Our final news round-up of the week looks at the long list for the National Book Awards in Poetry, a survey on poetry reading figures and the unusual inspiration for a sewage plant design. 2018 National Book Awards in Poetry This week sees the announcing of the longlists for the 2018 National Book Awards. There are awards given for books in the following categories; ...
Today in our poetry news roundup we take a look at a memorial stone planned for a Scottish poet, the 100thissue of a literary magazine and the death of one of Ghana’s foremost poets. Borders Poet Memorial Stone Plans A tribute to William H. Ogilvie, the Borders poet is being planned by the Ex-Kelso Laddies Club. They are hoping to mark the occasion of ...
Today on My Poetic side we take a look at the poet celebrated with a Google Doodle, holidaymakers who were unimpressed with an opera about a little-known poet and the footballer who turned poet. One of The Greatest Female Poets of All Time Once again, the Google doodle of the day has been dedicated to a poet. Yesterday the image being displayed by Google ...
Today in our poetry roundup we take a look at a tribute to the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, we also look at the Wordsworth who climbed Scafell Pike and finally this years winner of the ACU poetry prize. Tribute to Mahmoud Darwish The Festival Arabesques is now in its thirteenth year, it is the first festival of its kind to take place within Europe ...
We start another week here at My Poetic Side with an interesting selection of poetry news articles. We take a look at the poem written for the 150thanniversary of the TUC, we have news of the sad passing of a noted Iranologist and finally the statue for a Jamaican poet. TUC 150thAnniversary The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is currently celebrating its 150thanniversary with their ...
