In today"s poetry news roundup we bring you a story about the celebration of the poet Wilfred Owen that will be taking place at Ripon Cathedral and we look at the winners of this year’s Windham-Campbell prize. Centenary of War Poet to be Marked by Ripon Cathedral On 18th March, 100 years after the last birthday of the war poet Wilfred Owen, the ...
Our midweek poetry round up brings you this year's shortlist for the Moth Poetry Prize, a poetry adaptation for radio 4 and the fifth annual “Pay with a Poem” event. Moth Poetry Prize Shortlist This year’s shortlist for the €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize has just been released and it makes interesting reading. The Moth Poetry Prize is awarded for a single unpublished poem and ...
Today we take a look at poetry related news articles from all over the world, we have the lost poetry of Lou Reed which is due to be published in April, the winner of this year"s Herbert International Literary Prize, and the Oakham Awards shortlist. The Lost Poetry of Lou Reed to be Published Lou Reed, who passed away in 2013 at the age ...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with further news relating to the story of the Korean poet Ko Un. We also take a look at a property linked to Rupert Brooke that will shortly be up for auction. Poet Speaks Out Ko Un, the Korean poet who is at the centre of the sexual harassment accusations sweeping the Korean literary scene ...
Our final news round up of the weeks brings an article about the 10th annual Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, the passing of the man who collected over 75,000 books of poetry and finally an article about a man who attacked his neighbour for reciting poetry. Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Begins The 10th annual Emirates Airline Festival of Literature began yesterday at Al ...
