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Sean O’Brien Wins the T.S. Eliot Prize
Last night Sean O'Brien was announced the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize. O'Brien, who is Professor of Creative Writing…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering – W. S. Merwin
Sections three and four of Earth Shattering, 'Killing the Wildlife' and 'Unbalance of Nature', bring together poems within those specific…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering – Wordsworth
Earth Shattering begins with sections entitled 'Rooted in Nature' and 'Changing the Landscape', which present us with the wilderness poetry…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering
We have reached 2008 and the ecological and environmental issues pressing upon us are more prevalent than ever. Don't worry,…
Recommended Reads: Leading the Dance, by Sarah Salway
by Caroline Smailes I’ve been a fan of Sarah Salway for a while now and so was thrilled when the…
Philip Pullman on Milton
Kirsty at Other Stories, who also writes for the OUP blog, is getting all excited about a piece by Philip…
Recommended Reads: George MacDonald
Mary Weston manages the Merseycare Reads Project, teaches in Continuing Education, works as a counsellor, runs open house for asylum…
Dedalus Press Petition
Small but highly regarded publisher Dedalus Books learned in December that the Arts Council would not be renewing its £25,000…
Recommended Reads: Spies, by Michael Frayn
Kate McDonnell is a project worker at Get Into Reading. Spies by Michael Frayn I read Spies twice last year:…
Featured Poem: Frost at Midnight
Coleridge's poem 'Frost at Midnight' was written 210 years ago in early 1798. It is a poem that embodies the…
Blake Morrison on Get Into Reading
In today's Guardian Blake Morrison writes about Jane Davis's Get Into Reading initiative, which aims to promote reading as a…
Words Without Borders January 2008
The January 2008 issue of Words Without Borders, the (free) 'Online Magazine for International Literature' features the seven deadly sins…
