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  2. National Poetry Day - Wikipedia

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    Poetry at Waterloo Station for National Poetry Day 1994. National Poetry Day is a British campaign to promote poetry, including public performances. Annually, on the first Thursday of October, events, readings and performances take place across the UK. [1] National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by William Sieghart. [2]

  3. World Poetry Day - Wikipedia

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    The tradition to keep an October date for national or international poetry day celebrations still holds in many countries. [2] The United Kingdom generally uses the first Thursday in October, [ 3 ] but elsewhere a different October, or even sometimes a November date, is celebrated.

  4. Forward Prizes for Poetry - Wikipedia

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    The Forward Prizes for Poetry consist of three awards: The Forward Prize for Best Collection, £10,000; The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection, £5,000; The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in memory of Michael Donaghy, £1,000; The Prizes are run by the Forward Arts Foundation, which is also responsible for National Poetry Day. The ...

  5. William Sieghart - Wikipedia

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    In 1994, he founded National Poetry Day, [5] a day of celebration of verse on the first Thursday of October, which has become an established fixture in the cultural calendar. Events take place in schools, pubs, arts centres, bookshops, libraries, buses, trains and Women's Institutes, and the day is the focus for media attention for poetry. [6]

  6. Birmingham Poet Laureate - Wikipedia

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    The next laureate is typically announced on National Poetry Day at the Birmingham Literature Festival. The Birmingham Poets Laureate schemes were from 1996 to 2024 run by Birmingham Libraries and are now managed by Writing West Midlands .

  7. Allie Esiri - Wikipedia

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    365 Poems for Life was published on National Poetry Day 2023. A Poem for Every Christmas Day has its publication day 7 November 2024. Esiri sat on the advisory board of The Times/The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2014–2106, currently sits on the Children's Poetry Summit and is an advisor to the organisation National Poetry Day ...

  8. National Poetry Library - Wikipedia

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    The National Poetry Library is a free public collection housed at Royal Festival Hall in London's Southbank Centre. Situated on the fifth floor of the Royal Festival Hall, overlooking the river Thames, the library aims to hold all contemporary UK poetry publications since 1912. It houses the largest collection in Britain, numbering over 200,000 ...

  9. Larkin 25 - Wikipedia

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    On 7 October 2010, "Poetry on the Buses" was launched in Hull and East Yorkshire to coincide with National Poetry Day. Forty of Larkin's poems were displayed on East Yorkshire Motor Services vehicles until the end of the festival in December 2010. [11] [12]