Category Archives: poetry prize

Looking Forward to the Forward celebrations…

Posted on 12 March 2012 by

I am so sorry for the title of this post. It had to be done. But apologies aside, I really am excited about the line up we have for next Monday’s event. Celebrating 20 years of the Forward Prize for … Continue reading →

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Poetry power: Duffy and Turner

Posted on 27 June 2011 by

… and June finishes with some serious poetry power—here’s a quick update: Carol Ann Duffy and Friends – TONIGHT Tickets for the Carol Ann Duffy and Friends event at Kings Place tonight are almost sold out – I’ve just spied … Continue reading →

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Cities event continues the 2011 poetry feast

Posted on 18 April 2011 by

I returned yesterday from a lovely, sunny week in Luz, Portugal. It was great to take a break and strangely refreshing also to be cut off from the Internet for the whole time. This wasn’t part of the original plan, … Continue reading →

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Does Sam Willetts say it better than Pete Doherty?

Posted on 30 January 2011 by

Last Thursday’s post by Nina Reece on Derek Walcott inspired Holly Wilkinson, a PinC volunteer on the new audiences committee and a PinC event manager, to give us her perspective on the TS Eliot Prize event too… I am delighted … Continue reading →

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Poetry and politics: thoughts on Derek Walcott’s win

Posted on 27 January 2011 by

And now for another response to a poetry prize – the article for this post was written by Nina Reece, a Poet in the City volunteer and a passionate activitist who draws some of her inspiration from the poetry she … Continue reading →

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Warm Picador poetry event in a cold January

Posted on 26 January 2011 by

Poet in the City events are always worthwhile, but true poetry lovers can never get enough, so PinC members rove ceaselessly about the city hunting down poetry wherever it may be found. While delighted to find even tiny verses in … Continue reading →

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