News
Vahni Capildeo FRSL
Congratulations to our Douglas Caster Cultural Fellow in Poetry Vahni Capildeo on being elected and inducted as a Fellow of...
Malika Booker receives Cholmondeley Award
We are delighted to announce that former Douglas Caster Cultural Fellow in Poetry Malika Booker is the recipient of a...
Poet Laureate Announces Winner of the Inaugural Brotherton Poetry Prize
Professor Simon Armitage has performed one of his first official duties since becoming Poet Laureate – announcing the winner of...
Our Professor of Poetry is the UK’s next Poet Laureate
University of Leeds Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage has been appointed the UK’s new Poet Laureate. He succeeds Dame Carol...
Events
Poetry by Design: An Exhibition
Poetry By Design: a Reappraisal of Concrete and Visual Poetry We are delighted to announce the opening of a new...
Zaffar Kunial reading: poems inspired by his residency at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
Poet Zaffar Kunial will be reading work inspired by his recent residency at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth. Zaffar...
Poetry ‘Cabaret’ for Child.org
Hosted by the University of Leeds Poetry Centre in aid of Child.org’s ‘Team Mum’ campaign. You are invited to Leeds’s...
Book Launch Opposite: Poems, Philosophy and Coffee
Book Launch of Opposite: Poems, Philosophy and Coffee by Aaron Meskin and Helen Mort with jazz from Skwid Ink (Tight...