In this episode of The Writing Life podcast, prize-winning poet and writer Michael Pedersen shares his experience writing between genres.

Authors' Talk with Wendy Erskine & Ronan Hession presented by The OtherSide. Siamsa Tíre Theatre, Tralee, Co. Kerry.

Hodder & Stoughton has brought together its largest-ever cast for the audiobook of Wendy Erskine’s debut novel The Benefactors, a polyphonic presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland.

From poetry to essays, gardening tips to memoir, here are five books inspired by gardens as recommended by CEO Peggy Hughes.

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Birds in their 40s wintering on mudflats and coastal wetlands of the Wash received leg rings in early 1980s If your ears are assaulted by the shrill piping calls of an excitable bird on the east coast of England, fear not: it’s probably an oystercatcher experiencing a midlife crisis. Two of the handsome black and white birds with bright red-orange bills have been found to be the oldest known oystercatchers ever recorded in Britain, clocking up at least 41 and 43 years on the mudflats of the Wash. Continue reading...

A short story by Lynn Buckle

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Religious mystics Margery of Kempe and Julian of Norwich lived in close proximity to one another in time and place, yet the lives of these two medieval women couldn’t have been more different. One tra...