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TOP TWENTY BOOKS TO READ FOR FEMINIST BOOK FORTNIGHT
Feminist Book Fortnight starts this weekend and we're celebrating with this fierce round up of some of our favourit...
PBS / MSLEXIA PRIZES COMING SOON
Not long now until the PBS / Mslexia Women's Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions open TOMORROW!
We're delighted to an...
BLOODAXE'S 40th BIRTHDAY PARTY AT NCLA
PBS Summer Recommendation Tishani Doshi will take part in Bloodaxe's 40th birthday party reading on the 31st May fro...
NORTHERN POETRY SYMPOSIUM
3RD MAY | 10.30-6.30 | SAGE GATESHEAD NORTHERN ROCK FOUNDATION HALL | NEWCASTLE | £25 | £20
Join us for an exhila...
GUARDIAN'S TOP 50 WRITERS
We were excited to see PBS Spring Guest Selector Kayo Chingonyi and recent PBS Selections Hannah Sullivan, Tara Bergi...
EASTER GIFT IDEAS
Looking for the perfect Easter gift? Poetry lasts longer than chocolate, so take a look at our full range of Gift M...
HAPPY WORLD POETRY DAY
Happy World Poetry Day! We'll be sharing some of our favourite poems from across the world throughout the day on soci...
ANNOUNCING THE SUMMER PAMPHLET CHOICE
We're delighted to announce our Summer Pamphlet Choice will be A Hurry of English by Mary Jean Chan, published by ign...
STUDENT POETRY PRIZE: HIGHLY COMMENDED
Noryangjin, 1 am.[i]
He remembers the same ogling eyes that peered out athim as he stood outside in a night market q...
STUDENT POETRY PRIZE: HIGHLY COMMENDED
Viaduct
Daughter
When I was littleI spoke to the stones
in my aunt’s garden:cool, mille-feuille slate—
the heavy-...
2nd PRIZE: ALYCIA PIRMOHAMED
Agarbatti
Agarbatti autocorrects to aggravate
and I realize that I aman electrical current—
aggravated.
My fatherli...
STUDENT POETRY PRIZE WINNERS
The Poetry Book Society is delighted to announce the winners of our PBS Student Poetry Prize, judged by the Faber poe...