Horror writer Darren Shan’s teen books are gory and fun, but also educational, says Colette Sheridan

A mix of the old and the new are among the books, plays, and films that young teens can study for the first Junior Cycle Student Award in 2017.

It’s readers to the ready this month, as MS Ireland prepares to kick-start its annual Readathon.

Scores of young bookworms packed Cork City Library yesterday to hear international best-selling author Darren Shan read from his latest book.

A ‘book camp’ gave Claire Droney the much-needed push to finally get her novel idea off the ground and onto a page.

Darren Shan is a hugely successful writer living in rural Limerick. He spoke to John Rainsford about his new book Zom-B Angels, the fourth in the series

WORLD famous authors, with more than 50 million sales to their names, have joined forces with Limerick city students to produce a unique literacy and enterprise project.

A LIMERICK author whose books have become world best sellers, yesterday spoke of his delight that a film based on a series of his books will be premiered in Limerick next Tuesday.

RECLUSIVE author Annie Proulx arrived in Ireland yesterday to open a literary festival and will spend the next few days in west Cork researching a new book.

A mix of drama, music and comedy will explode onto the streets of the medieval city of Kilkenny when the arts festival gets underway this August.

HIS 14 books have sold more than 10 million copies across the world and Hollywood now beckons.