We begin the week here at My Poetic side with the news of another rare manuscript that has been found and is off to auction. We also have an article about a poet accused of plagiarism. Rare Manuscript Could Fetch Around £300,000 at Auction During a visit to Melford Hall in Suffolk, Dr Gabriel Heaton from Sotheby’s located what he has described as a ...
Our final poetry news roundup of the week takes a look at the claims of “unacknowledged debt” made in an academic paper, and the winner of this year’s Caterpillar Poetry Prize. The Uncelebrated Poet: Amy Lowell An interesting paper, Myths, Legends and Apparitional Lesbians, written by a lecturer in English at the University of York, Dr Hannah Roche, has made claims that the work ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take look at the school girl from Singapore who has won the oldest poetry competition in the world, the Greenock poet who has been honoured in his home town, and the Nigerian poet who has passed away at 51. Win in World’s Oldest Poetry Competition Wins Singaporean School Girl a Trip to the Palace A 13-year-old student from ...
Today in our poetry news round up, we have the winner of this years Latner Writer’s Trust Prize, a poet’s bust unveiled in Nepal and a pop-up poetry event taking place in Brooklyn this weekend. Jordan Scott, NIC Instructor, Wins National Poetry Prize This year's Latner Writer’s Trust Poetry Prize has been won by Jordan Scott, an English instructor at North Island College (NIC). The ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the Chinese painting by Su Shi that sold at auction for almost $60 million. We also have an article about the 2019 International Poetry Festival in Nicaragua that has been cancelled, and finally the re-release of Tupac's greatest hits album. Chinese Painting Fetches Nearly $60 million What has been described by the auction house ...
