cafebabel.com

Montreal international poetry prize 'for poets by poets'

('Kris Anderson',) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:32:49 -0000

Poetry is enduring, if not a deep freeze, at least a hard frost. Austerity measures across Europe and Canada have led to severe cuts in arts funding. Amidst the scrabble to fund prizes whose state subsidies have been slashed, a brand new award has emerged on a different funding model, with the winner to scoop 50, 000 Canadian dollars on 15 December

Lobbying register: in Brussels we trust

('Hilary Arrowsmith',) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:00:00 -0000

While president elect Barack Obama comes down hard on lobbyists in the US, voicing plans to ‘curb’ their role, in Brussels we put our trust in a lobbyist voluntary register

Nobel prize for literature: Horace Engdahl on 'ignorant' American writing

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:55:47 -0000

The permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy criticises US writing days before the winner is announced, on 9 October