Today’s poetry news round up takes a look at a Robert Southey exhibition, the new children’s laureate and the Frances Browne multilingual poetry competition.
Keswick Museum Display Honours Former Poet Laureate
The Keswick Museum has dedicated its new display to Robert Southey, the former poet laureate, and his political views.
The display is part of the initiative by the museum to ...
We begin the week with a look at the rarest and now most valuable poetry book to have sold at auction. We also have an article about this year’s PEN Pinter Prize winner.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience Sells for £3.4million
A rare copy of William Blakes poetry book “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” has been sold at auction for a ...
Today in our poetry news round up, we take a look at the new design for Inferno and the poetry bus campaign.
700 Year Old Poetry Book is Best Book Design of the Year
Something rather unusual has happened, an illustrated edition of a classic poem that is 700 years old has exploded on Kickstarter. In less that a week it surpassed its goal ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the poet Kazuko Shiraishi who has died at the age of 93.
Kazuko Shiraishi, the Japanese “Beat Poet” has Died Aged 93
Known for her dramatic poetry readings, often set to Jazz music, Kazuko Shiraishi, the leading name in Japanese “beat” poetry has died at the age of 93.
Dubbed “the ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at one of the latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary and the poetry book owned by Oscar Wilde that is going up for auction.
More Than 200 Years After Inaugural Supper, Burns Night Added to the Dictionary
Burns night, the annual event that honours Robert Burns, Scotland’s national bard, ...
