extra toast for a concurrent holiday: Public Domain Day.

Matthew Thomas says he always wanted to author a children's book, but when his subject — Grizzly 399 — was killed by a car, ...

Quartez Harris champions the power of literature with “Go Tell It,” which details the early years of celebrated writer James ...

Fifty children have been taken to safety after their school was cut off by floodwater as a major incident was declared in ...

Through rain and shine, the children’s author and mother of three continues her Misty The Cloud series with her newest ...

Jennifer Szalai, Dwight Garner and Alexandra Jacobs look back at the books that “offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads.” When cats bite or scratch, they’re trying to tell you ...

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