We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at a property with literary links that has gone up for sale and an article about one of the shortlisted writers for this year’s Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. Historic Property That Hosted Many Poets up for Sale Old Came Rectory near Dorchester is a Grade II listed thatched property with five bedrooms, ...
Today’s poetry news round up takes a look at a Robert Southey exhibition, the new children’s laureate and the Frances Browne multilingual poetry competition. Keswick Museum Display Honours Former Poet Laureate The Keswick Museum has dedicated its new display to Robert Southey, the former poet laureate, and his political views. The display is part of the initiative by the museum to ...
We begin the week with a look at the rarest and now most valuable poetry book to have sold at auction. We also have an article about this year’s PEN Pinter Prize winner. Songs of Innocence and of Experience Sells for £3.4million A rare copy of William Blakes poetry book “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” has been sold at auction for a ...
Today in our poetry news round up, we take a look at the new design for Inferno and the poetry bus campaign. 700 Year Old Poetry Book is Best Book Design of the Year Something rather unusual has happened, an illustrated edition of a classic poem that is 700 years old has exploded on Kickstarter. In less that a week it surpassed its goal ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the poet Kazuko Shiraishi who has died at the age of 93. Kazuko Shiraishi, the Japanese “Beat Poet” has Died Aged 93 Known for her dramatic poetry readings, often set to Jazz music, Kazuko Shiraishi, the leading name in Japanese “beat” poetry has died at the age of 93. Dubbed “the ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at one of the latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary and the poetry book owned by Oscar Wilde that is going up for auction. More Than 200 Years After Inaugural Supper, Burns Night Added to the Dictionary Burns night, the annual event that honours Robert Burns, Scotland’s national bard, ...
We begin the week with a look at the poet awarded an OBE, a poet who is calling for a film to be released in the US and the first view of the Mackellar homestead for the public. Joseph Coelho, Children’s Laureate Awarded OBE The playwright, performance poet and children’s author Joseph Coelho, who is also the current Children’s Laureate, ...
In today’s poetry news round up we look at the Poetry Foundation’s recent cycle of grants, the D-Day poem that moved royals to tears and insects in Haiku. $1,530,000 Awarded by Poetry Foundation in Grants The Poetry Foundation has announced that this year a total of 54 different non-profit organisations have been awarded a split of the $1,530,000 grant funding ...
We begin the week with a look at the 159th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats, the Chinese poets life in dance and the bronze winner of the INDIES 2023. 159th Anniversary of Birth of WB Yeats Celebrated 13th June will mark Yeats Day, the anniversary of the birth of the poet ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the shortlist for the Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry, the exhibition of art for Benjamin Zephaniah and the winner of the Pushcart Prize 2024. Shortlist for Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry 2024 Announced The shortlist for this year’s Sarah Maguire poetry prize has been announced, and includes the poets Sin Yong-Mok, ...
