We begin the week on My Poetic Side with a look at the Kazakh Museum dedicated to a poet. We also look at the winner of this year’s Young Writer Award. Museum Dedicated to Abai Kunanbayev Fascinates Visitors This year marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of Abai Kunanbayev, the philosopher, educator, poet and founding father of Kazakh literature. There have been many ...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at a letter written by Elizabeth Barratt Browning that will be auctioned this month, and the Indian poet who has died aged 72. Letter Written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning up for Auction A letter, written by the poet Elizabeth Browning, in which she describes her lonely quarantine, is to go up for ...
Today's poetry news round-up looks at the Lake District house that was the home of two poets that is still up for sale, the WB Yeats letters that fetched a significant amount at auction and the winner of this year's Ruth Rendell Award. Former Lake District Home of Two Famous Poets Sees Price Cut of £50,000 Greta Hall, the stunning Grade I country house ...
Today in our poetry news round-up, we take a look at the archive of Thomas Hardy items that the Dorset Trust is hoping to purchase. We also have a short article about a property linked to a poet that is up for sale. Campaign to Return Thomas Hardy Archives to Dorset Underway A bid is underway to bring a collection of prized archives relating ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the collection of poetry by Sir Walter Scott that will be going up for auction shortly. Walter Scott “Lost” Poetry Up for Auction Books of poetry by one of the greatest writers ever produced by Scotland, Sir Walter Scott, that were given to the doctor who helped him regain his health is to go up ...
