Poetry aid: Bradford's Barbara Howerska raises £150 for food bank
Bradford poet Barbara Hoswerska has raised £150 for a local food bank after staging a reading from her recent poetry collection, and donating all the money raised from sales of her book.
She said: "It was a wonderful evening. I had lots of fun and read 15 poems." Barbara's collection is titled The Widow Witch, and is published by Half Moon Press. The evening was on Wednesday 15 December at the...
30th December 2021
Feeling down at Christmas? Let Liz Berry's seasonal poem lift the heart
Christmas? Bah, Covid! Again! It's easy to feel downbeat about December 2021. Just as December 2020 turned out to be not as we'd hoped, with families locked down or separated, December 2021 has suddenly taken a turn for the worse. The year started so promisingly, with the youngest poet to read at a ...
22nd December 2021
'Pioneering voice' awarded Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
Guyanese poet Grace Nichols has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, it has been announced. Nichols moved to Britain in 1977. Her first poetry collection, I Is a Long-Memoried Woman, was pu...
18th December 2021
Worcestershire laureate's new role as hospital trust poet in residence
Worcestershire's poet laureate Ade Couper has a new role - as the first poet in residence of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. As the Worcester News reported, his task will be to explore how p...
17th December 2021
Manuscript of Emily Brontë's poems saved for the nation in £15m library acquisition
The Friends of the National Libraries (FNL) has successfully raised over £15 million to acquire the Honresfield Library for the nation, it was announced today. The collection includes manuscripts by t...
16th December 2021
The gift of poetry: pharmacy swept off its feet with orders after mention in Christmas gift guide
The Poetry Pharmacy in Shropshire, which offers “poetry on prescription – an alternative therapy for your emotional ailments”, has been swamped with orders after appearing in a national newspaper Chri...
12th December 2021
Poet donates copies of book to raise cash for food bank at Christmas
A poet is giving away copies of her poetry collection to raise money for a local food bank at Christmas. Barbara Howerska will be giving a poetry reading at the Exchange Craft Beer House in Bradford o...
12th December 2021
'I dislike the idea of being a religious poet': former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
The former Archbishop of Canterbury and poet, Rowan Williams, will be discussing his new Collected Poems with fellow Carcanet poet Rachel Mann at an online launch event on Wednesday 15 December.
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10th December 2021
Before Them, We: new poetry anthology digs deep into African family histories
A fascinating new poetry anthology celebrating intergenerational African family histories will be published next month. Poets such as Inua Ellams, Nick Makoha, Yomi Sode and many more are included in ...
10th December 2021
Poet’s tribute to ‘Fourth King’ Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square
The Poetry Society has unveiled a new poem, ‘The Fourth King’ by Sinéad Morrissey, in welcoming the Norwegian Christmas tree to Trafalgar Square. Every year, the Poetry Society commissions a poet to ...
7th December 2021
