In Spring 2016 we ran a competition to find 13-25 year olds who are creating art that aims to make a difference. Massiah Abraham Begashaw, a written/spoken word poet and photographer, was one of three runners up.

There has been a lot of talk about different aspects of the EU referendum: the economy, immigration and trade being the big talking points, but what impact does the EU have on arts and culture?

In Spring 2016 we ran a competition to find 13-25 year olds who are creating art that aims to make a difference. You can read full interviews with the winners, and preview their work over the coming weeks.

Reading or writing about murder? Ellen Orange visited the perfect festival for budding literary detectives.

With the rise of literature festivals, are we getting closer to, or further from accessible reading?

Find out more about the panelists for Arts Award's Twitter Party, that will be held during Arts Award Week 2016. Please note, this event has now happened.

If I asked you, can you name five people who are EGOTs, what would your answer be?

Described as 'Goodreads meets Instagram', Litsy is more social media focused than the former and unlike the latter, it is exclusively bookish.

I'm now a long way into Warwick University's Literature and Mental Health course on Future Learn, and have started to really consider how books could be used on a wider scale. How do we prescribe reading?

Here you'll find all the information you'll need about Arts Award Week - a weeklong celebration of Arts Award's Tenth Birthday!

The most honest and heartbreaking experience I had down in Brighton…

An impressive collection of poetry and writing from the best independent and unknown writers of Brighton.