News
‘Finishing It’: Simon Armitage’s Second Laureate Poem
Simon Armitage’s second laureate poem ‘Finishing It’ has been commissioned by the Institute of Cancer Research and will go on...
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...
Events
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 by Design: An Exhibition
Poetry By Design: a Reappraisal of Concrete and Visual Poetry We are delighted to announce the opening of a new...
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...