This week on our Poetry News roundup we look at the one of the longlisted poets for this year’s PEN America Award, the winner of the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature and The poet inspired walk. Halyna Kruk Longlisted for the 2025 PEN America Literary Award Lost in Living, a poetry collection by Halyna Kruk has been nominated for the 2025 PEN America Prize ...
This week on My Poetic Side we look at the sale of Wordsworth’s home and the painting being installed in a church to honour a poet. Rare Opportunity to Own Piece of Literary History Rydal Mount, the property where the poet William Wordsworth lived for the majority of his life, from 1813 until his death in 1850 has been placed on the market ...
This week in our poetry news round up we look at how science is finding hidden poetry and we consider if William Wordsworth was indeed the first “influencer”. Famous Poet’s Hidden Work Revealed A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have revealed the hidden words of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. The project, which was led by the English department used a ...
This week on My Poetic Side we look at the fight to save a park with links to a poet and the longlist for the Jhalak Prize. Villagers Fight to Save Park Loved by Poet A group of villagers in Wiltshire have been campaigning in an attempt to save a park that was one the joy of one of the most ...
In this week’s poetry news round up we take a look at a book festival which will honour Nikki Giovanni, a rare poetry book that vanished and the shortlist for The Moth Poetry Prize. Rita Dove to Honour Fellow Poet at Book Festival The UVA poet Rita Dove will be honouring her renowned colleague, the late ...
