Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the request for a drinks licence that has sparked a protest. We also have a story about a recently found ring that may have belonged to William Shakespeare. Keats House Request for Drinks Licence Sparks Protest Bill Oddie, the TV presenter is just one of ...
Today our poetry news roundup looks at the Vatican archivist and poet who is to be made a cardinal, the discovery of a poet's handwritten notes in a scrap shop and the William Blake exhibition at the Tate Britain. Award-Winning Poet and Vatican Archivist Made a Cardinal Jose Tolentino Calaca de Mendonca, ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the new Professor of Poetry in Ireland, Frank Ormsby. We also take a look at the Nigerian poet who has been selected to take part in an International Writers programme that will take place in the United States. New Professor of Poetry in Ireland Confirmed as Frank Ormsby...
In our final poetry news round-up of the week, we take a look at the $100,000-lifetime achievement prize awarded to Rita Dove, the vigilant fighting bad parking with poetry, and the poet laureates for the city of Eureka. Rita Dove, Former US Poet Laureate Wins Lifetime Achievement Prize The poet Rita Dove, who ...
Today's poetry news roundup takes a look at the poet laureate of Guam who has died aged 77, the winner of the 2020 Miller Williams Poetry Prize and the poet honoured by Holyrood. Poet Laureate of Guam Dies at 77 Frederick B. Quinene, the Poet Laureate of Guam has passed away at the ...
