Here's my #poetry news for May, feat naa adukwɛi Faber Books @RathbonesFolio Dartington Arts The Poetry Society Seren Verve Poetry Festival @YtCornwall Wasafiri Anna Selby PoetsandPlayers WritingWestMidlands Poetry School Write & Shine mailchi.mp/d8ec1f3acd14/k…
#NewPost - my #review of #Glory by #NoVioletBulawayo .
Quite simply one of the best books I've ever read.
FMcM @RathbonesFolio #BookTwitter #booktwt #bookbloggers #topreads
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#BookPost ! Huge thanks to FMcM for sending #Glory by #NoVioletBulawayo & #MapsOfOurSpectacularBodies by MaddieMortimer, shortlisted for the @RathbonesFolio and Young Writer Award prizes respectively! Can't wait to get stuck in!
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The @RathbonesFolio Prize Poetry Shortlist begins.
Jackie Kay
Zaffar Kunial
Yomi Ṣode 🇳🇬
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa
Congratulations naa adukwɛi - awarded the @RathbonesFolio Poetry Prize last night at British Library from Jackie Kay -
Meet the poets shortlisted for the 2023 Rathbones Folio Prize in this unique panel event hosted by Jackie Kay, acclaimed poet and author and one of this year’s judging panel. Thursday Feb 16th
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Verve Poetry Press Verve Poetry Festival @RathbonesFolio
Keep your eyes on the prize…
Check out our display at the front of the shop where we have the nominees from the longlists and shortlists of the Women's Prize, International The Booker Prizes, Jhalak Prize, Baillie Gifford Prize and @RathbonesFolio awards.
Free event Mon 24 April!
Join acclaimed #Ukrainian writer #VolodymyrRafeienko , foreign correspondent @LukeHarding1968 & poet #SashaDugdale on Writing, War, Connection.
Part of our partnership with @RathbonesFolio @ChiUni & British Council
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Free event 21 Feb at @ChiUni! Join acclaimed #Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Rafeienko, BBC special correspondent @FergalKeane47 and poet Sasha Dugdale talk about Writing, War, Connection
In partnership with @RathbonesFolio @ChiUni British Council
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CONGRATULTIONS to naa adukwɛi on winning @RathbonesFolio Poetry Prize for her collection Quiet Faber Books FMcM
Enjoy her reading from Quiet here: ledburypoetry.org.uk/podcast/76-kay…
Shortlisted this week for @RathbonesFolio, Jonathan Freedland joins Tracy Chevalier on 5 March to discuss The Escape Artist
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The Great Hall at The Guildhall London will be filled with primary school pupils doing Ukrainian and French creative #translation today! Thanks to our wonderful Stephen Spender Trust partnership with British Council Christ's Hospital University of Chichester @RathbonesFolio. stephen-spender.org/ukraine/
Extraordinary work showcased Verve Poetry Festival by naa adukwɛi Yomi Ṣode 🇳🇬 #FionaBenson Zaffar Kunial Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa & beautifully hosted by the always awesome Jackie Kay I'm so glad I don't have to decide the winner of @RathbonesFolio
What amazing books on this list!But I an especially delighted that the exceptional Manorism by the brilliant brilliant Yomi Ṣode 🇳🇬 has made the shortlist for the @RathbonesFolio. Huge congrats Yomi 🎉🎉🎉
We have good news!
The Writers' Prize 2024 is a go - with ALL nominations and judging under the aegis of the full 350-strong Folio Academy. Uniquely, the Prize does not accept submissions from publishers.
Details The Bookseller and on our website🙏
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#Podcast
We've joined @BrittlePaper to interview @RathbonesFolio winners Margo Jefferson & Victoria Adukwei Bulley. They speak to Bhakti Shringarpure abt their genre-bending, political writing, and weigh in on the challenges for Black women in publishing
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⭐Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa is a choreo-poet & PhD student at University of Leeds in Cultural Studies. Her interdisciplinary art braids dance & poetry on the page & stage. Her debut collection Cane, Corn & Gully (@Outspoken_Press) was shortlisted for @RathbonesFolio.
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