Today on My Poetic Side we look at this year"s winner of the TS Eliot Prize. We also look at the latest event to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Wordsworth.
TS Eliot Prize Winner
The dub poet Roger Robinson has been named as this year"s winner of ...
In our poetry news round up today we look at the value of Robert
Burns and the Actor who quotes Tagore.
How Much is Robert Burns Worth?
A recent report has put an estimate on the worth of the poet Robert
Burns to the Scottish economy. They believe that the Burns’ “brand” ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a story of romance that the bard would surely have approved of. We also take a look at the violin with connections to Robert Burns that is going on tour.
Missing Shakespeare Book Sought
A bookstore in London Ontario has ...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week looks at the winners of the 2019 Costa Book Awards, celebrations for Robert burns and the poet laureate of Pennsylvania.
Costa Book Awards 2019 – Winners Announced
Earlier this week the five winners of the Costa Book Awards for
2019 were announced. There are ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the shortlist for
this year’s TS Eliot Prize. We also have an article about the making of a film
about the life of the poet and filmmaker James Broughton.
TS Eliot Prize 2019
The literary world’s biggest poetry prize will be kicking off ...
Today we take a look at the birthday celebration for Norman
Nicholson, the poems removed from a website and finally the poetry that will
now be against the law.
Poet's Birthday Celebration
January 8th marks the birthdate of the poet Norman Nicholson. Born in 1914 Nicholson who hailed from Millom in the ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at the poet's cancelled lecture and the poem penned especially for the 10th anniversary of the Royal Manchester children’s hospital.
MMIWG Lecture Cancelled
At the end of last week, the award-winning poet George Elliott Clarke was facing calls to cancel a ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take look at a letter sent from T.S
Eliot about his relationship with Emily Hale.
Poet “Speaks” From Beyond the Grave
We recently wrote about the exciting unveiling of a stash of over
1000 letters written by the poet T.S Eliot that were
to be unveiled 50 ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at the often-forgotten Bronte sister, Anne. We also look at the poetry donation received by Williams College.
Anne Bronte – Into the
Limelight
This year marks the 200th birth anniversary of the youngest Bronte sister, Anne Bronte. On 17th January the Bronte ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you the poet on the New
Year’s Honours List and the accusations of plagiarism that have resurfaced.
Poet on New Year’s Honours List
The 2020 New Year’s Honours list is not short on literary figures with a number of honours going to novelists, ad those ...