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I have been a member of the Poetry Book Society for over ten years, and I am always overjoyed to receive the PBS choice in the post each quarter. It always feels like Christmas, when the most dynamic and hottest poetry collections arrive through my letterbox... I believe the Poetry Book Society is necessary to the ecology of poetry sector.
MALIKA BOOKER
Forward Prize winning poet
As someone always on the look-out for the most exciting new poetry, I turn to the Poetry Book Society’s recommendations... I’ve made some treasured discoveries over the last couple of years. For people who want to keep abreast of the best poetry being written today, I can’t recommend a PBS Membership enough.
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T.S. Eliot Prize Winner
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PBS Events
Online Spring Showcase
9th March | 7-8pm | Youtube | Free for Members & £5 for Non Members
Book now for our online Spring Showcase on 9th March to celebrate the launch of the Spring Bulletin.
We're so excited to share readings from our brilliant PBS Spring Choice Karen McCarthy Woolf, Recommendations Joe Carrick-Varty and Keith Jarrett, hosted by our wonderful PBS Selector Victoria Kennefick.
The event will be live streamed from 7-8pm GMT on Youtube via private link.
(Cover artwork by Fumi Yanagimoto)
FREE VERSE POETRY BOOK FAIR
Saturday 25th April | 12pm – 6.30 pm
We'll be at Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair (run by the Poetry Society) on Saturday 25th April at St Columba’s Hall, Pont Street, London, SW1X 0BD. Drop by for a lively curation of recent PBS Bulletin magazines and books alongside our iconic poetic tote bags. Poets can also enter the Free Verse poetry prize, details above.
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