We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
Today, in our poetry news roundup, we examine the trigger warning in a children’s poetry collection and a mural that was painted over. Children's Poetry Given Trigger Warning Classic poems for children written by the prolific author and poet Hilaire Belloc have now been given a trigger warning by their publisher as it is felt that modern readers may find them “harmful”. Belloc ...
We begin the week with a look at the plans for the Barrett Browning Institute and the controversy over a description of Roald Dahl’s Twits. Restoration Plans For Barrett Browning Institute Under Way A boost from the National Lottery Fund of £98,640 has been awarded to Ledbury Poetry. This money will be used to take the first steps in ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the controversy over the name of the Baltimore bridge, the Cruel April poetry event and the mural for Benjamin Zephaniah. Baltimore Bridge Collapse Raises Issue of Controversial Namesake In the wake of the disaster that saw the Francis Scott Key Bridge ...
We start the week with a look at a poetry book dedicated to blossom. We also look at the winner of the 2024 O’Shaughnessy Award and The William Barnes Society’s search for funding. Blossomise – A Spring Themed Poetry Collection Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, has produced a collection of poetry titled Blossomise as part of his work with the ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at this year's National Poetry Competition winner and the search for a poet-in-residence for the City of London Bridges. National Poetry Competition Winner Inspired by New York Mugging “The Time I Was Mugged in New York City”, which was written by Imogen Wade, has been announced as the winner of the National Poetry Competition and awarded the ...
Today on My Poetic Side we mark “Dantedi” with a look at some of the events taking place all over Italy. We also have a blue plaque unveiling and the first “(under)writer in residence”. Dantedi Today is the day that Italians celebrate all things Dante, with Dantedi. This national day is a relatively new addition to the literary calendar in Italy; it was inaugurated ...
Today's poetry news roundup examines the possibility that William Blake’s poetry inspired a Radiohead hit and the death of the Portuguese poet Nuno Júdice. Were Radiohead’s Lyrics Inspired by William Blake? A copy of a paperback book of poetry by William Blake may offer the suggestion that the lyrics to the song by Radiohead that appeared on the album OK Computer might have been ...
We begin another week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the Tolkien poems that are to be published, a Dante Statue in Midhurst and the rare poetry book obtained by a university. J R R Tolkien Poem To Be Published The publishers HarperCollins have announced that in September 2024, they will be publishing “The Collected Poems of J R R ...
Today in our poetry news round up, we take a look at the winner of the 2024 Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award. Herbert Literary Award Winner Announced Yang Lian, a Chinese poet, has been announced as this year's winner of the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award. The Polish award is named after Herbert, who was one of the greatest Polish poets of the 20th Century. In ...
This week on My Poetic Side we look at the funding boost for the National Poetry Centre and the US Poet Laureate's National Parks project. £5m Funding Boost for Leeds National Poetry Centre Plans for the first national poetry headquarters in West Yorkshire are well underway, following a boost in funds of £5m from the government. This is the first such headquarters in the ...
