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- Still ringing in our ears (The Star)
Words have power and none more so than those spoken by great orators and statesmen in the name of freedom and democracy. StarMag recalls some of these memorable speeches made through the ages on the nation’s 51st birthday today.
- Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'The Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - Jul 22, 2008Steel is a leader of a genre that generated $1.37 billion in book sales in 2006, outselling every market category except religion/inspirational, ...
- Raman Thediya Seethai: sheer poetry on celluloid (New Kerala)
"Raman Thediya Seethai" (Ram's quest for Sita) is one movie whose review needs a Ramayana of trivia and praise. The film is a slick, simple, splendid entertainer sans sex and sleaze.
- Danube Express: Awaken, not stirred - Independent
Danube Express: Awaken, not stirredIndependent, UK - 8 hours agoBond's train, he wrote, "throbbed with the tragic poetry of departure". What, I wonder, would Bond have thought of the train claimed to "set new standards ...
- Palestinians prepare state funeral for poet Darwish - Daily Star - Lebanon
Palestinians prepare state funeral for poet DarwishDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - Aug 11, 2008He penned over two dozen books of poetry and prose in a career spanning nearly five decades that captured the Palestinian experience of war, exile, ...
- A spattering of colour - The National
A spattering of colourThe National, United Arab Emirates - 18 hours agoAlong with those volumes, Pamuk Senior passed on some of his own literary cravings – he was an engineer who longed to write poetry. ...
- Festival a celebration of a city's people - Tonight South Africa
The annual Feast of the Clowns community festival is again upon us. It is organised by the Tshwane Leadership Foundation (TLF) - an NGO which works with inner city churches, community organisations and the metropolitan municipality. the festival aim ...
- Hugh Reid MacCallum, Milton scholar, dies age 80 (The Globe and Mail)
Professor of English at the University of Toronto for 35 years was an unassuming giant in the field of 17th-century literary criticism
- What's cooking? - Times of India
What's cooking?Times of India, India - 2 hours agoOr why would your wife who loves English poetry start sprouting shayari? Picking up fights: Having fights is a sign of a healthy relationship. ...
- Literary stars open book on WordFest - Calgary Herald
Literary stars open book on WordFestCalgary Herald, Canada - 17 minutes agoFormer Calgarian Kinnie Starr will blend music and beat poetry at her event, as will Afro-beat poet Ikwunga and children's author Hazel Hutchins, ...
- A Gold Mine Of Adventures - Tampa Tribune
A Gold Mine Of AdventuresTampa Tribune, FL - 4 minutes agoAs with every book in the series, this one is narrated by Inigo Balboa, now in his mid-teens. After his experiences at war in the last book, "The Sun Over ...
- Inspiration grew on allotment - Journal Live
Inspiration grew on allotmentJournal Live, UK - 1 hour agoSadly, Liz is turning her attention to poetry and writing now as her eyesight is failing, meaning she can’t attain the high standards she sets herself. ...
- A Day with Trey McIntyre - Boise Weekly
A Day with Trey McIntyreBoise Weekly, USA - 42 minutes ago4:00 pm—The dancers break again and McIntyre sits down to explain that both "Surrender" and "Leatherwing Bat" deal with recent important changes in his life ...
- Roddy Lumsden for August 'Over The Edge: Open Reading' - Indymedia Ireland
Leading Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden for first Over The Edge: Open Reading after summer break. Roddy Lumsden The August Over The Edge: Open Reading takes place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday, August 28th, 6.30-8pm ...
- Lord Byron - guardian.co.uk
Lord Byronguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoVirginia Woolf, "much impressed" by the "extreme badness" of his poetry, admitted he had "force". Eliot concurred that "he added nothing to the language... ...
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