Our first poetry news of the week takes a look at the poetry festival at COP26, the roadside marker to honour a poet and the search for a youth poet laureate. Poets at COP26 As world leaders gear up for COP26 in Glasgow a group of poets are also getting ready for the COP26 literary event. Three Scottish poets, Roseanne Watt, Padraig MacAoidh and ...
Our poetry news round up looks at the free library of rare books by Black writers that has been set up, the winner of the Queen Mary Wasafiri prize and the Wordsworth concert. Artist and Singer Debuts Free Library of Rare Books Written by Black Writers As part of a special initiative that will begin this month, people in the US will be able ...
Our first round up of the week looks at the launch of a new poetry festival, the poet honoured on what would have been his 100th birthday and the winner of this years Gordon Burn Prize. Push The Boat Out Launches Edinburgh saw the launch of a new poetry festival this weekend. “Push the Boat Out” is a hybrid event that is hoping to ...
Today in our poetry news round up we look at this years winner of the CLiPPA Award and the soon to be released new American quarters, one of which will honour a poet. Children’s Poetry Award Win for Michael Rosen In 2020, the poet and former children’s laureate Michael Rosen spent two months in a medically induced coma as a result of catching ...
We begin the week with a round-up of some of the news stories from National Poetry Day. Billboards go up Around the Country The poet and former children’s laureate Michael Rosen was amongst the celebrities who took part in the celebrations for National Poetry Day on 7th October. In addition to the live event this year which took place digitally there were also ...
