Posts tagged 'Poetry'
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Poetry versus prose
Posted 7 January 2013 Author of The Weight of Water Sarah Crossan muses on why she chose to write a teenage novel in verse form Read 'Poetry versus prose ' -
Heads up! It's poetry season
Posted 23 October 2012 Booktrust's Anna McKerrow writes about a range of opportunities for exploring poetry in the classroom, including the T S Eliot Prize Shadowing Scheme Read 'Heads up! It's poetry season ' -
Claire Shanahan on The Sebald Lecture/Claire Tomalin
Posted 21 February 2012 I've been lucky enough to attend two great events the last two Monday nights; braving the cold weather and fighting my natural tendency to hibernate at the start of the... Read 'Claire Shanahan on The Sebald Lecture/Claire...' -
Measuring out my life in coffee spoons...
Posted 16 January 2012 Tonight is the announcement of the winner of the T S Eliot Poetry Prize 2012. Just to remind you... here's the shortlist Read 'Measuring out my life in coffee...' -
Authors' Spaces: Roger Garfitt
Posted 6 May 2011 Continuing Booktrust's series on authors and where they write. Today, the author of memoir The Horseman's Word... Roger Garfitt... Read 'Authors' Spaces: Roger Garfitt ' -
Whose Muse Is It Anyway?
Posted 2 September 2010 If you missed the live stream of our improv poetry event featuring Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Laura Dockrill, Luke Wright, Dizraeli and Doc Brown, never fear for we have two videos... Read 'Whose Muse Is It Anyway? ' -
Emmy the Great on her favourite author
Posted 16 August 2010 Folk musician Emmy the Great's Emma-Lee Moss guest-blogs in our continuing Authors We Love... series with her favourite uncle, the poet Peter Suart. Read 'Emmy the Great on her favourite...' -
Faber New Poets 5-8: Joe Dunthorne, Annie Katchinska, Sam...
Posted 12 July 2010 The confessional poets of the 60s, such as Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell, appeared to be exposing their deepest psyches in their poetry: letting rip with a no-holds-barred (especially in... Read 'Faber New Poets 5-8: Joe Dunthorne,...' -
The Perfect Reading
Posted 19 May 2009 Recently I've been on the hunt for the perfect reading for during my wedding ceremony. It needs to be romantic, quirky, funny and hopefully not too earnest. It needs to... Read 'The Perfect Reading ' -
A new phase for poetry
Posted 7 May 2009 Although it’s been getting lots of press and I may not be saying anything original by mentioning it, I’m really excited and pleased that Carol Ann Duffy is the new... Read 'A new phase for poetry '
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