NEWS Category: Archived News
SELECTED POEMS PUBLISHED
POSTED ON 10/05/16
A new SELECTED POEMS has been published by Cape, drawing on poems from Michael’s six previous collections from Soft Keys…
READ MORERADIO PLAY SHORTLISTED FOR BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARDS
POSTED ON 18/01/15
Michael’s Radio 4 verse drama ‘Men Who Sleep in Cars’, set in Manchester on the night before England’s first game…
READ MOREDRYSALTER WINS COSTA PRIZE
POSTED ON 08/01/14
Michael’s latest poetry collection – Drysalter, published by Cape in April 2013 – has won the Poetry Prize at the…
READ MOREDRYSALTER SHORTLISTED FOR COSTA PRIZE
POSTED ON 29/11/13
Michael’s latest poetry collection – Drysalter – published by Cape in April 2013, has been shortlisted for the Costa Poetry…
READ MOREDRYSALTER WINS FORWARD PRIZE
POSTED ON 10/10/13
Drysalter – MSR’s sixth collection – has won the £10,000 Forward Prize 2013 for best collection at a ceremony held…
READ MOREDRYSALTER SHORTLISTED FOR FORWARD PRIZE
POSTED ON 09/07/13
Michael’s sixth collection of poetry, Drysalter, published in April by Cape, has been shortlisted for the 2013 Forward Prize for…
READ MOREDRYSALTER REVIEWED IN THE OBSERVER
POSTED ON 24/04/13
Michael’s latest poetry collection – Drysalter – was reviewed in the Observer by Kate Kellaway. link here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/22/drysalter-michael-symmons-roberts-review
READ MOREDRYSALTER IS MADE PBS CHOICE, AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE TS ELIOT PRIZE
POSTED ON 15/02/13
Michael’s 6th poetry collection – ‘Drysalter’ – to be published by Cape in April 2013, has been made the Poetry…
READ MORECLEMENCY RECEIVES US PREMIERE
POSTED ON 15/02/13
James MacMillan’s opera Clemency – with libretto by Michael – was co-commissioned by Boston Lyric Opera, Royal Opera House, Scottish…
READ MOREEDGELANDS WINS FOYLES BEST BOOK OF IDEAS AWARD 2012
POSTED ON 22/05/12
‘Edgelands’, by Michael and fellow-poet Paul Farley, has won the Foyles Best Book of Ideas Award 2012, from a very…
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