J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have be...

Richard Wernham was born on 11 October 1906. He studied at Exeter College, Oxford from 1925 to 1928. He was appointed a Fellow of Trinity College in 1934, remaining there until 1951. He was Profess...

Bruce Gilley is professor of political science in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University.

Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th ...

Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th ...

John Parker has been a writer and journalist all his working life, in a career that has taken him from local newspapers to Life magazine. He spent twenty years in Fleet Street and his books include...

Robert Seatter has published four poetry collections: ’Travelling to the Fish Orchards’, ’On the Beach with Chet Baker’, ’Writing King Kong’, all from Seren; ’The Book of Snow’ from Two Rivers Pres...

　　精選香港兒童文學名家獲獎作品，當中每一位名家都對香港的兒童文學創作出過巨大貢獻，為香港當代兒童提供優質讀物。所選的作品大多曾獲獎，既是作家本人的重要作品，也是對香港小讀者曾產生過甚大影響的作品。 　　作品內容豐富，而且反映的時間跨度也十分大，作品分別展示二十世紀五十年代至二十一世紀初香港少年兒童的精神面貌和社會風情，內容健康積極，是小學生成長路止不可不讀的精品。故事情節有趣而引人入勝，主...

David Byrne (1962-2019), a native of Dublin, was a teacher who taught in Dundrum (Dublin), Brussels and Lucan. He loved Mayo and stayed there frequently throughout each year. He enjoyed engaging wi...