Today in our poetry news roundup, we take a look at the first poet to be awarded the Rathbones Poetry Prize.
Raymond Antrobus – First Poet to Win Rathbones Folio Prize
The poet Raymond Antrobus has been named the first poet to ever be awarded the Rathbone Folio prize, which carries a monetary ...
Today in our poetry news roundup, we take a look at a recent interview with the poet BenJamin Zephaniah on the release of his new book. We also have a short article about the winner of the British Podcast Awards.
What Makes Benjamin Zephaniah Tick
The poet Benjamin
Zephaniah has just released ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the Google
Doodle dedicated to the poet Oar Khayyam. We also take a look at the exhibits
that have gone on display in America to commemorate the 200th
birthday of the poet Walt Whitman.
Omar Khayyam Remembered with Google Doodle
On Saturday, ...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at the campaign to save libraries in Essex. We also look at the poet who has been released on bail and finally, the winners of this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Campaign to Save Essex Libraries Joined by Authors and Poet...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at a Wilfred Owen
Commemoration poetry competition, the book that has been issued with a
temporary export ban and the Tupac poem up for auction.
Wilfred Owen Commemoration - Awards for Young Poets
As part of the celebrations to make the centenary of the death ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you two articles about the
estate of the late poet Donald Hall.
Donald Hall Estate Sale Draws Huge Crowd
Over the weekend, the estate sale of the late poet Donald Hall took place, and it drew huge crowds. The sale, which took place in Wilmot, ...
Today we look at articles about Meghan Markle’s Mother’s Day
message and the ageism row over the Oxford University professor of poetry
position.
Mother’s Day Message from Meghan Markle
On Sunday, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle took to Instagram to share a picture of her newborn baby son’s feet. Whilst Mother’s Day in the ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with an article about the
new poet laureate of the UK.
The UK’s New Poet Laureate
After many months of speculation, multiple poets ruling themselves out of the running and a week with no poet laureate at all, the announcement of a new poet ...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at a
festival that honoured Lawrence Ferlinghetti. We also have an article about the
continued fight to have Walt Whitman’s former home saved with a preservation
order.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Honoured by Bay Area Book Festival
Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti poses on Monday, Jan. 15, 1988 in San Francisco ...
In today's poetry news roundup we look at the latest
addition to the Tennyson Collection, the winner of this year's Moth Poetry
Prize and the poet who bought 7000 basketball game tickets.
Lincolnshire’s Tennyson Collection Receives Royal Addition
The Tennyson archives, which are located in Lincolnshire,
have received a new addition in the form of ...