Thursday, 23 August 2012

Olympic & Paralympic Links


New York Times

                Poetry's relationship with the Olympics - New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/books/review/poetrys-relationship-with-the-olympics.html?_r=2&ref=books


Poetry Parnassus 

held by The South Bank Centre. This has already happened but there is a good interactive map*** of international poems:

                Poetry holds its own Olympics - Poetry Parnassus: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/poetry-holds-its-own-olym_b_1637719.html?utm_hp_ref=culture&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

                ***Poetry Parnassus Interactive Map: verse form each Olympic Nation - Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/interactive/2012/jun/26/poetry-parnassus-interactive-map


The Written Word 

by The Scottish Poetry Library which is currently happening. Again there is a good interactive map*** with international poems:

                About The Scottish Poetry Library Olympic Project - Creative Scotland: http://www.creativescotland.com/news/poetry-2012-the-written-world-puts-poetry-on-the-podium-for-london-2012-29022012

                Olympics Take Poetic Turn With Scots Help: http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/books/olympics-take-poetic-turn-with-scots-help-1-2168826

                Which Piece would you pick for the Poetry Olympics - Scottish Poetry Library - Guardian: http://m.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/mar/13/poetry-olympics-poem-books?cat=books&type=article

                ***The Written World - Scottish Poetry Library: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/about/projects-partners/written-world/about

                ***The Written World INteractive Map: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/about/projects-partners/written-world


Winning Worlds at the Olympic Park

There is also poetry by well known poets around the Olympic Park (it comes under the Winning Words project i think). Here is some more info about it all:




"Winning Words | Winning Words is a public art project to create new encounters with poetry during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. We want to enable everyone to experience poetry in exciting ways and to create a legacy of inspiring words for the nation to enjoy."

The Winning Words Website: www.winningwordspoetry.com



A Few Extra's

A bloggers account of of the Poetry Parnassus, Poetry Connections with the Olympics...

Also an audio account you can listen to of the rain of poems at the South Bank recently:


                Videos of poetry read over sports days:  http://www.winningwordspoetry.com/videos/

                Written copies of the poems read on the video's above:  http://www.winningwordspoetry.com/poems/




Olympic / Paralympic Links

General Olympic / Paralympic site: http://www.london2012.com/

                Guardian - Preparation for the Paralympics begin: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/13/london-2012-paralympic-preparations-begin?newsfeed=true

                Guardian - What are the Paralympics: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/23/paralympics-2012-marc-wood

                London 2012 - Paralympics Schedule / Info:  http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/
                Channel 4 - Paralympic Coverage: http://paralympics.channel4.com/

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