We begin the week with a look at the return of the Seamus Heaney Memorial Readings, the plaque to honour a Hungarian poet and the first edition with a poet's preface which has fetched a record amount at auction. Seamus Heaney Memorial Reading Returns The Seamus Heaney Memorial Reading is set to return in person this Wednesday. The event will take place to ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we look at a new Sky Arts programme that will look at Wordsworth and Coleridge and also the Maui woman who has won the National Poetry Prize. Wordsworth Inspired Show on the Road The comedian Frank Skinner is set to go back on the road as part of a show about William Wordsworth the famous Cumbrian poet. ...
We begin the week with a look at the new film about the life of Siegfried Sassoon, the 700th death anniversary of Yunus Emre and the new Minnesota poet laureate. Benediction Screened at Toronto Film Festival The piercingly sad drama of the life of the poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, for which a release date has yet to be announced, is currently being ...
Today’s poetry news roundup looks at the home of a poet, which may receive historic recognition, the vandalism of a statue and the death of Hong Kong poet Cai Yanpei. Poets Ann Arbor Home May Receive Historic Designation Consideration is being given to the granting of historic status to the Ann Arbor home of Robert Hayden. The house, which is known as the ...
We begin the week with a look at an article about the death of Jack Hirschman, one of the Beat Generation poets. Beatnik Poet Jack Hirschman Dies Aged 87 The poet Jack Hirschman passed away on 22nd August in San Francisco. He had not been ill, and his death was incredibly sudden, happening just a few minutes before he was due to take part ...
