Walt Whitman/Trump Travel Ban for Poet – Poetry News Roundup April 2nd

 

We begin the weeks with two poetry news articles. The first looks at the winner of the Walt Whitman Award debut books, the second a poet who has been unable to travel to the U.S following the travel ban put in place by President Trump. Walt Whitman Award for Cincinnati Poet Emily Skaja, a Cincinnati living poet has been awarded this year’s Walt ...

Ted Hughes Award/Rumi – Poetry News Roundup 30th March

 

In our final news round-up of the week, we take a look at the winner of the Ted Hughes Poetry Award and we also have an article about a meeting that took place in Austria about the poet Rumi. Ted Hughes Poetry Award Won by Jay Bernard A London based poet, Jay Bernard, has beaten six other shortlisted entrants to win the Ted ...

Church dedication/WCU/Hedd Wyn – Poetry News Roundup March 29th

 

In today’s news roundup we bring you a church window dedicated to a poet, news about this year's WCU Spring Literary Festival and Hedd Wyn’s nephew wins an award for his work in preserving his uncle’s legacy. Church Window to be Dedicated to Canadian Poet A re-glazed church window at St George’ Church, Elmham will be dedicated to the Canadian poet and author Elizabeth Smart on 22nd April. The dedication ceremony will ...

Sir Derek Walcott/Dylan Thomas Prize – Poetry News Roundup March 28th

 

This poetry news round-up features an article about an event that took place to mark the first anniversary of the death of Sir Derek Walcott and also looks at this years shortlist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. Sir Derek Walcott Remembered Last weekend a “Poems and Music in Memory of Sir Derek Walcott” evening took place to mark the first anniversary of ...