We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
Today in our news round-up we look at the Moth Poetry Prize and Seamus Heaney as the face of NI branding for its upcoming centenary. Moth Irish Poetry Prize Now Open for 2020 Entries The annual poetry competition run by The Moth; an Irish poetry magazine, is now offering one of the biggest prizes in poetry. The prize is given for a single poem. ...
Today in our poetry news round-up, we look at the badly neglected birthplace of a poet, the 2020 winners of the Speculative Poetry Awards and the Scottish Writers who have received grants for new projects. Birthplace of Tamil Poet in Poor State of Neglect In 1984, the ASI excavated an ancient mound that is often referred to as Kambarmedu. Geological surveys of the area ...
We begin the week on My Poetic Side with a look at the Kazakh Museum dedicated to a poet. We also look at the winner of this year’s Young Writer Award. Museum Dedicated to Abai Kunanbayev Fascinates Visitors This year marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of Abai Kunanbayev, the philosopher, educator, poet and founding father of Kazakh literature. There have been many ...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at a letter written by Elizabeth Barratt Browning that will be auctioned this month, and the Indian poet who has died aged 72. Letter Written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning up for Auction A letter, written by the poet Elizabeth Browning, in which she describes her lonely quarantine, is to go up for ...
Today's poetry news round-up looks at the Lake District house that was the home of two poets that is still up for sale, the WB Yeats letters that fetched a significant amount at auction and the winner of this year's Ruth Rendell Award. Former Lake District Home of Two Famous Poets Sees Price Cut of £50,000 Greta Hall, the stunning Grade I country house ...
Today in our poetry news round-up, we take a look at the archive of Thomas Hardy items that the Dorset Trust is hoping to purchase. We also have a short article about a property linked to a poet that is up for sale. Campaign to Return Thomas Hardy Archives to Dorset Underway A bid is underway to bring a collection of prized archives relating ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the collection of poetry by Sir Walter Scott that will be going up for auction shortly. Walter Scott “Lost” Poetry Up for Auction Books of poetry by one of the greatest writers ever produced by Scotland, Sir Walter Scott, that were given to the doctor who helped him regain his health is to go up ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the campaign that is hoping to preserve the house where JRR Tolkien once lived. We also look at the closing of Poets House and the letter signed by literary figures protesting its closure. Campaign Looks to Preserve Tolkien House The house at 20 Northmoor Road in Oxford where the poet and ...
Today, we end the week with a look at some poetry-related awards and prizes. Shortlist Announced for Inaugural Nelson Ball Prize The list of finalists for the first Nelson Ball prize has been announced. The prize has been named after Nelson Ball the late poet, bookseller and publisher from Paris, Ontario. It is to be awarded for works that were published in either 2018 ...
Today's poetry news takes a look at the National Poetry Prize awarded to a Kingston Writer. We also take a look at the Writer's Trust Awards. National Poetry Prize for Kingston Writer Armand Garnet Ruffo, a Kingston-based poet, has been named as the winner of the Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize for 2020. The prize, worth $25,000 was given to the poet yesterday. The award ...
