One of the few authors who has garnered national treasure status, Morpurgo recommends his all-time favourite books ...

Celebrated multi-arts festival Latitude has revealed even more of its stellar 2025 lineup. Latitude is much more than a music ...

Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen said that "a shadow passed over us" and recited a moving poem of Covid pandemic ...

The Festival of Brilliant will be returning to Staffordshire Moorlands this summer, following the huge success of last year’s event. Children’s Laureates will appear alongside a stellar line-up of ...

Late Australian poet Dorothy Porter could take a mere handful of words and do extraordinary things with them. Her sister, ...

The show is a personal double bill of monologue and poetry that delves deep into the themes of trauma, grief and mortality.

Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen said that "a shadow ... Emotional scenes played out across the UK on Sunday as the bereaved and their communities hosted hundreds of events to mark the ...

A MUCH-LOVED literature festival made a 'magnificent' return to the Lake District this month. Words by the Water, which took ...

It was a night of celebration and literary excellence as the 2025 Fenland Poet Laureate Awards honoured the district’s finest ...

WORDSPOKEN is a local tradition in the making. The event series, which will return from a summer hiatus as part of the ...

Poetry, like most art, is subjective, and people’s tastes run as wide as the collections on offer. Whether young or old, well ...