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Australia will return to pen-and-paper writing tests for Year 5 pupils from 2028, following concerns over the impact of excessive screen time on learning. Read More: https://punchng.com/australia-scraps-digital-writing-tests-for-year-5-pupils/

A remarkable 4,000-year-old defensive structure discovered in Morocco is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about ancient North African civilizations. The massive fortifications reveal unexpectedly sophisticated prehistoric societies and suggest that the region played a much greater role in Mediterranean history than previously recognized.

As editors turn to imperfect AI detection tools to weed out machine-generated submissions, writers who say they were falsely accused of using AI are left wondering what triggered a positive result.

The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.

Stephen Glover is also writing and executive producing.

Young Storytellers, the Los Angeles nonprofit that brings mentorship and storytelling programs to public school students, has announced the creation of The Jamie Tarses Fund. It is named in memory of the television executive and producer, who was a founding member of the organization’s board and died in 2021. The fund will support Young Storytellers’ […]

EXCLUSIVE: The TV adaptation of John Ryan’s non-fiction book America’s Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case now has a writer. British screenwriter Jack Cressall is writing a pilot for Camp Justice, which will be based on Ryan’s non-fiction book from last year. Naomi Harvey from Golden Possum Productions has developed the book for TV and […]

For more than 15 years, the Fatima bint Mohamed Bin Zayed Initiative (FBMI) has been rethinking philanthropy. Founded in 2010 by Sheikha Fatima bint Mohamed, it asks a fundamental question: rather than simply giving money to communities in need, what if aid could create livelihoods that eventually sustain themselves? Its model is deceptively simple: create p

There’s more to Private First Class Frank A. Kowalczyk’s 1969 message than routine updates on his deployment. He poignantly preserved not just his feelings and personality, but a palpable soundtrack of war

Hudson Williams is working on a new film and is “getting tripped up” over a “Heated Rivalry” parallel. Prior to the success of the Canadian queer hockey romance that catapulted the actor to fame over the past year, Williams wrote and directed several short films, including “Soakers,” “Buttons” and “Inside Augustine Mendoza’s Quotidian Apartment.” Now, […]

In addition to Season 2 of Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams is taking some inspiration from the ice for another future project. The actor recently admitted he’s “getting tripped up” on a script he’s writing, which includes a character who is an ex-hockey player, similar to his Montreal Metros player role Shane Hollander on Heated Rivalry. […]

A new collection of 62 letters shows the enormous emotional range of Irish emigrants’ experiences in the US – and complicates narratives of national loss and American opportunity

The Chinese-born writer on her new novel centred on Irish composer John Field, how she goes about writing exclusively in her second language, and coping with suicide

Hardgrave honoured for a knowledge of food and wine ‘as extensive as her passion for small producers and farmers’

The winners of annual awards given out by ASCAP for the year’s most outstanding music writing and broadcasts include biographies of film composers John Williams and Bernard Herrmann, as well as a documentary about cult R&B artist Swamp Dogg, liner notes for an archival release from Frank Zappa, Rick Beato’s YouTube podcasts, and books about […]

Rumor has it the 72-year-old star is contemplating an autobiography. But what happened to his never-published first one?

You may not know the name Sasha Alex Sloan, but chances are you've heard her work. She's become one of music's most sought-after songwriters, writing across pop, country, K-pop, and R&B. As Sloan prepares to release her new album of her own, she joined Geoff Bennett to talk about the craft of songwriting and to perform one of her own songs.