According to the government’s Taking Part survey, 3.8% of the population write poetry – that’s two million people. Are you one of them?

For the 25th

National Poetry Day and BBC Local Radio have joined forces to challenge stereotypes and celebrate the delights of the different regions that together compose the United Kingdom. From

As sales of poetry hit record levels in the UK, the London Book Fair is set to explore poetry as the medium of the moment, with a host

National Poetry Day and Michael O’Mara Books announce poetry call-out for a 25th anniversary collection

In a new partnership, Michael O’Mara Books and The Forward Arts Foundation are

New research finds that children from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to engage in poetry

A new National Literacy Trust report, A Thing That Makes Me Happy:

POETS CELEBRATE THE CHANGES THAT REALLY MATTER ON NATIONAL POETRY DAY

A secret love affair in Cornwall, a tree slung with trainers in Brighton, and the

Monday 17th September 2018: National Poetry Day, the world’s biggest 24-hour celebration of poetry, will see poems shared in the tunnels of Cornish tin mines, in the mirrors

Today National Poetry Day, Britain’s national campaign for poetry, announces its dedicated book trade promotion for a second year running, highlighting 36 inspiring poetry books in three wide

Georgina Wilding, Nottingham’s Young Poet Laureate, to perform on the international stage in Granada, Spain.

Nottingham will be marking the day with Nottingham’s Poet Laureate, Georgina Wilding,  joining

National Poetry Day in association with Frances Lincoln Children’s Books and Amnesty International UK ran a special competition this year asking children to write a poem inspired by

Scarborough Art Gallery painting inspires ‘Jesus Christ Goes Clubbing’

To many it is a familiar scenario. Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith’s The Disrobing (Despoiling) of Christ

BRADFORD POETS GO ON LOCATION TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL POETRY DAY

Poets from across the district came together on Bradford’s big screen today (THU) after going out

To mark National Poetry Day (28 September), VisitEngland has commissioned two contemporary poets, Remi Graves and Andrew McMillan, to create new ‘England poems’, celebrating London and Manchester respectively,

National Poetry Day kicks off with the launch of a new BBC poetry and performance festival and report of a fresh boom in poetry book sales

The Rialto Nature and Place Poetry Competition 2018 launches today, 28 September, to coincide with National Poetry Day 2017.

Run by leading poetry magazine The

National Poetry Day and the BBC are joining forces this year to discover and celebrate the nation’s great local words in 12 specially commissioned poems – one for

Poets to take up residency in Hull schools

This week poets will take up residency in four Hull primary schools to run workshops with pupils to encourage students,

Poems from 18 year-old  Vivien Urban and 19 year-old Shukria Rezaei will replace the introduction on the Channel 4 idents throughout the day. Please read here