From Page to Performance
August’s poetry page sees a selection of poems from Mahali Isaac, an intern of 16 years who recently spent time working at KCW Today. Poetry is a complex animal. It requires the ability to interact and describe feelings and experiences that are often complex and confusing at any age. Part...
Instituto Cervantes and the literary world celebrate the life and work of Claribel Alegría
In January, the world had lost one of its greatest literary minds. In May, the Instituto Cervantes in London celebrated her work with a presentation at the Embassy of El Salvador. The event was jointly organized by the Instituto Cervantes and the embassies of Nicaragua and El Salvador. The presentation...
Poetry: Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is the subject of this month’s poetry page and Circle 2 Canto V of Inferno, the first part of his greatest work The Divine Comedy. Here Dante explores the fine line that exists between love and the power of attraction and disastrous lustful desire. It is in...
Spine Festival 2017: London’s family arts and culture festival
Spine Festival returns to London in March offering free activities to encourage young people and children to take part in arts workshops, shows and performances at many of London’s libraries. All activities are free including workshops and events, providing families with “interesting things to do together” as a chance to explore their...
KCW Today Poetry: January
As 2016 draws to a close and we look forward to the coming year The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy (1840- 1928) seemed a fitting choice for this month’s poetry page. The poem was written in 1899 but not published until 29th December 1900. We begin with Hardy leaning on a...
The Poetry School Books of the Year Announced
The Poetry School staff have chosen their 26 books of the Year, including nine pamphlets, and two collaborations (Matthew and Michael Dickman’s Brother, and Karen McCarthy-Woolf and Sophie Herxheimer’s Voyage). Picador and the Poetry Business lead the way with four books chosen from each publisher, with Carcanet not far behind on three choices. Independent punlishers Peepal...
Property supply falls
81% of towns and cities saw a drop in property supply in October, with the number of new listings down 6.9% on average across the UK Biggest faller: New property listings fell 52% in Swansea Biggest riser: Property supply in Crawley jumped 30.9% Property supply in London stagnated, falling 1.5%...
The Hampshire School poet-in-residence recites for the Battlefield Trust
On the 30th of September, The Hampshire School’s poet-in-residence, Clare Mulley presented her debut book Thorn Kings: Poems from English Battlefields in the school’s cherished library. Mulley recited a selection of her powerful, war poems accompanied by a live harp performance to raise money for the Battlefields Trust. The charity...
The Lock and the Key
The Lock and the Key by Scarlett Sabet Zoreh Publishing Limited 2016 £9.99 (Paperback) 71pp. ISBN 978-0-9954719-1-7 When training to be an actress as teenager Scarlett Sabet began scribbling down notes and ideas in her moleskin. Little did she realise that these scribblings would alter her career path and...
John Armstrong – Poems of Mayo
A Review of Word from the Mountain: Poems of Mayo by John Armstrong (2016) Word from the Mountain: Poems of Mayo is a new collection of poetry by John Armstrong that takes the spoken word to new performance heights. Armstrong’s conception of Western Ireland offers a moving and distinctive portrayal...
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