The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on May 31, in conjunction with the annual WordSpring writing festival in Fredericton.

Singh’s writing was a blend of wit, wisdom, and wickedly sharp observations. His masterpiece, Train to Pakistan (1956), ...

A five-book shortlist will be announced on April 3, with the winner to be named at a ceremony in Toronto on June 4.

Dr Dampare, the IGP, lost the battle because he was a “bad leader”. If he wanted to prolong his stay as an IGP, it would have ...

March 19, 1975 The Quill and Scroll honorary journalistic society at Altoona Area High School, Elizabeth Folk advisor, named Marianne Sickles the first place winner in its poetry contest for her poem ...

Prolific author, publisher and editor Felice Picano died at his home in Los Angeles on March 12 of lymphoma. He was 81. Since then, numerous authors and people in the publishing industry had praised ...

In the vibrant theatre of South African social media, where tweets fly faster than a vuvuzela's hum, poet, and activist ...

Felice Picano, a pioneering figure in gay literature, passed away on March 12, 2025, at the age of 81 in Los Angeles, ...

Loyola's Social Justice Week invited poet Shivani Gupta to instruct using the power of the pen to combat injustice.

At a time when, in his words, “nobody was writing about gay life,” he produced groundbreaking novels and memoirs and ...

We may earn a commission from your purchases. As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well.