POETRY IS IMPORTANT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES - HELP US TO HELP OTHERS CREATIVELY, IF YOU CAN
We hope you managed a well-earned rest over the festive period in spite of all the plans that had to be cancelled. We know things are looking gloomy and the last thing you need is a plea for support from us, but what we are asking is for you to support us in supporting others. Write Out Loud has made a huge difference to people’s lives – through poetry - in the past 18 years. 2020 taught us the value of poetry in difficult tim...
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The £25,000 TS Eliot Prize readings will be combined with the chair of the judges’ announcement of the winner in a streamed event hosted by Ian McMill...
12th Jan 2021 5:49 pm
Legendary 1960s figure Marianne Faithfull has unveiled her latest album project – reading the works of the Romantic Poets, including Keats’ To Autumn,...
16th Jan 2021 12:00 am
It was the day that lockdown was announced in mid-March. Sale Write Out Loud’s open-mic night was due to be held as usual at the Waterside arts centre...
24th Dec 2020 9:15 am
Simon Armitage spoke about the process of becoming poet laureate on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live at the weekend. He said that at first, “as I understan...
9th Jan 2021 4:41 pm
The poet laureate of Twitter, Brian Bilston, is a bit less of a mystery man these days. For a while it’s been known that he is actually Paul Millichea...
14th Jan 2021 11:44 am
Daljit Nagra will be judging the £1,000 RSPB and the Rialto Nature and Place poetry competition. Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature...
10th Jan 2021 11:57 pm
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...
14th Jan 2021 10:01 pm
The new Forward prize winner, Kei Miller, looked out at the audience, smiled, and apologised for the downbeat nature of his final poem on National Poe...
14th Jan 2021 9:59 pm
Do you still remember the first lockdown? How it felt quite different to this one? Back then we were moving into spring, then summer. There were a who...
8th Jan 2021 1:24 pm
Write Out Loud regular Ray Pool is known to many here as a professional musician. But what may be less well known is that before he turned to music, h...
14th Jan 2021 10:28 pm
Wendy Klein will be judging the £200 Slipstream Poets open poetry competition. The deadline is 28 February. More details
11th Jan 2021 9:11 pm
Exercise to preserve physical and mental health has become even more important during the pandemic. And walking is still a relatively easy way – and ...
11th Jan 2021 9:12 pm
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