This week marked 200 years since John Keats passed away, aged just 25. To honour his legacy, we're challenging young poets to write in response to the Keatsian themes of health, illness and the body. Find out more and enter for free: bit.ly/keatschallenge

He is gone– [ Keats ] died with the most perfect ease–he seemed to go to sleep. On the 23rd, about 4, the approaches of death came on. “Severn-I–lift me up–I am dying–I shall die easy–don’t be frightened–be firm, and thank God it has come!” — Joseph Severn, February 27 1821.

Highly recommend listening to both episodes of “John Keats: Life and After-Life.” The focus on Keats’s consistent vitality in the face of suffering and death is really beautiful. Such a wonderful job by @SashaDugdale and all her contributors! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Still another 2 and a half weeks until the news would arrive. Another form of Keats's "posthumous existence."

The deadline for the Keats-Shelley & Young Romantics Prizes has been extended to 12 April. 2021's Poetry theme is ‘Writ in Water’. Young Romantic essays on ‘Art and Adversity’. bit.ly/YRP2021 K-S Prize essays on Romanticism in general. bit.ly/KSPrize2021

"tell that great poet and noble-hearted man — that we shall all bear his memory in the most precious part of our hearts, and that the world shall bow their heads to it" Leigh Hunt writes to Severn with a message for Keats, thinking him still alive #OTD in 1821. #KS200

Had a lot of fun recording this the other day - thank you to The Keats Letters Project for a lovely chat!

This was such good fun!!! Loved chatting to Michael Theune & Brian Rejack of The Keats Letters Project with Mariam Wassif Amy Wilcockson 📚 watch the interview here ⬇️

Many thanks to Dr Anna Mercer , Mariam Wassif and Amy Wilcockson for such a great conversation the other day. Tune in to hear about, among other things, some new stuff happening over at the KLP as we head into the coming months!

We got a little bit excited for our Spring Celebration happening *TOMORROW* 7th May at 12.30-1.30pm EDT! So much so we made four extra posters... Sign up to our discussion on Book Collection and Book Hunting with Bysshe Inigo Coffey and Dr. Leila Henry Walker below: k-saa.org/k-saa-spring-c…

Just had a lovely virtual tour of Keats-Shelley House House, and while browsing the gift shop afterwards, discovered these amazing ceramic cats! My non-ceramic cats (who also joined the tour) are now staring at me, which I assume means they want these ceramic friends #KSAACollecting

Warning: there will be no discussion of letters—perish the thought! But lots about Keats and beautiful books.

John Keats arrived in Rome in mid Nov 1820 and sent his last ever letter on 30 Nov. Listen to this and some of Keats' finest letters read from Keats-Shelley House to celebrate the launch of our latest book, On He Flared by legendary Keatsian Susan Wolfson: bitly.ws/jCNG

A few more Robert Annning Bell's illustrations to John Keats' Eve of St Agnes, from 1897 - to help your own St Agnes Eve go with a swing...bit.ly/3FIHjZv

Happy #BurnsNight everyone! #OTD in 1759 poet Rabbie Burns was born. John Keats took inspiration from the ‘Bard of Ayrshire’ and wrote ‘On Visiting the Tomb of Burns’: ‘Burns! with honour due I oft have honour’d thee. Great shadow, hide Thy face; I sin against thy native skies.’

It’s #BurnsNight, so we hope you’ve all been addressing your haggis correctly!

#OTD in 1821 Joseph Severn sketched John Keats, who was desperately ill with tuberculosis. The young poet had been in Rome for a little over 2 months. Severn nursed him till the end of his life, becoming his closest companion. Their apartment is now known as Keats-Shelley House House.

Fanny Brawne Letters alert!