News in the category General

Gillian Clarke awarded Queen's gold medal for poetry.

24/12/2010

Gillian Clarke has won the Queen's gold medal for poetry.

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The Great War Archive extends in to Germany

21/12/2010

The German National Library, Oxford University and Europeana have signed an agreement to digitise family papers and memorabilia from the First World War in order to create an online archive about the people involved in the conflict.

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Dean Johnson performing "Futility"

16/11/2010

A film of Dean Johnson performing 'Futility" at Wallasey library on November 11th is now on Youtube.

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Strange Meetings: The Poets of the Great War by Harry Ricketts review

16/11/2010

Andrew Motion on a careful account of the forgotten friendships of the soldier poets.

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Wilfred Owen Poetry Award 2010 presented to Jon Stallworthy

08/11/2010

The Wilfred Owen Association presents a Poetry Award to honour a poet for a sustained body of work that includes memorable war poems. The recipient of the 2010 Award is Professor Jon Stallworthy, FBA, FRSL, poet, biographer, and literary scholar.

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