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- Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1,000 national poetry prizes (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, N.S., have won national poetry prizes.
- Axe victim escaped 'rage' of Sydney (Ararat Advertiser)
The policewoman whose young children were killed in an axe murder in Cowra yesterday was glad to have escaped the "rage" of Sydney, and dreamt of writing plays and poems and playing the saxophone.
- Latitude festival under way - Eastern Daily Press
The purple sheep calmly munched the grass, and the strains of British Sea Power mingled with the voice of poet Carol Ann Duffy and the jokes of Simon Evans. It could only be the Latitude festival, back at Henham Park, near Southwold, for the third ...
- Mrinal Sen, Pete Lacaba to be honoured at 10th Osian-Cinefan - Livemint
Mrinal Sen, Pete Lacaba to be honoured at 10th Osian-CinefanLivemint, India - 2 hours agoHe has edited numerous books, including ‘Films of Asean’ and Emmanuel Lacaba’s ‘Salvaged poems and salvaged prose’. He has written screenplays of ...
- Serve VOICES 407: Use your talent - The Statesman
Serve VOICES 407: Use your talentThe Statesman, India - 2 hours agoWhat is it about certain poetry, Tagore’s or anyone else’s, that makes the stuff memorable and warming? Why shouldn’t I paint the stars as big red blobs ...
- Young poet wins top prize - Oxfordshire News
A POEM inscribed on a tiny scrap of paper has won the regional round of a prestigious human rights poetry competition. Oxford schoolgirl Aditi Gaddam, a pupil at St Clare's, Banbury Road, was named the Midlands winner for Amnesty International's You ...
- A time to work, a time to play - The Chronicle Herald
IT’S VERY DIFFICULT to sit still and write when the sun is shining and the birds are singing. But that’s the punishment for watching the hockey game late at night instead of writing, sleeping an extra hour in the morning, and forgetting about a ...
- So many books, so little time to read - Press-Register - al.com
So many books, so little time to readPress-Register - al.com, AL - 10 hours agoAt present, I'm mulling seven novels, two short-story collections, three nonfiction narratives, three memoirs, and a volume of poetry. ...
- One Woman's World - American Reporter
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- In the quiet, white unfolding of the Bradford pear trees; in the golden grace of the nodding daffodils; in the symbolic sacredness of the dogwood trees, comes then the season known as Spring to renew our Winter spirits and remind ...
- Boyd Tonkin: A Week in Books (Independent)
If rhyme doesn't pay, then – when it comes to authorial bank accounts – crime more often does. While picking his way through a tangled domestic life (which included, of course, the childhood of his Oscar-winning son, Daniel), the poet Cecil Day-Lewis needed more ample funds than even a Laureate's career in verse will ever supply. Under the pseudonym "Nicholas Blake", he published 20 popular ...
- Nehad Selaiha attends an unusual funeral at the Creativity Centre - Al-Ahram Weekly
Nehad Selaiha attends an unusual funeral at the Creativity CentreAl-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 1 hour agoThe sketch is a television chat show in which a poet, surrounded by a covey of cheering females in weird wigs, reminisces about an old poetry recital held ...
- Winners named in African-American History Contest - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Winners named in African-American History ContestPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 32 minutes agoDozens of local students using a variety of media were named winners Tuesday in the 16th annual National City African-American History Contest. Using poetry ...
- The One True Political Party – But You Still Believe, Don't You? - OpEdNews.com
We are not seeing politics, we are seeing theatrics. These are not candidates, these are the “plasticine porters with looking glass ties” about which Lennon once penned. The mirrors, no doubt, are invaluable tools by which the thespians can be ...
- Women dominate fiction list for Montana NZ Book Awards - New Zealand Herald
Women dominate fiction list for Montana NZ Book AwardsNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 10 hours agoThe poetry category is also an all-female contest, with Janet Charman, Johanna Aitchison and Fiona Farrell the finalists. Ms Freeman says the judges were ...Attached: Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2008 finalists booklet Scoop.co.nz (press release)Debut novel shortlisted for Montana Stuff.co.nzBook award finalists announced Radio New ZealandNew Zealand Heraldall 10 news articles
- In Your Town – Bethlehem area - Allentown Morning Call
In Your Town – Bethlehem areaAllentown Morning Call, PA - 2 hours agoPerform five minutes of comedy, music, recite poetry, sing or dance. Performers must bring their own props and equipment. To register, call 610-867-3761, ...
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