Golden Time (and Other Behavioural Management Strategies) review – a magic hour
Kate Ireland’s warmly delivered one-woman show considers the pressures of productivity, rules and rewards at school and beyond
Poem of the week: Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian Border by Suji Kwock Kim
Kim’s meditation on the disruptions experienced by family members during the Korean war and North Korean dictatorship explores absence, searching and separation
A poem by Justin Heazlewood: ‘This is an ode to hanging out by yourself – and the magic of flavoured milk’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here the writer, comedian and Bedroom Philosopher reflects on his childhood
Lucina Prestige obituary
Other lives: Founder of Renaissance Press, publishing work of leading poets George Bruce and Alan Spence
‘We wondered if it was ethical to adapt it’: can poetry about deaf resistance wow theatre audiences?
Deaf Republic, a collection of war poems written by the Ukrainian American Ilya Kaminsky, have caused a sensation. Now they have been turned into an extraordinary play
Where to start with: John Burnside
Seán Hewitt, who introduces a new edition of the Scottish author’s final memoir, guides readers through his landmark works a year on from his death
Poem of the week: Autumn by Vidyan Ravinthiran
Keats’s famous ode speaks across time and space to a 21st-century Sri Lankan, whose turbulent history catches on its mellow mood
Alexandrian Sphinx by Peter Jeffreys and Gregory Jusdanis review – the mysterious life of Constantine Cavafy
The enigmatic queer poet admired by EM Forster and Jackie Onassis takes centre stage in this unconventional biography
A poem by Grace Yee: ‘A well-known male poet sniggered at the title. I took this as a sign to keep it’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, Yee, an award-winning poet, shares the dream that inspired this ‘whimsical’ poem
‘I’m carrying survivor’s guilt’: Raymond Antrobus on growing up deaf
The poet reflects on his heritage, his new life as a father in Margate – and why his memoir is a call to arms
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals
Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth
John Hall obituary
Other lives: English lecturer and poet who created one of the first degree courses in performance writing at Dartington College in Devon
Poem of the week: Sea-Fever by John Masefield
A single missing word in the 1902 poem sparks a deeper look at rhythm, dialect and longing
A poem by David Brooks: ‘Counting sheep is difficult for me – I try to give each one a face and personality’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, David Brooks reflects on insomnia and the exhaustion that comes with animal advocacy
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July
Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments