Nearly two decades after being put on trial for ‘insulting Turkishness’, Shafak has become one of the UK’s most popular ...

A poor, tormented artist, consumed with passion and ambition, is given a silver bell that will provide all his heart desires.

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

Poets & Writers is a nonprofit established in 1970 with a mission “to foster the professional development of poets and writers, to promote communication throughout the literary community, and to help ...

This truly amazing and the most unbelievable miracle occurred almost three and half decades ago in the holy abode of Lord Sri Venkateswara of the Tirumala Tirupati temple located on a hill top in the ...

Nowadays, it would be almost unthinkable that a woman would have to disguise her gender in order to become a published author ...

It is really one of the most dramatic episodes in American history: Paul Revere and others rushing to warn the countryside, and the British troops marching through the night, not briefed on their ...

reporters under threat and a stuttering economy — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s first six months in power have triggered alarm bells for activists worried about a return to the ...

We typically use OK or okay to express assent, agreement or acceptance. It can also be an adjective or adverb to suggest ...

Two Torquay surfers have earned a golden ticket into their home event, snapping up wildcard spots for this week’s Rip Curl Pro. Plus, Torquay Boardriders Club’s top finish in national final.

Birds symbolize freedom, wisdom, death, and rebirth in literature, enriching themes in iconic works. Find out these significant birds and their literary meanings. In To Kill a Mockingbird ...

In The Bells of Old Tokyo, Anna Sherman, a US-born, Oxford-trained classicist who moved to Tokyo in 2001, claims that ‘Tokyo is one vast timepiece’. Her debut work, the book is a subtle, beautifully ...