In The Irish Times tomorrow, there is an interview with award-winning children’s author Martin Waddell, who next week will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Irish Book Awards. Reviews are ...

With a title taken from the autobiography of poet Stephen Spender and a number of lengthy quotations on the gallery walls, this group show, curated by novelist and critic Michael Bracewell ...

Oscar's father, 68, was told the news in Gstaad, the Swiss ski resort where he was spending Christmas with his fourth wife, Lizzie, the daughter of poet Sir Stephen Spender. Oscar's mother ...

Because both men were “essentially made for honeymoons and not for marriages,” as poet Stephen Spender wrote later ... Saul became London’s most famous male prostitute, first as the author—or at least ...

You've heard of the "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic ...

The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa ...

“Thret,” which is probably my favorite piece in the book, reads like a tiny crime novel with speculative elements. It’s ...

WWB staff members on their favorite translated books of the year and the 2025 titles they're most excited about.

Kevin James Hess of Sturgeon Bay gives a reading Dec. 14 at Write On, Door County of selected poems from his book, “On Love ...

Like she does most days, the Ars Poetica poetess and actress was already planning on going to Regent's Park in London to write poetry for strangers. However, this would be the first time she'd be ...

I first encountered Nikki Giovanni, who died on Monday at the age of 81, in the pages of the 1973 edition of the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. It was the ...