Events

You can keep track of what our poets were doing day by day in two ways. Follow the links on the right to Twitter https://twitter.com/war_poets for a quick recap, or find us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064769673528 – which has longer extracts from diaries, letters etc. plus links to the original source material.

Added: January 15, 2022

In this video Jon Stallworthy looks at what was significant about the First World War in marking such a major shift  in war poetry. From Julian Grenfell to Wilfred Owen, he maps the change in attitudes to the horrors they witnessed.

Added: April 8, 2015

We’re trying to post something about what was happening every day to the poets and writers of the First World War. You can follow what is happening by following us on Twitter or liking us on Facebook. Or you can see the latest tweets on this page. Here’s what we’ve noticed recently: 18 August 1915  Continue Reading »

Added: May 13, 2014

Wadham College, Oxford, 5-7 September 2014 This international conference has been convened by the English Association to enable all those with a serious academic or non-specialist interest in war poetry to come together at the start of the Great War Centenary to listen to leading speakers and to exchange views about this body of literature,  Continue Reading »

Added: April 1, 2014

1 April 1915: Edward Thomas writes ‘Wind and Mist’ 1 April 1918: death of Isaac Rosenberg 30 March 1917: Edward Thomas writes to Eleanor Farjeon: Subalterns are told nothing but I happen to know what is intended, only not what difference this rain may make. 29 March 1917: Ivor Gurney writes to Marion Scott: It  Continue Reading »

Added: March 16, 2014

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Added: March 16, 2014