Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at the longlist for the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize. We also look at the celebrations for a Norwich Medieval poet. 2019 CBC Poetry Prize Longlist Names 33 Writers The longlist for the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize has been announced. There are 33 ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at Simon Armitage’s library tour, the poem lighting up Coventry Cathedral and the foundation stone of the Nasimi buildings in Kiev. The Poet Laureate"s Library Tour The poet laureate in the UK, Simon Armitage, will be starting a tour of libraries in the UK in 2020. The tour is ...
Today’s poetry news articles look at the ongoing campaign to landmark the house where Walt Whitman once lived and a recent event that took place at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace. Efforts to Landmark Walt Whitman’s House in Clifton Hill Doubled During a street co-naming ceremony which took place the other day, a group of preservationists ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we look at the university chair to be named after the poet Audre Lorde. We also have an article about a poet honoured with a blue plaque and a poem by a schoolboy that has gone viral. First Queer Studies Chair Created at Spelman College Spelman College ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at a new coin in Thailand with a poetry link, a new banknote in Bulgaria dedicated to a poet and finally the winners of this year's Hebrew Poetry Prize. New Coin Honouring Guru Nanak Dev Released in Bangkok Narendra Modi, the ...
