| NEWS + Paul's recording for the Poetry Archive is now online Listen to Paul reading a selection of his own poems including 'Keening' and a new poem, 'To a Halver'. + Paul’s work appears in new anthology Identity Parade This new anthology of British poets, edited by Roddy Lumsden, 'offers the work of 85 highly individual and distinctive talents whose poems display the breadth of styles and approaches characteristic of our current poetry' + Paul wins 2009 Times Stephen Spender Prize Paul has won the Open category of the 2009 Times Stephen Spender Prize with 'The Damned', his version of a passage from Canto V of Dante's Inferno. The judges were Susan Bassnett, Edith Hall, Karen Leeder and George Szirtes. + Paul wins 2009 Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition Paul has won the 2009 Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition for his new poem 'Comeuppance'. The judges were Polly Clarke and Ron Butlin. The prize is sponsored by the University of Strathclyde. + Video of Paul reading at the Wordsworth Trust After an event at the Wordsworth Trust in June 2008, Neil Astley has made a film clip of Paul's reading available through Bloodaxe's Vimeo site: Paul Batchelor from Neil Astley on Vimeo. + Writer of the Year at Journal Culture Awards Paul has been named Writer of the Year at the Journal Culture Awards in Newcastle, which recognises an author, playwright or poet from the North East who has had work published or performed during 2008. Click here for more. |
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