Ilkley Literature Festival welcomed the Next Generation Poets Tour last Thursday 9 October with an intimate and affecting set of readings. Leeds-based poet, Paul Adrian, was first up, reading from a selection of poems taking in everything from a…
Next Generation Poet 2014, Daljit Nagra, is three dates in to a national tour of his 2013 T S Eliot Prize-shortlisted collection, a retelling of The Ramayana. Organised by Jaybird Live Literature, The Retold Ramayana event brings the book to…
We’re delighted to congratulate Next Generation Poet 2014, Kei Miller, who scooped this year’s Forward Prize for Best Collection at a London awards ceremony last week. Presented the honour by Chair of Judges, Jeremy Paxman, Miller was visibly lost for…
Glaswegian poet, McGuire, was asked to open the Next Generation Poets 2014 Tour in the beautiful surroundings of his home city’s Mitchell Library on the eve of National Poetry Day. Carrying the mic-stand away from the lectern and setting it…
Twenty Exciting Voices for the Future
