Today, we take a brief look at the Black Ink Book Festival. We have the celebrations for Rumi day too, as well as the world's first crime book written in verse and the tree being planted in memory of Nasimi. Nikki Giovanni Headlines 2019 Black Ink Book Festival This year’s Black Ink book ...
We begin the week with a look at the inaugural Seamus Heaney lecture which will be taking place on 17th October. We also have an article about the muralist who has been asked to remove a poet from his latest piece of work, and finally the Chinese poetry flash mobs. Seamus Heaney Lecture to Take Place at University of Liverpool...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week looks at the Forward poetry prize and the poet Roger McGough and his new poetry anthology. Poet from Northern Ireland Shortlisted for Top Prize A poet from Northern Ireland, who has a rather unusual inspiration for his work, has been announced as one of the ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the death of the poetry critic Alfred Alvarez who has passed away aged 90. We also take a look at one of the youngest ever recipients of a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Ocean Vuong. Poetry Critic A. Alvarez Dies Aged 90 The acclaimed British poet, essayist ...
Today in our poetry news round-up, we have articles about the Nasimi Exhibition in a carpet museum, the authors protesting the decisions made on the Nelly Sachs Prize and the poet who turned 101. Nasimi Exhibition at Carpet Museum The second Nasimi Festival of Poetry will be taking place on 28th September. As ...
