Remembering Ted Hughes and Sir John Betjeman: Prince Charles talks to the current poet laureate
The poet laureate Simon Armitage managed to tease out some royal reminiscences of other laureates when he invited the Prince of Wales to join him in his The Poet Laureate Has Gone to his Shed BBC Radio 4 podcast series. In fact Armitage and HRH were not in the poet laureate’s shed at all, but in a restored barn in Wales, on one of Prince Charles’s properties. In a wide-ranging conversation that fo...
31st August 2021
From Coventry and Dresden: bilingual book of peace poet’s poems
A collaborative book in English and German of poems by Coventry peace poet Antony Owen that reinforces the links between his city and the German city of Dresden has been launched during Coventry’s City of Culture year. Phoenix was the brainchild of translator Dr Rainer Barczaitis at the German-Briti...
29th August 2021
Kathleen Jamie becomes Scotland's new makar
Kathleen Jamie has been appointed as Scotland’s next makar, its national poet. Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon formally welcomed Jamie, 59, to the role at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edin...
18th August 2021
US poet and journalist appeals for help for Afghan women targeted by the Taliban
An American poet and journalist who appeared at London's Southbank Centre six years ago alongside a women Afghan MP to talk about "secret poetry" of Afghan women - landays - has appealed for donations...
18th August 2021
Award-winning poet and teacher says accusations of racial stereotyping have been 'humbling'
The poet and teacher Kate Clanchy has responded to accusations of racial stereotyping in her book, Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, saying the criticism had been “humbling”.
Her memoir, ...
10th August 2021
Our man in Berkhamsted: poet becomes mayor in Graham Greene's home town
A poet who has published two pamphlets, twice been nominated for the Forward Best Single Poem prize, and is a member of Ver Poets and a regular at Write Out Loud Woking, has now become mayor of Berkha...
9th August 2021
Veteran poet Janine Booth's open-mic night in new home town
A veteran poet who moved out of London to Lewes is launching a new open-mic poetry night in the Sussex town, with Attila the Stockbroker as the first guest poet. Janine Booth – also known as The Big J...
8th August 2021
Poetry Wales appoints new joint editors
Poetry Wales magazine has announced two new joint editors – Marvin Thompson and Zoë Brigley. Marvin Thompson, who was born in London to Jamaican parents, now lives in south Wales, and was this year’s ...
5th August 2021
