Return Neruda's remains to his burial place, orders Chile judge
A judge in Chile has ordered that the body of Pablo Neruda should be returned to his grave for reburial. The Guardian reports that the poet’s remains have been lying in forensic laboratories in four countries in an attempt to determine whether his death may have been accelerated by poisoning.
Neruda, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1971, was being treated for cancer. He died on 23 Sep...
28th February 2015
Live link with New York poet George Wallace at fundraising night for Bolton's Live From Worktown festival
Organisers of Bolton’s Live From Worktown festival are staging a live link with New York-based poet George Wallace, pictured, as part of a night of poetry, comedy and music aimed at raising funds for the festival, on Wednesday 18 March, at Bolton College, Deane Road Campus. Also on the bill with Wal...
27th February 2015
Campaigners win court victory in fight to preserve view from Dylan Thomas Boathouse
A campaign backed by the granddaughter of Dylan Thomas, Hannah Ellis, has won a high court victory to preserve the view from the poet’s famous Boathouse home in Laugharne – the seaside town where Thom...
25th February 2015
Portrait of the poet: Elaine Feinstein talks to Michael Schmidt
Prize-winning poet Elaine Feinstein will be talking about her poetry and life with fellow poet and publisher Michael Schmidt at 2.30pm on Tuesday 24 February at the Jewish Museum in London. The event ...
23rd February 2015
Write Out Loud Middleton tonight at the Ring O' Bells
Catherine Coward is the guest poet at Write Out Loud Middleton, on Sunday 22 February at the Ring O’Bells pub, St Leonards Square, Middleton. Entry is a £2 donation to this open mic event, hosted by N...
22nd February 2015
Poetry can help heal Sri Lanka's divisions, says minister
Sri Lanka’s minister for higher education has called on universities to organise programmes of poetry to help “bring together” the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minority. According to a report in the...
20th February 2015
Free Verse book fair: a day when poetry met the people in Red Lion Square
Would Jeremy Paxman have approved? It was a day when poetry engaged with the outside world, or at least bumped straight into it, as poems were read while marchers assembled in Red Lion Square in Londo...
20th February 2015
Tongue Fu helps Write Out Loud's Gig Guide pass 12,000 listings milestone
Chris Redmond’s Tongue Fu night of spoken word, poetry and song has helped Write Out Loud’s famous Gig Guide to notch up its 12,000th listing - in the site’s 10th anniversary year.
The regular home...
20th February 2015
Transatlantic special plus pies at Write Out Loud Marsden tonight
Poet and photographer Robert Norbury will be standing in as compere at Write Out Loud Marsden on Wednesday 18 February, in what is hoped to be a “transatlantic special”. There are plans for a live lin...
18th February 2015
Char March at Write Out Sale at the Waterside tonight
Poet and playwright Char March will be the guest at Write Out Loud Sale on Tuesday 17 February at the Waterside arts centre, Sale. Entry is £3/£2 to this open mic event, compered by John Darwin, which...
17th February 2015
Valentine's special at Write Out Loud Wigan tonight
Tony Kinsella is the guest compere at a special Valentine’s Write Out Loud Wigan at The Old Courts, Crawford Street, Wigan, on Thursday 12 February. Entry is free to this open mic event, beginning at ...
12th February 2015
'I was so stoked to get this, I cried when they announced my name': Hollie McNish on winning a £10,000 spoken word award
Top performance poet Hollie McNish has spoken about her emotions on hearing she had won the £10,000 Arts Foundation award for spoken word last week.
She told Write Out Loud: "I was so stoked to ge...
10th February 2015
Caged and uncaged poetry at Write Out Loud Stockport tonight
Members of Write Out Loud Stockport will be meeting at Stockport art gallery on Monday 9 February at 7pm to read and discuss their own poetry. Entry is a £1 donation. Each month a collage poem is crea...
9th February 2015
Relax, and listen: poet takes a back seat as Live Canon actors launch collection
Imagine it: you have a new poetry collection. The launch is arranged, you turn up, but you’re not required to read. It happens all the time when Live Canon is involved.
Thus when Marcus Smith, born...
6th February 2015
Cornish group looks forward to visit from TS Eliot shortlist poet after winning Poetry Book Society prize
Members of a poetry group in Cornwall are looking forward to a visit from a poet who was shortlisted for this year’s TS Eliot Prize, after they won a Poetry Book Society competition.
5th February 2015
Poets reveal 'hidden literature' in reading at Poetry Library
Gregory Woods, Andrew McMillan, Keith Jarrett, Harry Burke and Maitreyabandhu will be reading at the Poetry Library on Wednesday 4 February at 8pm at an event titled ‘Hidden Desires, Hidden Literature...
4th February 2015
