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

I told my students that I don’t want to pretend that we don’t know what it is and aren’t tempted to use it,” writes.

PRISON REFORM AND JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM. WELL, IN OMAHA, MAN IS SHARING THE POWER OF POETRY TO HELP HEAL AND TRANSFORM.

The BBC previously described the frontman of rap group Bob Vylan as an “established poet”, it has emerged. The corporation ...

A new generation of rap moguls and artists are flipping the wealth script by investing in technology, transforming their ...

London rapper Loyle Carner talks about his new album, 'Hopefully !,' how fatherhood changed his music, singing for the first ...

In Cyprus, poets face off in sharp-witted rhyme battles which trace their roots back centuries. Known as tsiattista, the ...

Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has written a poem in rap form to celebrate Prince William's 21st birthday on Saturday. His tribute entitled On The Record - published below - consists of a "kind of rap" ...

Through slam poetry, rap and gospel, they're turning social media into a powerful tool for cultural transmission. A movement that aligns with the government's push for cultural revival.

Until 25 August This Town, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ Just next door to Òran ’s shipping container, Derby-born, Manchester-based writer and performer Rory Aaron (pictured above) delivers another solo ...

“Rap is poetry that's put to music,” Noname tells me. “I do see poetry and rap as one and the same.” Read more: Read, listen and study everything aja monet does ...