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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...

Teacher Nelsalene Lespere has written the book on poetry for Bermuda’s students. After finding virtually no collections of locally-inspired poems that could line up with the curriculum for her pupils, she decided it was time to sit down and write one...

Outgoing president of the Bermuda Reading Association Darnell Wynn called for parents and teachers to join the fight to improve literacy on the Island She also urged interested teachers to step forward to take on board roles at the group’s annual gen...

Many of us can’t imagine the kind of abuse that American author and motivational speaker Johnnetta McSwain — Clay went through as a youngster. From age five she was sexually molested by her three uncles; the abuse continued into her teen years at the...

There can’t be many writers who publish their first book aged 80. That is what Mary J MacLeod has done with ‘The Island Nurse’, and her memories of living life as a nurse on a remote Scottish island more than 40 years ago make for a fascinating read....

Youth poetry club ChewSLAM is hoping to take part in a Chicago poetry festival, but first they need the assistance of the public. The club is hoping to raise $20,000 to send six competing team members and two coaches to the Brave New Voices (BNV) Poe...

One of America’s most accomplished and respected young poets will be sharing her talents with local poetry lovers tonight at Chewstick’s Neo-Griot Lounge. Aja Monet burst into the spotlight as a member of the first youth team from New York City to wi...

An enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd was at the Bermuda National Library to receive Melodye Micëre Van Putten’s rendition of her fourth collection of poetry entitled, Healing History: Reflections on Race and Forgiveness in Prose and Poetry. Aft...

Scores of young people lace up their sneakers each year to run in the Telford Electric Magic Mile. But when six-year-old Dakari Saunders managed to run 200 metres in this year’s race it brought some onlookers to tears. Dakari has cerebral palsy and ...