In this second of three spring preview instalments, Q&Q takes a look at forthcoming short fiction and poetry titles. Nonfiction will be featured in our final instalment next week. Q&Q’s spring preview ...

Two poems by New Englander Robert Frost on the related theme of seasonal change. The American climate is more extreme than ours and spring more sudden – but the mild south-westerly is familiar on this ...

A tourist lies on the grass, surrounded by spring flowers in a park in central London. Reuters Spring is officially here, and after a winter like this one, we need to go bigger than the age-old "April ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

As a new season arrives, Ian McMillan and guests consider ambivalence and beauty in writing about spring. This week Ian peers into the yellow heart of the daffodil to find out what makes a great ...

Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, Caleb Femi and Penelope Lively to consider poetry, ambivalence and beauty, with the arrival of spring. Show more As a new season arrives, Ian McMillan and guests ...