News
University of Leeds Poetry Centre and the Ilkley Literature Festival
The University of Leeds Poetry Centre will be taking part in the forthcoming Ilkley Literature Festival from 28th September to 14th...
Rachel Bower Publishes New Collection
Current Leverhulme Research Fellow, Rachel Bower, has published her new collection Moon Milk. The collection takes a frank, unflinching look at the...
Leeds University Poetry Centre Involved in Bi’an Award
Bi'an Award to be judged by Stand editors Elaine and Jon Glover and Director of University of Leeds Poetry Centre, John Whale.
Double Acclaim for Douglas Caster Fellow Vahni Capildeo
Vahni Capildeo's new collection shortlisted for prestigious poetry prize and poem featured in The Guardian.
Events
Leeds Peace Poetry Prize Giving
The theme of this year’s Peace Poetry Prize is Food Inequality. All shortlisted entrants will be invited to a celebration...
A Celebration of Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)
A Celebration of Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) with Vahni Capildeo, Elizabeth Cook, Ian Duhig, Jean Liddiard, Deborah Maccoby, Tony Rudolf, Jeffrey Wainwright, John Whale and others.
Martin Bell Translates Robert Desnos
Join us in the School of English on 6th December for an evening of poetry celebrating Martin Bell, Gregory Fellow at the University of Leeds from 1967-69, and launching a posthumous collection of his translations of the French Surrealist poet, Robert Desnos.
Zaffar Kunial Reading
Join us for a reading of his own work by poet Zaffar Kunial in the Alumni Room of the School...