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September 7, 2021
Guest Post: Other Women’s Kitchens – Alison Binney
Alison Binney’s pamphlet Other Women’s Kitchens is the winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2020. For me, the kitchen is often the most appealing room in any home. In the house where I grew up, we had a dining table at one end of the lou…
September 3, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘On Wonder Woman’s Island’ by Alison Binney
This week our Friday Poem is ‘On Wonder Woman’s Island’ by Alison Binney from her debut pamphlet Other Women’s Kitchens which is the winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet competition 2020. Other Women’s Kitchens is Alison Binney’s debut pamphlet of p…
September 3, 2021
Robert Walton Wins English Language Poetry Competition NAFOW
Robert Walton’s poem wins 1st place at the North American Festival of Wales.
September 2, 2021
Alison Binney wins Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2020
Alison Binney wins Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition with ‘Other Women’s Kitchens’
August 27, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘The Storyteller’ by Abeer Ameer
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Storyteller’ by Abeer Ameer from her debut collection Inhale/Exile. This poem is also featured in 100 Poems to Save the Earth. Abeer Ameer writes of her forebears in her first collection, Inhale/Exile. Dedica…
August 20, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘The Glorious Fellowship of Migraineurs’ by Polly Atkin
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Glorious Fellowship of Migraineurs’ by Polly Atkin from her collection Basic Nest Architecture. Polly’s new collection Much With Body is forthcoming this October. Polly Atkin’s debut poetry collection, Basic Nest Archi…
August 13, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Or With Open Window’ by Rosalind Hudis
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Or With Open Window’ by Rosalind Hudis from her most recent collection Restorations. Rosalind was recently shortlisted for the Gladstone’s Writers in Residence Award 2022. Judging will take place in October. Inspired by th…
August 9, 2021
Poetry prompt – David Baker on ‘Pastoral’
In this video, David Baker reads his poem ‘Pastoral’ which is featured in the anthology 100 Poems to Save the Earth. At the end of the video he suggests two prompts to inspire your own responses to the poem and the topics of the anthology. Share your…
August 6, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Karner Blue’ by Carrie Etter
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Karner Blue’ by Carrie Etter which appears in 100 Poems to Save the Earth and her collection The Weather in Normal. Our climate is on the brink of catastrophic change. 100 Poems to Save the Earth invites us to fi…
August 2, 2021
Rosalind Hudis Shortlisted for Gladstone Writers in Residence 2022
Rosalind Hudis, author of ‘Restorations’, has been shortlisted for Gladstone Writers in Residence award 2022.
July 30, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Beachcombing’ by Tiffany Atkinson
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Beachcombing’ by Tiffany Atkinson from the anthology A Last Respect. Don’t forget to tune into the BBC Radio Wales Arts Show tonight to hear the announcement of the Wales Book of the Year 2021 English-language winners. A L…
