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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This week in our poetry news roundup we look at a rare William Blake Print that is going up for auction and the autumn 2025 Poetry Foundation Grants. Rare Print of The Tyger by William Blake to go up for Auction A rare print of William Blake’s poem The Tyger is going to auction with Christies at ...
This week on My poetic Side we look at the collaboration between scientists and poets, and the winner of the Ferdinand Ossendowski Translation Prize. Poets Matched with Scientists to Deliver Climate Education in Schools Using Poetry Over 20 poets have been matched with scientists specialising in climate issues in order to educate pupils about climate change using poetry without giving ...
