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Seven of the Island’s promising young artists are today representing Bermuda at a US festival billed as bringing together “500 of the most outspoken and talented young artists”. Courtesy of the Chewstick Foundation, the team set off yesterday to show...

One thing that can be said about author Crystal Holdipp is that she writes from the heart. Her latest collection of writings, Inspiring Moments: Encouragement for the Soul, aims to impact people’s lives and encourage them to reach their full potenti...

Anna Cann has done it again with another book of inspirational poems. She released her first two chap books last November and then swore that she didn’t have the time or the inclination to do it again. “I didn’t intend to do another book, but I got b...

A “hot chick” inspired Javon Johnson to start writing poetry. Dr Johnson, from Los Angeles, California, is an award winning poet and university professor who will be reading at the Bermuda College, on Wednesday evening. “When I was in high school th...

Best selling author James Patterson recently gave $1 million to independent bookstores in the United States because he thinks the future of reading is dismal. Mr Patterson’s reasoning is that people aren’t reading anymore because they are downloading...

Books have a way of taking you to places you couldn’t ordinarily go. From travelogues that show you what it’s like in far away lands; to fairy tales that give you your first impressions of romantic love — there’s no end to what you can learn and expe...

Nursing Associate Manaie Buchanan broke down and cried the first time she read her poetry to people at the senior citizen facility where she works. “The poetry was deeply personal and came from the heart,” she said. At first she was embarrassed but ...

A picture really can be worth a thousand words — or so author Rod Farrington discovered. His latest novel, ‘The Life and Fast Times of the Bayou Bandits’, was inspired by a photograph taken on a trip to the Louisiana swamps. The book tells of a ficti...

Local author and illustrator Joan Aspinall didn’t earn the top prize in a recent 21st Annual Writer’s Digest Self Published Book Awards Competition, but that isn’t stopping her from walking away a winner. That’s because her popular Bermudian Christm...

October 28, 2013 Dear Sir In view of all of this senseless violence resulting in death or severe injuries, I was asked to compose a poem that may be able to reach and touch people’s hearts. On completion of the poem it was suggested that I send it t...

A Bermuda Christmas tradition will now honour the memory of a Bermudian cultural icon. Beginning this year, The Royal Gazette’s Christmas short story competition — which has run in this newspaper for more than half a century — will be named after the...