The best new books each quarter
Four times a year, the PBS' panel of Selectors chooses between eight and ten of the best new books and pamphlets according to five categories. These are the books that we feature fully in each issue of the Bulletin magazine.

In addition, the Bulletin includes descriptions and jacket photos of between 12 and 20 additional titles ('Other New Books') submitted during that quarter but not chosen by the Selectors.

Finally, the Bulletin has two pages of Book Listings. The PBS invites the publishers of any new books and pamphlets published in the U.K. to submit their titles to our Book Listings, which will be included, space permitting.

Titles from hundreds of publishers
There are hundreds of poetry publishers in the UK. All of them - from the smallest independent to the largest commercial organisation - are invited to submit their new books to the PBS' panel of respected poets. We do not accept submissions directly from writers and self-published books are not eligible for selection.

Chosen by experts
The current Selectors for the Choice, Recommended, and Special Commendation books are Alan Jenkins and Lavinia Greenlaw. The current Translation Selector is Mimi Khalvati. Roger Robinson and Choman Hardi are the current Pamphlet Selectors.

The list of previous PBS selections goes back to the 1950s, and includes work by Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Paul Muldoon, Sylvia Plath, Derek Walcott and many others.

Winter 2007 Selections (click on the book title to see more information)

Autumn 2007 Selections (click on the book title to see more information)