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- Relax with a massage at library - Peterborough Today
Relax with a massage at libraryPeterborough Today, UK - 1 hour agoWhile the stresses and strains of daily life are being soothed away, you can enjoy listening to readings of poetry, literature and “chick litâ€. ...
- Pembrokeshire prize poetry - News Wales
Poets of all ages are invited to enter the annual Pembrokeshire Fish Week poetry competition. This year it is called Angling for Words and entrants can interpret the subject in any way they want. Entries can be in English or Welsh, and will be judged ...
- Man Asian longlist strong on Filipino writers (Guardian Unlimited)
The longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize features a strong showing from Filipino writers
- Elsie Von Maur receives musical farewell at memorial service - Quad-Cities Times
Elsie von Maur might be listening from heaven Monday as friends celebrate her life with a musical memorial service at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Davenport. Von Maur, 106, died May 12, and Monday's service celebrates her passionate love for music ...
- Canadian novelist, poet Margaret Atwood wins Spanish literary award (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MADRID, Spain - Canadian author Margaret Atwood has won Spain's Prince of Asturias literary prize. The jury praised the 68-year-old writer for work that covers several genres "with sharpness and irony."
- Shallal Brings 'Poets' Vision to EMU - EMU News
EMU NewsShallal Brings 'Poets' Vision to EMUEMU News, VA - 1 hour agoHis cafe is also named for that famous African-American poet, who worked as a Washington busboy during the 1920s, Shallal explained to an audience of 160 ...
- Where nothing is easy to pin down - Sunday Times.lk
Where nothing is easy to pin downSunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka - 52 minutes agoShortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize, Sumathy Sivamohan’s ‘political autobiography in poetry and prose’, is a staggering work. ...
- Bad poetry from 1890s brings $12K at auction (Arizona Daily Star)
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language.
- Stagecoach Days return June 14 (Navasota Examiner)
Start your summer vacation with a visit to Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas! On Saturday, June 14, we will celebrate Stagecoach Days with an all-around family event.
- Anne d’Harnoncourt dies (Philly.com)
Anne d’Harnoncourt, leader of the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1982, died Sunday at age 64.
- Free (Or Incredibly Cheap) Festivals For Summer (The Motley Fool)
Summer is festival season, but they can set you back a small fortune -- that is unless you can find free (or incredibly cheap) ones to attend.
- In the Land of the Master Chess Player - Venezuelanalysis.com
In the Land of the Master Chess PlayerVenezuelanalysis.com, Venezuela - 5 hours agoClifton Ross represented the US in the Second World Poetry Festival of Venezuela in 2005 and his book of poems in Spanish, Traducir el Silencio, ...
- The dark side of globalisation - Economist
The dark side of globalisationEconomist, UK - 1 hour agoThe cliché that eastern Europe is crammed with highly educated boffins and poetry-spouting intellectuals has long been disproved. In the OECD’s latest PISA ...
- Is Amy Poehler ‘Office’-Bound? - New York Magazine
New York MagazineIs Amy Poehler ‘Office’-Bound?New York Magazine, USA - 1 hour ago[Variety] Williams Is a New Dad: Robin Williams and Alexie Gilmore will star in World's Greatest Dad, the story of a poetry teacher (Williams) whose son ...
- Why Korean Professors Stay Put - New York Times Blogs
In the U.S. many academic economists are constantly looking for jobs at other schools, hoping to get large salary increases either in the new job or at their current one, to move to a more desirable location, or have better students. And a lot of ...
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