The creativity of survivors: poetry at festival celebrating disabled artists
A night of poetry that is part of Unlimited, a festival that celebrates the artistic vision and originality of disabled artists, will be staged in the Poetry Library at London’s Southbank Centre on Wednesday 3 September. Disability Arts Online, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and Survivors’ Poetry, an organisation created by and for survivors of mental distress, are getting together to ...
29th August 2014
'Wandering Celt' poet Desmond O'Grady dies aged 78
An Irish poet who played an Irish poet in the Federico Fellini film, La Dolce Vita, has died at the age of 78. Irish president Michael D Higgins led tributes to Desmond O’Grady, describing him as one of Ireland’s best-known poets.
Higgins said: “From wherever he was writing, be it Cairo or Kinsal...
28th August 2014
Stop yer swithering! Elvis McGonagall joins independence debate
Scottish stand-up poet Elvis McGonagall has entered the debate about Scottish independence in the runup to the vote with a poem aimed at helping “the indecisive amongst the Scottish electorate to reac...
27th August 2014
Foyle Young Poets award notches up new record
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2014 has hit a new record to become the largest poetry competition in the world, say its organisers. Last year's competition attracted entries from 7,478 young...
26th August 2014
Niall Campbell wins £20,000 Edwin Morgan award for young Scottish poets
Niall Campbell has won the inaugural £20,000 Edwin Morgan poetry award for Scottish poets aged 30 or under, the largest poetry prize in the UK, for his first collection Moontide, published by Bloodaxe...
25th August 2014
'Lioness of Iran' Simin Behbahani dies aged 87
The Iranian poet Simin Behbahani, known as the “Lioness of Iran”, who wrote of the joys of love and demanded equal rights for women, has died aged 87. She had been in hospital and died of heart failur...
25th August 2014
Wanted: guest poets for open mic night in Buxton
An open mic venue in Buxton is looking for guest poets. Spoken Words is a poetry/short story night held on the first Tuesday of each month at the Tea Chest in George Street, from 7.45-10.15pm. They sa...
24th August 2014
Mum and daughter Katie and Ashleigh team up at Write Out Loud Middleton tonight
There will be two generations of poetry at Write Out Loud Middleton on Sunday 24 August, when guest poets Katie Haigh and her daughter Ashleigh are appearing. Entry to this open mic event, starting at...
24th August 2014
Poetry School unveils autumn courses as online community notches up 1,000 members
The Poetry School’s online community Campus now has more than 1,000 members, it has announced. Its online courses take place on Campus, and from next month there is Clare Pollard on The Poetry of Pare...
20th August 2014
Spoken word at the Edinburgh Fringe: here's a guide to some of the shows
Write Out Loud is offering a guide to some of the spoken word highlights at the Edinburgh Fringe. Spoken word makes up just 4% of the total fringe programme - but that is up from 2% last year, with a ...
20th August 2014
Kieren King and Andrew Lawson at Write Out Loud Sale tonight
Kieren King, pictured, and Andrew Lawson are the guest poets at Write Out Loud Sale on Tuesday 19 August at the Waterside arts centre, Sale. The open mic event starts at 7.30pm, so get there in good t...
19th August 2014
Middleton remembers ... how an estate in Manchester wrote a ballad to mark the first world war
Marking this week's centenary of Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, a community film-poem project from a deprived estate in Greater Manchester has provided a moving testament to the legacy of th...
5th August 2014
