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Radio 4 to broadcast Tony Harrison’s controversial poem, V
BBC Radio 4 is going to broadcast a new version of Tony Harrison’s controversial poem, V, which is heavy on the swear words, according to The Guardian. The poem includes the f-word, the c-word and and...
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Sharon Olds wins TS Eliot poetry prize with divorce-inspired collection
More poetry news, and once again the poems concern a depressing subject. Sharon Olds has just won the TS Eliot poetry prize for her Stag’s Leap collection about divorce, reports The Guardian. The...
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Burns Night – facts, tips, food and toasts
Happy Burns Night to the Scots and lovers of Robbie Burns’ writing. As usual, there is always something to read about Burns – the Daily Telegraph has Burns in popular culture (check out the Coke...
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Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney dies at 74
The Irish writer and poet Seamus Heaney has died after a short illness. He was 74 and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Heaney was born in 1939 in County Derry, Northern Ireland, and...
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Introducing The Alphabet Library: An A-Z of Forgotten Books
As far as we’re concerned, a good book never dies. It’s just hard to remember them all. Now, some forgotten books are going to be returning to the limelight as the Daily Telegraph has just published...
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Supermarket chain Waitrose hires poet Roger McGough to liven up its aisles
Posh supermarket chain Waitrose has turned to poetry in its latest bid to win over Britain’s shoppers. The Guardian reports Waitrose plans to display “poetry throughout its stores as part of a...
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Seize the day – a first edition of A Shropshire Lad sells for £3,250
A Shropshire Lad, sold for $3,250 Seize the day, it’s a mantra we hear almost daily across social media and pop culture. One hundred and twenty years after the publication of A Shropshire Lad, a first...
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Welsh National Opera turns In Parenthesis war poem into a bestseller
The Welsh National Opera’s interpretation of In Parenthesis has sparked interest in David Jones’ modernist poem about World War I. The book has been the top search term on AbeBooks.co.uk during July...
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