This week’s poetry news round up looks at the new Scottish makar and the birthplace of Byron’s first published works. New Scottish Makar Appointed Peter Mackay, a Lewis born poet, has been appointed to the role of Scottish Makar. He will make history as the first Gaelic poet to hold the position. Mackay says that he is very much looking forward to being able to ...
This week in our poetry news round up, we take a look at the Byron Museum in Ravenna and China’s “daughter of poetry” who has died at the age of 100. Lord Byron Museum to Open in Ravenna A museum that will be dedicated to the life and works of Lord Byron the flamboyant British satirist and poet will be opening in Ravenna in ...
Today in our poetry news roundup we take a look at the death of Shuntaro Tanikawa and the poet who is being celebrated 175 years after his birth. Giant of Japanese Poetry, Shuntaro Tanikawa Dies At the Age of 92 The pioneer of modern Japanese poetry, which was both poignant and conversational in the divergence from more traditional styles of poetry and Haiku, has ...
This week’s poetry news roundup takes a look at a violin linked to Robert Burns, the property where Wilfred Owen was born and how people really see AI-generated poetry. Robert Burns Violin Goes on Tour A fiddle with links to the poet Robert Burns will be going on tour and will feature in ...
In this week’s poetry news round up we take a look at the possible withdrawal of funding for the National Poetry Centre, the shortlist for the PEN Heaney Prize and the poet who wasn’t home. Warning from National Poetry Centre if £5m Funding is pulled The National Poetry Centre has issued a warning that if the government carries out its proposal that will see ...
