Today we take a look at one of the shortlisted names for this years Wole Soyinka Poetry Prize. We also bring you the appointment of a poet laureate for St. John’s, and finally, the airports in Russia getting new names. Wole Soyinka Shortlist Announced Last week saw the announcing of the shortlist for this years Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Harriet Anena, ...
Today’s poetry news round up takes a look at Wilfred Owens' bugle, which has been played in public again. We also take a look at yet more artwork drawn by a poet that has been found after many years of being missing. Owen’s Bugle Played in Scottish Church The bugle that belonged to Wilfred Owen, the First World War poet, has been played ...
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 ...
