Fiona Larkin wins National Poetry Competition
Fiona Larkin has won this year’s £5,000 National Poetry Competition with ‘Absence has a Grammar’, which was described by judges Romalyn Ante, John McAuliffe and Stephen Sexton as “very impressive, ingenious and affecting”.
The winning poem was inspired by a family visit to Helsinki. Fiona Larkin said: “I was in Helsinki last August with all my family except my son Alex, who was moving to Brisba...
24th March 2025
Faber to publish 'definitive' edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry
Faber is to publish The Poems of Seamus Heaney later this year, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis. It’s described as the definitive edition of Heaney’s poetry, featuring a number of previously unpublished poems from the Nobel prize-winning poet. The volume will be pub...
21st March 2025
Foyle Young Poet Lewis Corry featured on Poems on the Underground
This year’s Spring Poems on the Underground posters include Foyle Young Poet Lewis Corry. The poster set was launched with readings outside the tube station at Covent Garden by Lewis, plus poets Niall...
6th March 2025
