NATION CALLED TO VERSE ON NATIONAL POETRY DAY
October 1, 2020
Read the press release here. Read coverage in the Bookseller here. * HRH Prince of Wales shares favourite Wordsworth lines New Margaret Atwood poem launches nationwide competition Benjamin Zephaniah says: ‘Poetry saved my life’ English Heritage turns to poetry to tell the Untold Stories of its 400 sites BBC Local Radio stations invite nation to…
National Poetry Day launches mass 24-hour share-a-poem festival in response to poetry’s rocketing popularity
September 15, 2020
Inspired by the popularity of poetry as a release and a relief during lockdown, National Poetry Day invites everyone to celebrate on Thursday 1 October by sharing a poem with friends, family and neighbours, online and in the places they live and work. See coverage in The Bookseller here.
National Poetry Day announces new book trade promotion for 2020
July 9, 2020
Our list of recommended reads for National Poetry Day is its biggest ever this year: 40 gorgeous new poetry books for all ages and stages to read, listen to and share. More than 20 publishers feature in the selection, which celebrates the diversity of poetry publishing with gorgeously illustrated new anthologies for children and adults,…
Forward Prizes for Poetry 2019
October 24, 2019
The winners of the 2019 Forward Prizes for Poetry have been announced. Read the press release here. You can also read the announcement in the Guardian and the Bookseller.
Poets celebrate Home Truths for National Poetry Day
October 3, 2019
An elephant evacuee, the meaning of “croggy” and “siles”, and the secret missions of baby eels: an England-wide call-out to BBC Local Radio listeners for significant stories, observations and truths that illuminate the places we call home has inspired 13 new poems for the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Day on October 3rd. Find out…
National Poetry Day: In Poetry, Truth
March 1, 2019
National Poetry Day marks its 25th anniversary this year with a mass participation campaign highlighting poetry’s power to forge community – whether intimate or on the grand scale – by celebrating words that touch on truth. The campaign – which culminates on Thursday October 3rd with thousands of poetry events across the UK – is…
National Poetry Day announces new 40-book trade promotion as ‘poetry is booming’
August 25, 2017
Poetry is booming! Last year marked the best sales on record for poetry books in both volume and value, and demand continues to grow. Poetry is now challenging prose on the bestseller lists, boosted by the popularity of both live and recorded performances and strong followings on Instagram and Twitter. Today, National Poetry Day, Britain’s…
BBC and National Poetry Day commission new poems around local words #freetheword
August 10, 2017
Cheeselog (a woodlouse), to geg in (to butt in) and fam (a familiar form of address for a friend) are among the distinctive local words that will be immortalised in 12 specially commissioned poems for this year’s National Poetry Day. These examples of regional dialect are among hundreds nominated by BBC Local Radio listeners as…