Our final news round-up of the weeks takes a look at the first names to be announced for this year's Henley Literary Festival and the Indonesian poet who is facing complains of blasphemy. Henley Literary Festival Announces First Names One of the largest book festivals in the UK, the Henley Literary Festival is in its 12th year. The festival will take place at a number ...
Today we look at articles on the Zimbabwean poet who has been commissioned to write a poem for a documentary, and the literary philanthropist who has passed away at the age of 103. Zimbabwean Poet Commissioned for Poetry for National Lottery Funded Documentary Munnya Usuwana, the UK based spoken word Zimbabwean artist has been commissioned by the National Lottery to write a poem for “Digging ...
In today’s poetry news round-up we look at the winner of this year’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Google doodle dedicated to Maya Angelou and the widow of Liu Xiabo who is still under house arrest. Winner of Anisfield- Wolf Book Awards Announced Established in 1935 by the poet Edith Anisfield Wolf the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are awarded each year by Ohio based community foundation ...
Today’s poetry news roundup has articles on the army recruits who are studying poetry, the Google Doodle dedicated to a Filipino poet and the Papal preacher who quoted T.S Eliot in his Good Friday address. The Army Poetry Readings It would seem that poetry can be found pretty much anywhere nowadays but is perhaps a little surprising to discover that the army is asking ...
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 ...
