We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
Our final news round-up of the week takes a look at the New Year’s poetry reading ceremony in Japan and the newly appointed youth poet laureate of Westchester. Imperial Poetry Reading For the first time since the begin of the Japanese Reiwa when Emperor Naruhito took over from his father Emperor ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at the plans for the 700th anniversary of Dante. The 2020 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry and the Google Doodle for an Urdu Poet. 700th Anniversary of Dante 2021 will mark the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, ...
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 ...
