We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

Now, I tend to write funny rhyming poems. But as I tell kids at school visits, not all poems rhyme and not all poems are funny. But you’ve got to give poetry a chance. Here’s the first poem in ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

In Friday St. Paul show, expect the talented group to take on the issues of the day without much care for who might be ...

The Shadow: Poems for the Children of Gaza (Malta: Horizons, October 2024) is a collection of 42 original poems (21 by Ahmed Miqdad, 21 by John P. Portelli) which depict the state of being of the two ...

My dear friend David, a prolific writer, wrote a funny poem recently about half lives that made me rethink my own thoughts about birthdays. About how when we’re kids, we’re always rounding up to seem ...

More than 400 poems have been written by children from across Wales to show their support for the Cymru women's team. This is the first time the team has reached the UEFA Women’s EURO play-offs. The ...

Jotting down ideas in notebooks is this 12-year-old writer’s secretJust before nap time, Anika Ann Anil conjures and shuffles ...

Richard Thomas has seven kids: Richard, Brooke, Barbara, Gwyneth, Pilar, Kendra and Montana Richard Thomas didn't intend to ...

Do you really need anymore stuff? How about your partner, kids, family or friends? I know brains are wired to like shiny new things. This year, think about gifting wonderful books (suggestions below), ...

Young, who lived in Wells, on the north Norfolk coast, used poetry as a way to channel her emotions. She will be ...