WE'RE BUILDING A NEW WRITE OUT LOUD – AND ASKING OUR POETRY COMMUNITY TO HELP US
We all know that the world has changed immeasurably since March. Almost as much as it has done since Write Out Loud was formed nearly two decades ago. And one thing that’s been clear for all of us to see has been the impact and durability of poetry. The flurry of online poetry events has ranged from local open mics nights to national award ceremonies. It’s been as heart-warming and inspiring as it has been utterly bizarre. I v...
News and Opinion
The British Library has apologised to the family of the former poet laureate Ted Hughes, after it linked him to the slave trade through a distant ance...
26th Nov 2020 12:02 pm
One of the current judges of the TS Eliot prize has suggested staging the next live TS Eliot Prize reading event at somewhere like Scarborough or Grim...
25th Nov 2020 9:10 am
Write Out Loud’s Gig Guide is back – but just for events staged online at the moment. Our Gig Guide – which provided the spur for the formation of Wri...
19th Nov 2020 11:00 am
Poetry in the time of coronavirus. Many copies of Write Out Loud’s Beyond the Storm poetry competition anthology have now been mailed out - and thank...
12th Nov 2020 9:01 am
The Irish poet Eavan Boland, who died earlier this year aged 75, has been shortlisted in the poetry category of the Costa Book Awards, it was announce...
24th Nov 2020 8:52 pm
A short film made last year for Refugee Week of a poem – a villanelle – by Write Out Loud’s Julian Jordon has won the animation category in the Royal ...
21st Nov 2020 9:58 am
During the coronavirus shutdown Write Out Loud has been looking back at some wonderful live poetry moments over the last few years … and re-running so...
21st Nov 2020 5:18 pm
Jeremy Reed added a touch of sparkle – quite a few touches of sparkle, in fact – to the Aldeburgh poetry festival on Friday night. Sprinkling handfuls...
21st Nov 2020 5:16 pm
Amy Glynn has won the £2,000 Troubadour international poetry prize with her poem ‘Entre-Deux-Mers, June’. She is from Lafayette, California. Second wa...
25th Nov 2020 10:50 am
Liz Berry will judge the £400 Wolverhampton Literature Festival poetry competition, which has the theme ‘aspect of love’. Poets are being asked to use...
28th Nov 2020 11:30 pm
We have lots of poets who would enjoy being described as “a poet first, and a (fill in the job) second", as if for them writing poems is the most impo...
23rd Nov 2020 12:00 am
London-based poet and playwright Jenny Mitchell has had poems broadcast on Radio 4 and BBC2, and has conducted workshops in environments ranging from ...
25th Nov 2020 4:16 pm
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