Today’s poetry news roundup looks at the poet on a banknote and the portrait of Dylan Thomas that has returned to Wales. New Scottish Bank Note Revealed The new £50 polymer note was recently revealed by the Bank of Scotland. The new design features one difference that is immediately noticeable and that is that instead of the green colour that people are so familiar ...
Today’s poetry news roundup looks at the poet inspired film for the City of Culture, the winner of the 2021 Cervantes Prize for Literature and the football club named after a poet. Film Inspired by George Eliot Featured in Coventry City of Culture Launch The launch of the Coventry City of Culture year was marked with the release of a film inspired by ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the finalists for the Trillium Book Award, the Myanmar poet who has died in custody and the Italian parks renamed for Greek poets. Trillium Book Award Finalists Named Souvankham Thammavongsa, a previous winner of the Scotiabank Gillier Prize has been named as one of the Ontario writers who has made the finalists list for this year's ...
Our first poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at some of Rupert Brooke’s letters that have gone up for auction and the 160th anniversary of the birth of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. Letters from Rupert Brooke to Friend in Fiji Sold at Auction Just before World War One, Rupert Brooke, who is one of the most respected British war poets, ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the proposed memorial for Shelley and the war poet whose poems have never been heard before. Memorial to Shelley is Supported by Michael Rosen A £40,000 fundraiser is being launched by the Shelley Memorial Project in order to create a memorial to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in Horsham. Michael Rosen, the former Children’s Laureate ...