May 13, the City of Sedona, in conjunction with the Sedona Community Library, appointed Gary Every as its first-ever poet ...

Callum Minford reflects on this year's Nottingham Poetry Festival and what it reveals to us about Nottingham's writing scene.

Generation Verb, a spoken word scholastic program that uses poetry, prose, and performance to encourage self-expression, ...

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Shopper Blog: Linda Parsons named Knoxville's fifth Poet ...

The Vermilion Poetry Society has announced that it will host its first Poetry Slam Contest, according to a news release. The ...

Here's how to help the poemless: go to the poetry shelves in the children’s section of your local library. Grab a book by ...

Poet Harry Baker is set to take centre stage at The Playhouse in Norwich on July 12, as part of his extended Wonderful 2.0 tour.

Music and words collide in a variety of interesting ways at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, writes Fiona ...

Back when I chose my Classic poem, “I was in a Hurry” by Dunya Mikhail, I was struck by its powerful message of losing a country through the comparison of lottery tickets or Purgatory — and I was ...

Slam poetry is a rarity in Japan, but the scene is full of energy and potential that the poets have been bringing to the world slam poetry stage for 10 years now.