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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
