NEWS
DRYSALTER 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…
READ MORE‘EDGELANDS’ SHORTLISTED FOR ONDAATJE PRIZE, AND FOYLES BOOK OF IDEAS AWARD
POSTED ON 12/05/12
Ondaatje Prize Shortlist Foyles Prize Shortlist
READ MORECLEMENCY NOMINATED FOR OLIVIER AWARD
POSTED ON 19/03/12
James MacMillan’s opera ‘Clemency’, for which Michael wrote the libretto, has been shortlisted for an Olivier Award for Best New…
READ MOREPOEM FILM ON GUARDIAN WEBSITE
POSTED ON 24/12/11
Michael’s reading of his poem Pelt, from his Whitbread Award winning collection ‘Corpus’ is now available as part of the…
READ MORENEW OPERA AT WNO
POSTED ON 07/07/11
New opera THE SLEEPER opens in Cardiff on July 15th. Libretto by Michael. Music by composer Stephen Deazley. Commissioned by…
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