Poet Awarded MBE / Cathedral Poetry Event / New York Mayor Honoured By Poet – Poetry News Roundup January 2nd

Published by Joanne Jeffries January 2nd, 2026.

Our first poetry news round up of 2026 takes a look at the poet awarded an MBE in the New Years honours list, a poetry event in a cathedral and the poet taking part in the inauguration for the new mayor of New York. Poet Awarded MBE in New Year Honours List The novelist and poet Andrew McMillan has been awarded an MBE in the ...

300 yr Old Poet’s Mystery Solved / Scotland – Jamaica Collaboration – Poetry News Roundup December 26th

Published by Joanne Jeffries December 29th, 2025.

Today, we’ll take a look at the 300 year old mystery of Joachim do Bellay, and the collaboration between Scotland and Jamaica. Archaeologists Solve 300-Year-Old Mystery French researchers and archaeologists believe that they have identified the final remains of Joachim du Bellay, the famed French Renaissance poet who died in 1650. Following the poets death, it was never fully ...

Poet’s Home Battle / Guernsey’s Blue Plaque – Poetry News Roundup December 19th

Published by Joanne Jeffries December 20th, 2025.

This week on My Poetic Side we look at the growing petition to save a poet’s former apartment and a blue plaque on Guernsey. The Battle to Save a Poet’s Former Apartment from Expansion of the Moulin-Rouge A flat in Montmartre, France where Jacques Prévert, one of the most important French poets in recent years, lived is being threatened by ...

Fellowship for Poet / Stafford Poetry Celebration / Richmond Laureate – Poetry News Roundup December 12th

Published by Joanne Jeffries December 13th, 2025.

This week our poetry news round up looks at the acclaimed poet who was been honoured with an honorary fellowship, the 31st William Stafford Poetry Celebration and the search for a new poet laureate for Richmond. Swansea University Honour Acclaimed Poet An honorary fellowship has been awarded to the chaired bard Professor Tudur Hallam by Swansea University. The fellowship ...

Blake’s Poem Auctioned / PEN Heaney Winner / Laureate’s Calendar – Poetry News Roundup. December 5th

Published by Joanne Jeffries December 6th, 2025.

This week on My Poetic Side we follow up on a previous article about the sale of a rare William Blake Print, we look at the winner of the PEN Heaney Award, and the first event in the new US Poet Laureates calendar. Tyger Tyger Print Sells for Record Amount Earlier this week the earliest colour edition of ...

Save Burns’ Farm / StAnza Dates – Poetry News Roundup November 28th

Published by Joanne Jeffries November 29th, 2025.

This week in our round up of poetry news we look at the fundraising efforts to save Robert Burns’ farm and the festival dates for StAnza 2026. £12m Needed to Restore Farm Where Auld Lang Syne Was Written Campaigners are working to raise funds on an international level to save the farm where the poet Robert Burns penned ...

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