Harold Pinter 1930-2008
Playwright Harold Pinter has died aged 78 following a battle with cancer.
Pinter wrote more than 30 plays including The Caretaker, The Homecoming and The Dumb Waiter. His film scripts include The French Lieutenant's Woman. He was also, especially in his later years, a controversial poet.
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.
25th December 2008
Adrian Mitchell 1932 to 2008
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Adrian Mitchell, one of Britain's best loved poets, from a heart attack. Many of us at Write Out Loud enjoyed his "evening with" at the Octagon recently.
You can read an obit on http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=40
You can l...
24th December 2008
Flax - Call for Submissions
Flax, the publishing imprint of Lancaster's Litfest, is looking for the best new fiction from the North West of England for Flax017. Please send up to 1200 words. These can comprise of several shor...
22nd December 2008
StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival
StAnza 2009 takes place from 18?"22 March, 2009 at various venues in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
The festival is packing a lot in with poetry stars such as Elvis McGonogall, Carol Anne Duffy, Sophie Ha...
22nd December 2008
New Poetry Event in Milton Keynes
22nd December 2008
New Magazine Looking For Submissions
22nd December 2008
Winners of The Crashaw Prize 2008
Tom Chivers How to Build a City (UK)
Abi Curtis Unexpected Weather (UK)
Ailbhe Darcy Gone Fishing (Ireland)
Jamey Dunham The Bible of Lost Pets (...
19th December 2008
The Manchester Carols
16th December 2008
Launch of "What I Do That's New"
Our features editor, Dermot Glennon, is inviting poets to share their secrets wit...
13th December 2008
Poetry Workshops Manchester
Cadre magazine FREE Poetry Workshops will be @ The Cornerhouse, Oxford Rd,Manchester on the following dates:
8th Jan, 22nd Jan,
12th Feb, 26th Feb,
12th March, 26th March,
9th April, 23rd April,
14th May, ...
6th December 2008
Community Arts Development Worker Wanted
6th December 2008
Could you replace Matthew Welton?
Part-time poetry lecturer/tutor wanted at Bolton University to replace Matthew during his semester sabbatical, Feb to June, 2009. You’ll need HE experience, be a published and practising poet. Full de...
5th December 2008
Results: Troubadour Poetry Prize 2008
Herewith, for all those who entered the second annual Troubadour Poetry Prize, news of this year's prize results.
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TROUBADOUR POETRY PRIZE 2008
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5th December 2008
COMPETITION – MY HOME TOWN
Entry is free and the closing date is 31st December. £1,000 goes to the winner.
The competition is open to poets ...
2nd December 2008
Free Books from the Poetry Society
2nd December 2008
The Ranfurly Review Out Now!
The latest issue of The Ranfurly
Review is now available for free download.
Fiction by ... Douglas Bruton, Alys Lowri Conran, Sara Crowley, Avis
Hickman-Gibb, J.B. Hogan, Kerry Hudson, M.D. Kempi...
1st December 2008
