Mad Skillz gets that. The Virginia emcee has worked with all of the state’s highest-grossing hip-hop stars, from Pharrell ...

Plan out which events you will attend during the city's three-day literature festival next weekend.

Discover the word juvenescence, meaning the renewal of youth. Originating from Latin, it signifies a return to youthful energy. This term, though uncommon, evokes beauty and vitality. It can describe ...

At the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters 2026, Australian poet and novelist Omar Bin Musa delivered a quietly ...

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s poetry, performance and films inspired generations of artists. Never forgotten after her murder, a new exhibition sheds light on her legacy.

Improbably, by rejecting the poetic ambitions of a young boy and subjecting him as a Black man in America to all manner of ...

As festivals bring books into public life, their true power lies in inclusiveness, oral storytelling, and regional diversity, if they overcome elitism and commercialisation.

While commenting on the gatekeeping of the English language, Bruce Gilley, in his essay “Guarding the Gates of Our Language,” argues that once a culture loses control over its language, everything ...

Over recent decades, haiku has grown worldwide, yet its surge risks reducing the art form to any three-line verse. ‘Jewels of ...

The brother of a popular young man found dead after going missing has spoken of his devastation, saying he feels he has “lost a part of myself”.

Dan Chiasson’s unauthorized biography is part origin story, part author’s memoir about the mayor who transformed the Queen ...

Join a vibrant poetry group at TLC Community Church to share and create poetry in a relaxed, supportive environment.