Today in our poetry news round-up we look at the poet’s home excavations that are cancelled this summer, the arrest of a Chinese poet and finally a new card game called Poetry for Neanderthals. Excavations at Summer Home of Poet Will Not Go Ahead For over 30 years, excavations have been carried out at a site in Spain where the poet Juan Gil-Albert spent ...
We begin the week with a look at the profitability of the Seamus Heaney Estate. We also have a short article about a poetry book written by a former nun from Peru. Record Profit Recorded By Poet's Estate The estate of the late poet Seamus Heaney set up a company to handle the money earned from sales of his books, exhibitions and royalties. ...
Our final poetry news of the week takes a look at three recent awards; the Vilenica Prize, the Allama Iqbal Award and the Society of Authors Award. 2020 Winner of the Vilenica Prize Announced Mila Haugova, the Slovak poet has been announced as the winner of this year's Vilenica Prize, which is awarded for Central European Literature. The prize is to be awarded at ...
Today, we take a peek at a new BBC documentary, the translation of Ulysses and pandemic-centred poetry. Gaelic Poets Old and New To Be Topic of BBC Documentary A new BBC documentary will be available on BBC iPlayer until 8th July. The documentary will look at the subject Gaelic poetry over the years and will also work to showcase modern poetry talent. The documentary will ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the poem that Jackie Kay feels really speaks about the times we are living in. We also take a look at the Rumi was Muslim campaign which is seeking to redress some inaccuracies about the poet they feel exist. A Poem for These Times of Protest Picked by Jackie Kay [caption id="attachment_15139" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mandatory ...
