Callum Minford reflects on this year's Nottingham Poetry Festival and what it reveals to us about Nottingham's writing scene.

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The Vermilion Poetry Society has announced that it will host its first Poetry Slam Contest, according to a news release. The ...

Here's how to help the poemless: go to the poetry shelves in the children’s section of your local library. Grab a book by ...

Poet Harry Baker is set to take centre stage at The Playhouse in Norwich on July 12, as part of his extended Wonderful 2.0 tour.

Music and words collide in a variety of interesting ways at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, writes Fiona ...

Back when I chose my Classic poem, “I was in a Hurry” by Dunya Mikhail, I was struck by its powerful message of losing a country through the comparison of lottery tickets or Purgatory — and I was ...

Yuuri Miki reads her poems with a fierceness and softness — deep breaths and an edge to her voice that cuts like a knife. Reading poetry aloud is an art, a skill that made her Japan national ...

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” ...

I remember one of the first times reading a poem on stage at Portland Poetry Slam… still remember my hand shaking with the page. Miller: All right, let’s have a listen.

Hi, I’m Chika!” I said, willing myself to ignore the sound of my heart pulsing in my ears. His handshake was surprisingly ...