After being subjected to some terrible treatment from Alfred Hitchcock, actress Tippi Hedren is much happier looking after her tigers and other big cats, writes Lorraine Wylie

One, a verse novel about conjoined twins, by Sarah Crossan has been named Ireland’s Best Children’s Book.

There is a noticeable change in Sarah Crossan when you ask her to talk about her latest novel One. 

NO! by David McPhail (Frances Lincoln, €10.05; endorsed by Amnesty International UK). Set during wartime a small boy sets out to post a letter.