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All the latest news, blogs and opinions from staff and guest writers.NEWS
introducing the new Assistant Editors
We can now announce our two new Assistant Editors: Edward Doegar and Degna Stone. We are delighted to have them…
The Rialto at Aldeburgh – November 2015
When I open my bedroom curtain to a wall of yellow I know it’s time for the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. The leaves are on sycamores rooted part way down a steep embankment, so I get the full canopy at eye level. This year one big tree has gone brilliant yellow, gold in the early sun, but the other is still green.
New Editor Development Programme launched
The Rialto Editor Development Programme – Jan-Sept, 2016. Closing deadline: Friday 20th November 2015. Do you really enjoy reading poetry? Are you interested in running a poetry magazine?
Frank Redpath aka Philip Larkin
There’s something of a frisson going on about the fact that a ‘discovered’ new poem by Larkin turns out to be one that was written by another poet living in Hull, Frank Redpath…
Nature poetry competition winners announced
We have now received the results of the Nature Poetry Competition back from Simon Armitage and are delighted to announce that the winners are:
Nature poetry competition longlist
Below is a copy of the long list, alphabetical by surname. Thanks to everyone who entered the competition, your response has been very heartening. We had over 3,000 entries in total.
Blogs
Some Thoughts About Poetry and Comics – Chrissy Williams
My partner writes (but does not draw) comics. This means I have been learning more about comics that I might otherwise have deemed necessary.
The darkest evening of the year
The nights draw in again and the winter equinox gets buried beneath the white noise of Argos adverts, flashing santa’s (in both senses), and the warblings of X-Factor winners dribbling
MOVING ON FROM THE SEASON OF MISTS AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS
I have managed to give myself a very sharp attack of bloggers’ block.
The Story of The Time-turner and The Lyrical Ostrich
Penzance literary festival is unlike any other’ reads the welcoming and informative website http://penzance-literary-festival.org.uk It’s a community festival, started last year, and organised again by a small number of
What is the point of making teenagers write poetry?
Have you read any of Tom Warner’s work? You should. He’s an excellent poet.
A day at the poetry
The Cley Little Festival of Poetry, in my experience, circles around the village of Cley but doesn’t settle there, ranging between Sheringham and Wiveton along the coast road.
Riding the Line
I was moved to write this piece after reading a Robert Penn article in this month’s Cycling Plus where he argues that poetic thinking and cycling are incompatible, and quotes
Education in poetry
This is the first of what will hopefully become an ongoing series of guest blogs featuring regularly on The Rialto website.
Education in poetry
During the day, when I’m not
A Nocturnall on St Lucie’s Day
A Little Christmas Treat from The Editor.
On a painting and poetry
Snowy Landscape at Eragny, with an apple tree, by Camille Pissaro, hangs in a Victorian wallpapered gallery in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
On Difficult-to-find Books
Brian Patten’s brilliant BBC radio essay on lost poets – and the one whose poems astonished me the most was Rosemary Tonks – made me think of the poets I
On the voice and poetry
I like the idea of the voice being betwixt and between. Moving from the body out to the world.