Creative Irish gifts can be tricky to find at St Pat's.The real Irish soul in the John McGahern memoir,film or stories is a fresh change from leprechaun keyfobs,shamrocks,endless Riverdance Cds and Plastic Paddies. Crystal lakes,blossomed hedges,wild creatures and harsh lives are more authentic..

The Witness For The Prosecution courtroom drama by Agatha Christie had rave reviews as a short story,then as The Witness For The Prosecution play,then as the film or dvd!Now there are Agatha Christie Wii and online games!How do stories make the leap from book through stage to screen to online game?

New insights into the secret life of Agatha Christie´s hideaway home can now be glimpsed.The novelist with short stories,plays, and now Wii games to her name had an extra love in life-the shaded riverside spot which provided the silence and beauty she needed for writing. Now we can all peek in...

The new novel-based movie Revolutionary Road has gained acclaim from some critics, and some readers are adding its troubled author Richard Yates to their lifelong favourites bookshelf- but for those wanting more, where they can they go next? Short Stories...Autobiography..

John Updike,author of short stories and novels such as Witches of Eastwick, died this month aged 76.Among his early stories about a couple (the ´Maples´)is ´Separating.´But is the story really about the end of a marriage or more about the start of a mental health condition signalled by depression?

Short scary stories-Guy De Maupassant ideas for gothic fiction fans running out of grisly Edgar Allen Poe stories-perfect for Burns Night Supper or Halloween,´The Hand´all grisly,shrivelled and black,may open a new world of classic gothic horror genre short stories about death- is that hand moving?

New short scary stories- here´s a taste from Stephen King-a new book called Just After Sunset is an unusual gift for men. The short stories collection will chill short scary fiction fans sharing Burns Night Tales. A Modern day girl goes jogging -confident,cool and therefore safe?I don´t think so..

New short scary stories- here´s a taste from Stephen King-a new book called Just After Sunset. This Stephen King short stories collection will chill and thrill short scary fiction fans sharing tales on Burns Night.A Modern day girl goes jogging -confident,cool and therefore safe?I don´t think so..

Kids often complain they´d rather watch Hans Christian Andersen fairytales and stories rather than read them.On revisiting The Snow Queen,I don´t blame them! Teachers and parents may disagree- a new generation of short story readers are seemingly on their side-if the story´s a young adult retelling!

Christmas stories for children can provide irresistible inspirations for their writing. Kids can´t fail to get motivated by the soppy,lonesome,Christmastime face of the abandoned black labrador on the cover of a book I found. Adults too will love reading it out- why,I nearly took him in myself...