National Poetry Day: In Poetry, Truth
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
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London Book Fair 2019 announces Raymond Antrobus as Poet of the Fair
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
Gardners & Browns Books for Students sponsor National Poetry Day
Gardners and Browns Books for Students back National Poetry Day
Forward Arts Foundation is delighted to announce new sponsorship deals with UK book trade wholesaler Gardners
National Poetry Day at 25: Tell Me the Truth About Life
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
Poetry is the UK’s new force for change
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:
BBC Local Poets Celebrate Change
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
National Poetry Day Set for MASS celebration: NATIONWIDE EVENTS ANNOUNCED
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
National Poetry Day announces new 36 book promotion
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
National Poetry Day and the BBC – celebrating the changes that really matter
National Poetry Day and BBC Local Radio are joining forces to celebrate the small changes that really matter to people in 12 specially commissioned poems – one for
Poetry market is growing as audiences – and poets – diversify
The verdict from the first-ever Poetry Summit at London Book Fair
‘The poetry market is growing as audiences for poetry – and poets – are diversifying,’ said speakers
UNESCO Cities of Literature Celebrate World Poetry Day with a Global Gathering of Poets
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
John Lennon’s Imagine inspires children’s award-winning poems
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
Amani Saeed wins Art Speaks poetry competition
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 on the big screen for National Poetry Day
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
VisitEngland commissions contemporary poets to create new works for National Poetry Day
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,
Mass outbreak of verse on National Poetry Day
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 on National Poetry Day
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 announces new 40-book trade promotion as ‘poetry is booming’
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
BBC and National Poetry Day commission new poems around local words #freetheword
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
Celebrating National Poetry Day 2017: Contains Strong Language
Contains Strong Language, a poetry festival representing the hugely vibrant mix of poetry in the UK today will kick off celebrations for National Poetry Day 2017.
National Poetry Day and BBC commission 12 new poems celebrating local words
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
The children of Hull – and National Poetry Day
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,
Channel Four celebrates National Poetry Day 2016
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
Bradford Talent Young And Old Celebrate National Poetry Day With Poetry In Motion In City Park
5 October 2016
National Poetry Day calls on the nation to “say it with a poem”. Press release here.
Messages press release 26 August 2016
29 August 2016
National Poetry Day calls on the nation to “say it with a poem”. Press release here.
