We end the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the lawsuit over photographs of Dylan Thomas. We also have a short article about the damage to a poets statue in Bristol. Welsh Government Dealt Blow over Copyright Claim for Poets Pictures Back in 2015, the Welsh Government was sued by Pablo Star Ltd, a company claiming that is owned the ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at this year’s shortlist for this year's Forward Poetry Prize. Shortlist for Forward Poetry Prize The shortlist for this year’s Forward Poetry Prize has been revealed and includes Natalie Diaz, the Native American poet who is in the running for the award for best collection. Her collection of poems is an exploration of the wounds that have been ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at a couple of stories linked to the Black Lives Matter protests and also a bookstore with links to a poet that is due to reopen shortly. Montgomery Calls for School Name Changes In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that have gripped the United States, activists in Montgomery are now renewing their ...
Today our poetry news round up takes a look at this years Moscow Book Fair, The Richard Dawkins Award and the possibility of a poet statue in Shrewsbury Square. Moscow Book Fair Goes Ahead Despite the restrictions put in place by the Covid 19 pandemic, the Moscow book fair decided to go ahead this year. The organisers did, however, put a few restrictions in ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at a new book which will be published next week which will examine the mistakes in some of the works of the greatest poets. Even the Greatest Poets Made Mistakes To err is indeed a very human trait, so much so that for centuries academics and critics have tried to suggest that ...
