Today’s poetry news roundup looks at articles about the poet in residence for this years Ledbury Poetry Festival and a newly discovered draft of a poem by Robert Frost that will be going up for auction. Student Picked to Be Poet in Residence for Ledbury Poetry Festival A student from Thomas Rotherham College has been chosen to be the poet in resident at what ...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with a look at the poets who have been shortlisted for this years Forward Poetry Prize. We also have a short article about a play commemorating the life of a World War II poet and finally we take a quick look at the National Poet of Nepal who is to be flown to India for treatment. 2018 Forward Prize Shortlist Announced...
Our final news roundup of the week takes a look at the Robert Frost museum in Vermont and the headline act for this year’s Causley Festival. Robert Frost Museum Reopens The Robert Frost Museum in Vermont is due to reopen following a change of ownership and a period of closure. The museum originally opened to the public in 2002 when it was run by ...
Today at My Poetic Side we take a look at recipient of this year’s Franz Kafka prize, the winners of this years Stevenson fellowship and the first ever National Youth Poet Laureate of Chicago. Recipients of This Year’s Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowships Announced The four winners of this years Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship have been names. The fellowship is run by the Scottish ...
In today’s poetry news roundup, we take a look at the poetry from yesterday’s One Voice concert in Manchester and the Merseyside poet that is set to headline the Charles Causley Festival. “This is what love sounds like” – Manchester a year on There is only one place to begin today’s news roundup, and this is with the mass sing-along that occurred in Manchester ...
In today’s poetry news roundup, we take a look at the United Nations stamps commemorating a poet and the poetry on the sidewalks of Edmonton. United Nations Postage Stamps On 26th May the United Nations Postal Administration will be issuing a stunning pane of 10 stamps and 10 labels. The set will be created in honour of the national poet of Georgia, Shota Rustaveli. The ...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with a couple of poetry related articles about this weekend royal wedding. We also have a short story about an article of poet related memorabilia that will shortly be going up for auction. The Sunday Times Poetry Competition One of the biggest news events of the year so far, if you are in the UK, ...
In our final poetry news round-up of the week, we look at the poet who received a Queen’s Gold Medal for poetry. We also look at the renewed call from writers all over the world for the release of the wife of the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. We also take a quick look at the first poet laureate of Tofino. Poet Receives Queen’s Gold Medal...
Today’s poetry round up looks at an article about another award for poetry, a campaign for a tribute to Shelley and the Hidden Letters event that will be taking place in Sofia shortly. Taranaki Poet Wins Third Award Elizabeth Smither who has an OBE and is a Taranaki poet has been awarded the prestigious Ockham New Zealand Book Award - the third occasion she ...
In today's poetry news roundup we take a look at this year's winner of the Ondaatje Prize from the Royal Society of Literature and as Tourism Ireland promote HomePlace on their website we also take a look at an article about a short film just released about the poet Seamus Heaney that has been voiced by the actor Liam Neeson. Ondaatje Prize Scooped by “Magical” Collection of Poem...
