Today, in our poetry news round-up, we look at the plans for a new Seamus Heaney Centre and the schedule for the annual Patrick Kavanagh Festival. New Seamus Heaney Centre Announced by Queen’s University Close to the Lanyon Building, which is part of the main campus, the space will be located at the listed buildings that are on Mount Charles ...
On today's poetry news round-up, we take a look at the winner of the 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize and also one of the shortlisted poets for this year’s Poetry Fellowships. Winner of 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize Announced The poet Abu Bakr Sadiq is the winner of 2023's Sillerman First Book Prize. He was awarded the prize for “Leaked ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, reinvented using AI, the new Oxford ProAugustfessor of Poetry Canon and the 35th Annual Cowboy Poetry Festival. Ginsberg Poetry Given New Life Using AI The estate of Allen Ginsberg, the countercultural icon and acclaimed American poet, will be bringing his poetry to life thanks ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the exhibition that remembers a Georgian poet and the inclusion of Alfred Lord Tennyson on a list of notable LGBT figures. Exhibition to Remember Georgian Poet A new exhibition has opened up in the Georgian capital, which commemorates the poet Paolo Iashvili, a prolific writer who, during the Stalinist purge, took his ...
We begin the week with a look at the winner of the inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize, the 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows in America and the Tweet mistakenly attributed to a deceased poet. Winner of the Inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize Announced Sara Berkley has been named as the winner of the inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize for “The Last Cold Day”. The ...
Today in our poetry news round up we look at the poetry links to the Oppenheimer film, the winner of the 2023 Gingko AONB Prize and the Robert Burns Holiday cottage. The Influence of Poetry on Oppenheimer With the opening of the film Oppenheimer this last weekend, a film which looks at the man who played a leading role in ...
We begin the week with a look at the interesting history behind the appointments that were made to the post of poet laureate during the 1960s to 1980s. The Poets, Who Were Not, Laureate Released by the National Archives in Kew, official papers shed some interesting light on the rather bitter backbiting and infighting that took place around the names ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at a dance drama honouring a Chinese poet and we look at the campaigners looking to save an army barracks with a poetic history. New Dance Drama Premiers in Honour of Chinese Poet “Poet Dongpo” is a new dance drama that is premiering to honour the works of Su Dongpo (also known ...
Today in our poetry news round up we bring you articles about a first copy Dylan Thomas poetry book that will be going up for auction and the first poet laureate of Malta. A Copy of First Poetry Book of Dylan Thomas up for Auction As part of an auction of literature that was owned by Charlie Watts, the late ...
Today our poetry news round-up looks at the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award winner, the Seamus Heaney First Poetry Collection Prize winner, and the actor's visit to the birthplace of Dylan Thomas. CLPE Children’s Poetry Award Winners Announced Connie Wanek and Ted Kooser have been announced as the 2023 winners of the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award for Marshmallow Clouds....
