We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
This week on our Poetry News roundup we look at the one of the longlisted poets for this year’s PEN America Award, the winner of the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature and The poet inspired walk. Halyna Kruk Longlisted for the 2025 PEN America Literary Award Lost in Living, a poetry collection by Halyna Kruk has been nominated for the 2025 PEN America Prize ...
This week on My Poetic Side we look at the sale of Wordsworth’s home and the painting being installed in a church to honour a poet. Rare Opportunity to Own Piece of Literary History Rydal Mount, the property where the poet William Wordsworth lived for the majority of his life, from 1813 until his death in 1850 has been placed on the market ...
This week in our poetry news round up we look at how science is finding hidden poetry and we consider if William Wordsworth was indeed the first “influencer”. Famous Poet’s Hidden Work Revealed A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have revealed the hidden words of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. The project, which was led by the English department used a ...
This week on My Poetic Side we look at the fight to save a park with links to a poet and the longlist for the Jhalak Prize. Villagers Fight to Save Park Loved by Poet A group of villagers in Wiltshire have been campaigning in an attempt to save a park that was one the joy of one of the most ...
In this week’s poetry news round up we take a look at a book festival which will honour Nikki Giovanni, a rare poetry book that vanished and the shortlist for The Moth Poetry Prize. Rita Dove to Honour Fellow Poet at Book Festival The UVA poet Rita Dove will be honouring her renowned colleague, the late ...
Today, on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the Shakespeare love poem that has been newly discovered. Rare Copy of William Shakespeare Love Poem Found A rare copy of one of the most famous love poems to have ever been written has been found after hundreds of years. The hand-written copy of a version of Sonnet 116, written by William Shakespeare, was discovered ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we take a look at a project examining poems relating to Merlin and a statue dedicated to Aphra Behn. Merlin Portrayed as an Environmentalist in Early Poems Scholars, who have been taking a new look at Welsh poems that date as far back as the 10th century believe that they depict Myrddin (Merlin) ...
This week on My Poetic Side we take a look at the news that the Russian Investigative Committee are looking into the 1841 death of Mikhail Lermontov, and we bring you an update on the National Poetry Centre. Investigations made by Russian Investigative Committee into Death of Lermontov An investigation into the death of the Mikhail Lermontov has been launched by The ...
This week in our poetry news round up, we look at the poem by Robert Frost which has never been published and a collection of lost Gaelic manuscripts which has been found 50 years after it went missing. Previously Unpublished Robert Frost Poem Found The poem “Nothing New”, which was written by American poet Robert Frost in 1918, has recently ...
This week’s poetry news round up takes a look at the new edition of Seamus Heaney poetry that is to be published and the auction of Hamish Mann’s archive. Definitive Edition of Seamus Heaney Poetry to be Published The publishing company Faber have announced that they will be publishing a definitive collection of the poetry of the late Seamus ...
