Today in our poetry news round-up, we look at the poets on the Scotiabank Giller longlist, we have news about the Off the Shelf Book Festival and we look at the poet to be honoured with a postage stamp. Longlist for the $100k Scotiabank Giller Prize Announced The longlist for this years Scotiabank Giller Prize has been announced. There are 14 titles on the ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the Roald Dahl poetry being brought to life by puppets and this year's Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival. Roald Dahl Poetry to be Brought to Life The somewhat twisted poetry of the author and poet Roald Dahl is to be brought to life thanks to the Puppet Theatre in Norwich. The theatre is to celebrate a milestone ...
Today we look at Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s art exhibition, the poet who has been convicted for protesting and the cycle tour that takes in poetry and whisky. Poet Celebrates 101st Birthday with Painting Exhibition The prominent poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti has celebrated his 101st birthday with a showing of his paintings in New York. This is his first solo exhibition. Known to many as one of ...
We begin the week with an article about a donation received by the Bronte Parsonage. We also look at the artist painting a Roethke inspired mural on a bus. TS Eliot Estate Gives Bronte Parsonage £20,000 Like many museums, The Bronte Parsonage has felt the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the loss of funds that has occurred due to a lengthy shutdown. Their ...
Our final news round-up of the week takes a look at the surprise donation received by a poet, the poet who has won a regional award, and a virtual poetry reading with the US Poet Laureate. Surprise Donation for Donegal Poet A poet from Donegal who is using an online donation page in order to fund his first poetry book has received a surprise ...
