Editor's note, March 9, 2017: This article previously stated the Book of Kells was displayed in the Dublin Writers Museum. It is in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

That first trip also included a stop in Edinburgh, but not at its Writers’ Museum. Thirteen years later, my second trip to Edinburgh was too busy with activities from my son’s wedding to allow a ...

The evening raised over $800,000 for the museum's operations and honored writers with awards recognizing their influence among students, the media and literary industries. The scholarship winners ...