Young Poets from around the world: introducing Ekta Somera from Durban

Ekta Somera’s poem The Sunflower gives us some much needed light and colour and also, especially in the last line, … More

Second interviews with Young Poets

Young Poets’ Stories: second set of research interviews have begun this week.

Happy LGBT History Month! To celebrate, we’re sharing our favourite LGBTQ poets past and present. What are yours? Tell us … More

February is usually the month when the Foyle’s winners meet at The Hurst for an exciting, week-long writing retreat. Arvon … More

During Lockdown (version 2) Jo Bell, a former Canal Laureate and all round poetry wonder woman, published a daily writing … More

Annie Katchinska first won the Foyle in 2006. In the fourteen years since, she’s had a vibrant career writing and … More

During what has been a very strange July and August 2020 for everyone we have really enjoyed interviewing our sample … More

For many young people, their only exposure to poetry is through their English teacher. Reading and analysing poetry … More

‘The Past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.’ I went to school in the 1980s, before the … More