The Poet That Did Not Exist/Lorde Scholars Program – Poetry News Roundup August 30th

 

This week we begin our poetry news with a look at the poet who didn’t exist and the founding of the Audre Lorde Scholars Program. The Poet Who Wasn’t In 1944, Max Harris, a poet based in Adelaide, featured poetry by Ern Malley in Angry Penguins, the modernist art and literary journal that he was co-editor of. He believed that the poet had died ...

Shakespeare Collection For Sale/Poet Honoured At Power Of Words Festival- Poetry News Roundup 25th August

 

Today's poetry news round up looks at a rare poetry collection that is up for sale and the winner of this year’s Living Poets Society Award. Diminutive Shakespeare Poetry Collection up for Sale Peter Harrington, the Mayfair rare book dealer, is offering for sale a finely bound collection of poems written by William Shakespeare that was published in 1640. The dainty book is ...

Makar Appointment/Poet’s Translation – Poetry News Roundup August 23rd

 

Today in our poetry news round-up we begin with a look at the appointment of a new Makar. We also look at a recently penned translation of the work of Seán Ó Riordáin. New Makar for Scotland A new Makar, the National poet of Scotland, has been appointed. Kathleen Jamie, the essayist and poet, was welcomed to the role by Nicola Sturgeon the First ...

Sylvia Plath Collection Sells/Michael Rosen’s COVID Battle – Poetry News Roundup July 28th

 

Today, our poetry news round up takes a look at the Sylvia Plath auction and the poet and author struggling with long covid. Sylvia Plath Collection Sells at Auction We recently brought you a story about a collection of love letters that the poet Sylvia Plath sent to her husband Ted Hughes that were going up for auction. The collection has now sold ...

Wordsworth Celebration/Olympic Poetry/Poet’s Home Transformation – Poetry News Roundup July 26th

 

Today, we take a look at the celebrations of William Wordsworth's sister, and Olympic poetry set to inspire. We also focus on the poet's home which is going to be transformed. Dorothy Wordsworth to be Celebrated William Wordsworth is often celebrated for his contribution to literature; however his sister Dorothy Wordsworth was also a poet, and a diarist, in her own right. Now plans ...