It’s not every day I get to meet the photographers whose portraits provide a glimpse into the lives of the authors we feature in WLT. So when I heard about the evolving exhibit of author port…

He decided to make a selection that would be as arbitrary as it was brilliant. . . . Very quickly the idea of selling books that he himself would not advise people to read infuriated him. . . . Al…

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has dedicated a fair and enriching portion of events programming to book illustration. British illustrator (and occasional writer) Chris Riddell has a full se…

 During the 2012 Salon du Livre (Book Fair) in Paris, WLT intern Marina Ruiz made her way through the many booths, panel discussions, book signings, and authors. The photo gallery above…

Photos: Eliza RobertsonWhen my dad and I decided to spend two weeks traveling in northern Mongolia, it was not for literary reasons. We brought books, as we always did while traveling—probably more th…

Photos from Ó Bhéal, Cork City’s six-years-old-and-still-going-strong weekly poetry reading. Ó Bhéal / Paul CaseyAn American fiction writer faces a crisis of self-doubt upon…