Shel Silverstein was a master of linguistic mischief, using repetition and creative wordplay to amuse and prepare kids for reading.

The poet and author Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih has just won another award, for works that weave past and present, what we’ve ...

I thought your mother was the cat’s meow. She would flirt with me in the most innocent ways,” Clinton, 78, said in his eulogy.

The poet Semyon Nadson (1862 - 1887) lived for 24 years. He is known for being the first poet of Jewish descent to achieve ...

What is surprising is that the life story and works of this poet, war poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist and children ...

Naming the names of the dead is an important act of memorialisation; for those they leave behind, it is their names that contain their essence. Palestinians in Gaza are writing the ...

Parminder went on to star in the series Maternal, in which she played an NHS nurse struggling with a work-life balance as a ...

Traditional singer and composer Aileen Lambert, from Ballindaggin, Co Wexford, has been putting a new voice to the words of the poet Winifred M Letts (1882-1972). Aileen has composed new airs, in the ...

While Hasib Hourani's Rock Flight and Samah Sabawi's Cactus Pear for My Beloved are both <a target=_blank href= ...

Nearly two years after her death, Lisa Marie Presley's daughter Riley Keough has released the late star's memoir, From Here ...

A dramatic London import, The Hills of California, about shattered dreams drifts to Broadway with potency and poignancy.

Nova Scotia musician Joel Plaskett enjoys putting on a big show in an arena, but his latest record evokes a more subtle, ...