The writer on her lastest novel, The Stolen Child; being chosen to write an official Cold Feet tie-in; and her Dean Koontz motto for life
Luckily, common sense prevailed: I survived without it and relished nature’s magic
Daughters were expected to earn their own living. Education was a priority
The Sex Education actor talks about her Irish roots and her Anglo-French upbringing
‘Mysterious’, ‘introverted’, ‘eccentric’ – The Kiwi songwriter has picked up a lot of labels and she’s not bothered
Ponden Hall, a nine-bed B&B, has made itself an attraction for the novel’s superfans
From Shakespeare to Emily Bronte, literature has featured strongly across her 10 albums
Children’s books: from wood mice and red squirrels to beetles and termites, there’s plenty of nature in these new releases
‘How to Be Invisible’, a collection of lyrics from across the singer’s 40-year career, will have introduction by novelist David Mitchell
Special accolade celebrates 50th anniversary of the literary prize
The ‘English Brokeback Mountain’ is a gritty, muddy, magical tale of love and livestock
Ahead of this year’s Dublin Book Festival, we ask some of the participating authors to tell us the stories behind the books in their personal collections
A revamped list of texts has been brought in at secondary level. But is it too modern?
The moors of Emily Brontë’s novel are raging and unruly, peaceful and polite. Is the new Gate adapation torn between two worlds?
As the Gate presents a fresh adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic of passion (or hysterical excess, depending on your outlook), a new Heathcliff and Catherine get to grips with our expectations and their interpretations
You may be too old to go trick or treating, but are you brave enough to read one of these tales before you go to sleep tonight?
‘Kate O’Brien was one of the great successes of the Censorship Board in that they succeeded in driving her out of the country into penury’
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction last week announced a list of the top 20 most influential books written by women. We continue our series on female authors, looking at the books as voted for by the public.
‘If there is a Hell being prepared for me, it will be a dinner party. But I’d like to be in a bar, late at night in New York, with Colm Toibin, Patti Smith, Dickens, St John of the Cross, Toni Morrison, Keats and Emily Bronte, with her brother Branwell leading the singsong while arm-wrestling’
‘I had to remould my brain to write “The Follow”. It involved three trips to Borneo and years of reading and studying and thinking hard about human beings and our place in the natural world’
After more than 40 books, the prolific professor is asking the wrong questions
The much-anticipated Plath question was described as a “gem”
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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