Brotherton Poetry Prize Launches
The Brotherton Poetry Prize presented by the University of Leeds Poetry Centre is now open for entries.
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Peace Poetry Winners 2018
The Annual Peace Poetry Prize Award Ceremony took place in the Maurice Keyworth Lecture Theatre of the University of Leeds on Tuesday 27 November 2018. John Battle, Chair of the Diocese of Leeds Justice and Truth Commission and Former MP for Leeds West, gave a short address on the theme of poverty and food inequality, and Helen...
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 October. In a packed and exciting programme, Poetry Centre members and affiliates can be found at the following events: Voices of Light and Dark: Director of the University of Leeds Poetry Centre, Professor John Whale, will be...
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 joys and challenges of modern parenting, pregnancy, birth and early childhood and explores such themes as loss, shame, transformation and betrayal. The collection is published by Valley Press. More information and details of how to...
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.
Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage Publishes New Collection
Yorkshire Sculpture Park has published Flit, a 40th anniversary collection of poems by University of Leeds Professor of Poetry, Simon Armitage.
Vahni Capildeo Publishes New Collection
Douglas Caster Fellow Vahni Capildeo's new collection Venus as a Bear is now available from Carcanet. The collection - spanning such diverse subject matter as animals, art, language, the sea, thinghood, metaphor, description, and dance - is the Poetry Book Society's summer choice. For further information, reviews and where to buy, visit Carcanet.
Double Win for Leeds at York Literature Festival
We are delighted to announce that Hannah Copley won first prize in this year's York Literature Festival / YorkMix Poetry Competition with her poem 'Haworth, 1855'. The poetry competition (now one of Britain's most prestigious), attracted 856 poems from more than 400 poets. Current Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Rachel Bower, also won fourth prize with...
Simon Armitage appointed Professor of Poetry
The School of English is delighted to welcome award-winning poet Simon Armitage as the University of Leeds' first Professor of Poetry.