Congratulations (There are more voices in the debate over what is/causes schizophrenia than are in my head. It is a madness of theory. Who has the sane voice?) Congratulations, you are a member Of one per cent of the population Now that you have schizophrenia let me tell you Your Read more…
Reflecting on the role of poetry in helping a traumatized community to flourish, Clara Dawson writes: In the last week, Derry commemorated the fortieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday by holding their annual march through the streets, and with the performance of a new play written specially for the anniversary. Although Read more…
Halfway into the 2011 Durham Book Festival seems a good time to reflect on how things are going. The two weeks since my last blog post have been rather hectic for the Book Festival team, who have had to ensure the smooth realization of events that have been months in Read more…
Niall Hodson writes: The Durham Book Festival has in recent years become one of the region’s key cultural events. Taking place in a number of venues across the county throughout October, it brings a host of writers, scholars and journalists, poets, practitioners and politicians, to discuss their work, and written Read more…
2011 International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine Saturday 7th May 2011 Medical Teaching Centre, Building 37 University of Warwick Gibbet Hill Campus, CV4 7AL, UK From the symposium web site: “For the 2011 symposium and 2011 Hippocrates Prize awards, we draw on national and international perspectives on three major historical Read more…
Lorraine Nicholson, acclaimed author of The Journey Home, describes how this book of poetry, artwork and photography came into being: During a journey of several years through severe depression I was forced to confront my vulnerability as a human being. Poetic expression presented itself to me as an outlet for Read more…
The Centre for Medical Humanities Presents Gwyneth Lewis Poetry Reading: A Hospital Odyssey Wednesday 4 May, 7.30pm, Durham Town Hall Gwyneth Lewis will be reading from her epic poem A Hospital Odyssey, an outrageously imaginative voyage through illness and healing. Drawing on the most recent biomedical research into stem cells Read more…
Naomi Banks writes: I am due to present a paper at the ‘Poetry and Melancholia‘ conference this July in Stirling. My contribution to this conference is based on a section of my PhD thesis on Northern Irish Elegy. Elegy can be basically defined as the poetry of mourning, or more Read more…