‘I’m always thinking of lines and looking for inspiration’: learning lessons from youngsters in school’s poetry group
Most readers coming to this site will be interested in the future of poetry in changing times. The Bookseller announced in December 2023 that poetry was “on course for a record year”, partly due to an increasing number of independent presses (despite their rather precarious existence) and partly as a result of the burgeoning Instagram and TikTok outlets. These do allow great spontaneity, although ...
22nd July 2024
Harvest time: Graham Sherwood's 'Reap' poem in Lammas anthology
Write Out Loud’s Graham Sherwood is one of 16 local writers in Milton Keynes whose work has been included in Dreams for Lammas, a Milton Keynes literary festival online anthology on the theme of Harvest. Poets will be reading from the anthology on Zoom on Thursday 1 August at 7pm. More details
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19th July 2024
Revealed: the 20 contenders for this year's Forward prizes
The 2024 Forward prizes shortlists have been announced. The contenders for the £10,000 Forward best collection prize are: Rachael Allen’s God Complex (Faber & Faber); Victoria Chang’s With my back to ...
18th July 2024
Leaving the Hills: Tony Curtis, Seren
It is 1961. Aldous Huxley and his wife Laura flee the Hollywood Hills as a devastating wildfire rips through one of the most affluent areas of Los Angeles. What can they save of their lives? This is t...
17th July 2024
Instagram poets pushing us off bookshop shelves, warns Bloodaxe's Neil Astley
The highly successful Bloodaxe Books publisher Neil Astley has highlighted the changing nature of poetry book sales as a result of the internet, and the rise of Instagram poetry. In a Q&A session at B...
8th July 2024
Deadline nears for Foyle Young Poets of the Year award
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year award is once again open for entries. It’s organised by the Poetry Society and supported by the Foyle Foundation, and invites new poems from young writers aged 11–17 ...
7th July 2024
A Darker Way: Grahame Davies, Seren
Author, poet, editor, librettist and literary critic Grahame Davies was brought up in the former coal-mining village of Coedpoeth, near Wrexham, in north-east Wales. His former career as a journalist ...
7th July 2024
