The Community Library Network in Kootenai County, Idaho, is considering a list of 140 books – many of them young adult novels ...

Long ago, as students, we read Shelley’s poem ‘Ozymandias’ in which the boast of the protagonist lay buried in the sands and it said, ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, look on my works, ye ...

Children's poet Constance Levy, a former educator who lives in St. Louis, encourages readers of all ages to tell their own ...

Dr Sanjeev Chopra Authors of most books published in the last two years – and I know this from reading the Prologue/Preface/Acknowledgments in books nominated for the Valley of Words Book Awards – ...

The North Park resident says she hopes to work with local schools to incorporate more poetry into their curriculums and host ...

Sunlight was emerging through the clouds on St Brigid’s Day, marking the Celtic start of spring, as they came to honour a poet of the natural world. Up to 300 mourners packed into a Belfast church on ...

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s ...

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley has taken place in Belfast. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on 22 January. The poet is survived by his wife Edna and children Rebecca ...

I’ve been in Japan for less than 24 hours and somehow, I’ve found myself in a ruby-red basement bar watching an 89-year-old magician make a 1000-yen note levitate. I pull an Aussie $5 note from my ...

The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post ...