poetry

Letter: Benjamin Zephaniah obituary

08/02/2024

I first met Benjamin Zephaniah in Northern Ireland at the Bloody...

FORWARD PRIZE JUDGES, 2024

08/02/2024

L to R: Craig Charles, Alycia Pirmohamed, Vanessa Kisuule,...

Join BlackFest at Mary Seacole House as we celebrate International Mother Language Day and announce the winners of our campaign.

31/01/2024

Join BlackFest at Mary Seacole House as we celebrate...

LEEDS MUSICAL THEATRE RAVE

30/01/2024

Get ready for a night of electrifying show-tunes and...

Seminar Programme

30/01/2024

The London Book Fair’s seminar programme hosts over 100...

Ayòbámi Adébáyò and Eliza Clark longlisted for £20k Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.

27/01/2024

Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Eliza Clark and Michael Magee have been...

Imagine Children’s Festival – South Bank Centre

27/01/2024

In an updated live version of her CBeebies TV...

Pray to the empty wells by Iryna Shuvalova review – hope’s last stronghold

18/01/2024

The Ukrainian poet’s heart-stirring poems cling to dreams in...

Nominations are now open for the 2023 Peterborough Poet Laureate Program, announces the Electric City Cultural Council (EC3).

20/10/2023

Nominations are now open for the 2023 Peterborough Poet...

Analysing the mechanics of scansion and aesthetic distance in Akubo’s collection of poems, Sonnets For Motherhood – Salawu Olajide

21/08/2023

This collection of poems opens with trenchant themes that...