A Night To Remember: A Christmas Eve short story, by Shifnal author Eddie Main

Novelist and playwright Fay Weldon wowed the audience at the opening of Wellington Literary Festival. The writer spoke to a packed audience of 200 people at Wrekin College’s Centenary Theatre on Saturday evening.

Shropshire teenager Misia Clive may be only 17, but she is already a published author having written and illustrated a children’s book.

Letter: I met the miserable (Philip) Larkin in 1943 in the library. I have read his poetry and letters and met his fan club. I was one of the few who started Wellington Literary Festival. I am not a total ignoramus on the subject.

Ann Widdecombe delighted a sell-out crowd when she visited Market Drayton’s arts venue to lift the lid on life as an author, former politician and Strictly Come Dancing star.

A rural hideaway has been given £1.65 million in funding as part of a plan to attract some of the best writers in the world to Shropshire.

A best-selling Shropshire author is taking readers into the days of drama and intrigue of ancient Rome in the first in a new series of books.

Letter: I think it would be misguided to remove from Wellington its association with one of the foremost poets (and novelists) of the 20th century.

Shropshire crime writer Priscilla Masters will be celebrating her latest book at a launch in Shrewsbury next month.

Shropshire author Eddie Main, from Shifnal, brings us his traditional Christmas Eve story — a soldier ventures into the Stretton Hills to keep a promise.

People are being urged to make sure they turn up on time to Wellington Literary Festival to avoid disappointment if they cannot get in.

A host of the country’s top children’s authors and illustrators visited schools around Shropshire for the annual Authors in Schools week. The event was organised by Shrewsbury Children’s Bookfest and took place last week from Monday to Friday.