Hear John Burnside reading five of his poems from Black Cat Bone and talking about his influences on the Guardian Books podcast.
The Poetry Book Society is delighted to announce that John Burnside has won the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry with Black Cat Bone, published by Jonathan Cape.
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Last night saw the eight T S Eliot Prize shortlisted poets reading at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, in a celebration of this year's shortlist.
Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has won the Costa Poetry Award for The Bees (Picador), and debut biographer Matthew Hollis has scooped the Costa Biography Award, with both now entering the final race alongside three other category winners to be named the overall £30,000 Costa Book of the Year 2011.
The longlist was announced today for the Venture Award, a £1750 prize which also offers publication under flipped eye publishing's flap series.
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