Collection Updated / Plaque To Commemorate WW1’s Forgotten Poet/ Carol Competition – Poetry News Roundup September 18th

 

We begin the week with a look at a new edition of a much-loved poetry collection, a plaque to honour a poet, and the poet laureate's involvement in a Christmas carol competition. Photographs Collected for New Edition of Poetry Collection Landscape photographer John Hayward has been commissioned by Merlin Unwin Books to create a collection of photographs that will be ...

Poetry Anthology To Be Published/ Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation Celebrations – Poetry News Roundup 13th September

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at a new anthology of poetry and the 30th anniversary of the Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation. New Anthology of Poetry to be Published by Ada Limon   A new book which has been edited by Ada Limon, the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States and published in association with ...

New Award For Rita Dove/ Poetry Scroll Welcomed At Hamilton Library – Poetry News Roundup September 11th

 

We begin the week with a look at the latest award for the poet Rita Dove and the Japanese Scroll that has become the most recent addition to the Hamilton Library. Honorary National Book Award Medal for Lifetime Achievement for Rita Dove The National Book Foundation, which is a non-profit organization, has announced that this year, the winner of their ...

Youth Awards/ Poetry Fellows / Laurel Prize – Poetry News Roundup September 6th

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you news about the Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, the Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows and the shortlist for the Laurel Prize. Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards The seventh annual Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, which celebrates young writers from Illinois, has announced the 2023 winners....

Seamus Heaney Centre Plans/ Kavanagh Festival Schedule Revealed – Poetry News Roundup September 4th

 

Today, in our poetry news round-up, we look at the plans for a new Seamus Heaney Centre and the schedule for the annual Patrick Kavanagh Festival. New Seamus Heaney Centre Announced by Queen’s University Close to the Lanyon Building, which is part of the main campus, the space will be located at the listed buildings that are on Mount Charles ...