Trick To Time by Kit de Waal is published in hardback by Viking, priced £12.

DAVID Park went as deep as he possibly could as a writer in his latest novel, Travelling In A Strange Land.

JUDITH Kerr confesses she has a bit of a hangover, due to a little too much prosecco at a National Literacy Trust party she attended the night before our interview.

BOOK OF THE WEEK Tangerine by Christine Mangan is published in hardback by Little, Brown, priced £14.

RENOWNED artist, musician, and monarch – there aren't many Irish celebrities who can claim that particular hat-trick, but Tory Island's best known resident, Patsaí Dan Mag Ruaidhrí (Patsy Dan Rodgers) is rather unique in wearing the crown of the last king of Ireland.

1. When did you think about a career in music and what were your first steps into it? I think I landed a gig in a coffee shop when I was 15/16 and that's when the penny dropped that I could get paid for playing music.

AWARD-winning American author Elizabeth George has a lot to celebrate, as her popular Thomas Lynley series – featuring the upper crust English inspector and his working-class sidekick, DS Barbara Havers – reaches its 30th anniversary and 20th book.

BOOK OF THE WEEK Red Clocks by Leni Zumas is published in hardback by The Borough Press, priced £16.