Shortlist for Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize Announced Zaffar Kunial, Kaveh Akhbar and Raymond Antrobus have been announced as the shortlisted poets for this year's £5000 Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize. The prize is given for second collections, and is now into its fourth edition. It is aimed at those collections that have been published in 2021 and 2022 in Britain ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at a donation of Ted Hughes memorabilia and some incredibly rare letters that will be going up for auction. Widow of Ted Hughes Donates Rare Work to Huddersfield University Carol Hughes, the widow of the former poet laureate Ted Hughes has donated a collection of the poet’s work, together with ...
We begin the week with a look at the 70-Poet Challenge and the plaza named in honour of the former Scottish Makar. National Poetry Library’s 70-Poet Challenge The National Poetry Library is looking to mark its 70th birthday in a very special way, which they hope will help to shift the poetry reading habits of the nation. They are inviting ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the 2023 CILIP Honorary Fellowships, Jo Harjo’s lecture and the Masefield adaptation to be performed by the RSC. CILIP Honorary Fellowships Honorary CILIP fellowships have been awarded to Joseph Coelho, Professor Briony Birdi and Alison Wheeler. The fellowship, which is awarded by CILIP (previously known as the Library Association), has been ...
Today in our poetry news round up, we look at the poetry brought to life through animation and the winner of the new poetry category of the Forward Prize. Alumnus of University of Westminster Brings “Sad Book” to Life An alumnus of University of Westminster, Finn Woodruff, has worked with the poet and author Michael Rosen in order to ...
