We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
Our last poetry news of the week takes a look at an article about the restoration of the gardens of the Mackellar homestead. We also take a look at the winner of the 2018 Whirling Prize. Gardens of the Dorothea Mackellar Homestead to be Restored...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the planned film on the life of Seamus Heaney. We also have the project to bring a Millom poet into the schools and finally a new poet laureate for Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Seamus Heaney Film Planned A film on the life of Seamus Heaney, who ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the new Kentucky poet laureate. We also have articles about the 2019 longlists from the League of Canadian Poets and the OCM Bocas Prize. Kentucky Poet Laureate Appointed Jeff Worley, a writer from Lexington, Kentucky has been named as the new poet laureate for ...
Today, we look at articles on the name of the new Japanese era, the presidents visit to the Pablo Neruda museum and the poetry April Fool’s joke. Name Chosen for New Japanese Imperial Era Yesterday the name of the new era for the Japanese imperial family was announced by the Prime Minister. ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the winner of this years Irish Times Poetry Now Award. We also have the celebrations that are being planned to mark the 179th birth anniversary of Thomas Hardy. 2019 Winner of the Irish Times Poetry Now Award The poet Derek Mahon, who is ...
Our final news round-up of the week takes a look at the winner of this year's Ted Hughes Prize and also the search for the burial place of America's first published poet. Winner of 2019 Ted Hughes Prize The British Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus has been announced as this year’s winner of the ...
The renowned Bayelsa poet Gabriel Okara has passed away at the age of 97. He was just four weeks away from his next birthday, his 98th . He died ...
Today in our poetry news roundup, we take a look at the American School which will no longer be named after a poet, the winners of this year's Premier League poetry competition and the poet's house that has become a rather special museum. Austin School to be Renamed In the next step ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the special plans for the expansion of the Wordsworth Museum. We also have the historic visit of the Prince of Wales to Cuba and finally the winner of this years Walt Whitman Award. Expansion for Wordsworth’s House and Museum William Wordsworth served as Britain's poet ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with an article about a church restoration. We also take a look at the story about Maya Angelou we looked at last week, as the women who called the poet by her first name has had a chance to put her side of the story. £2.1m Restoration Project Completed on Church with Literary Link...
