Biography: Literary

The definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's finest poets, Siegfried Sassoon combines material from The Making of a War Poet and The ...

A biography of Sean O Riordain detailing his difficult life and his journey to becoming a pre-eminent Irish-language poet. O Riordain was one of th...

Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both twenty-four; he was the newly-appointed assistan...

'I was wowed and moved' Tracy Chevalier Anne Brontë is the forgotten Brontë sister, overshadowed by her older siblings - virtuous, successful Charl...

This tender and personal memoir by the poet Joanna Ramsey of George Mackay Brown gives an account of some aspects of the last eight years of his li...

This book is a biography of the author and very skilfully presents a picture of her childhood, juxtaposing childish playfulness with the realities ...

Shortlised for the Saltire Society Non Fiction Book of the Year Award Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island, but few...