POETRY BOOK SOCIETY SELECTIONS
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, with the Selectors' comments and contributions from the choice and Recommendation poets.
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. We also feature other poetry titles of topical interest, Poetry Archive CDs and SoundBlast Performance poets' CDs.
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 Paul Farley and Eva Salzman. The current Translation Selector is
Ruth Fainlight. Helen Ivory and Jacob Sam-La Rose
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.
Autumn 2009 Selections
| Choice |
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| Hugo Williams |
West End Final |
Faber |
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| Recommendations |
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| Vona Groake |
Spindrift |
The Gallery Press |
| Don Paterson |
Rain |
Faber |
| George Szirtes |
The Burning of the Books and Other Poems |
Bloodaxe |
| Matthew Welton |
'We needed coffee but...' |
Carcanet |
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| Special
Commendation |
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| Mary Oliver |
Evidence |
Bloodaxe |
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| Translation |
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| Various Poets |
Pamphlets in Translation |
Enitharmon |
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| Pamphlet
Choice |
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| Adam O'Riordan |
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The Wordsworth Trust |
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