Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts
The album scored largest streaming week for an album ever and largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era, Billboard said.
Mon Apr 29 2024
Taylor Swift wins 13th Grammy, announces new album
Her new album 'The Tortured Poet's Department' will be out on April 19.
Mon Feb 05 2024
World's smallest escape room is a coffin
The live-action puzzle game is called "Catalepsy", a reference to a medical condition easily mistakable for death.
Thu Feb 01 2024
Pelantikan 28 panel pakar beri nilai tambah pada inisiatif dan ikhtiar KPKT
Pelantikan seramai 28 panel pakar (POE) akan memberikan nilai tambah kepada ikhtiar dan inisiatif yang akan dilakukan Kementerian Pembangunan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT).
Sun Mar 26 2023
Poet Amanda Gorman, K-pop's Blackpink push global goals at UN
Gorman and Blackpink were taking part in an event to promote the 17 sustainable development goals created by the United Nations in 2015.
Tue Sep 20 2022
Rahman Shaari named 15th national laureate
President of the Association of Malaysian Poets (Penyair) Datuk Rahman Shaari has been named the 15th national laureate.
Wed Jun 22 2022
#KiniNews: Pejuang - Dr M reveals name of new party
Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad today revealed that his new political party would be named 'Pejuang.'
In a blog post late this afternoon, the former Bersatu chairperson wrote a poem-like statement revealing the name of the party, which would be set up soon.
This comes five days after he revealed that he would be forming a new party, after losing his bid to challenge his expulsion from Bersatu.
In a blog post late this afternoon, the former Bersatu chairperson wrote a poem-like statement revealing the name of the party, which would be set up soon.
This comes five days after he revealed that he would be forming a new party, after losing his bid to challenge his expulsion from Bersatu.
Sun Mar 20 2022
Let's Talk: Malaysian Lit in the World
Who does the writer or poet create for? Sharaad Kuttan speaks to K. S. Maniam, novelist and academic and recipient of the 2000 Raja Rao Award in 2000, for his outstanding contribution to the literature of the South Asian diaspora. And Malachi Edwin Vethamani, Professor of Modern English Literature, University of Nottingham Malaysia.
Thu Mar 17 2022
Let's Talk: English - Poetry, Short Stories or the Novel?
We discuss the popularity of the English-language Short Stories in Malaysian literature. Sharaad Kuttan speaks to K. S. Maniam, novelist and academic and recipient of the 2000 Raja Rao Award in 2000, for his outstanding contribution to the literature of the South Asian diaspora. And Malachi Edwin Vethamani, Professor of Modern English Literature, University of Nottingham Malaysia.
Thu Mar 17 2022
Using poetry to advise younger generation against corruption
Messages or advice, especially in teaching the younger generation to stay away from corrupt practices, could be conveyed through poetry in its subtle form.
Sun Jan 30 2022
50 years after his death, fans honour Jim Morrison
Hundreds of fans gathered at Jim Morrison's grave to pay tribute to the American singer and poet on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Sat Jul 03 2021
Meenachi passing: Melaka loses dondang sayang iconic figure
G Meenachi, an iconic figure among dondang sayang and pantun (traditional musical and poetic art form) aficionados, died at the Melaka Hospital yesterday. She was 91.
Sun Jun 06 2021
The Malaysian Poetry Writing Fortnight
Many of us are chiefly focused on getting published in journals or magazines based in the US, the UK, or even Canada and Australia, the both of us included.
Mon Apr 12 2021
Adam Zagajewski: Poland's unassuming 'poet of 9/11'
He composed unrhymed poems that spanned topics from human emotions to urban landscapes and called to mind the works of Hegel or Kierkegaard.
Mon Mar 22 2021
Born without a womb, Malaysian artist sparks conversation on sexual health
For years, Wani kept her condition a secret even as she embarked on a career as a singer, poet, author and scriptwriter.
Thu Mar 04 2021