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PBS Advent Calendar: Day 3 - Gift Membership Offer
For our third day of advent, anyone who uses the promotional code XMAS3 when purchasing gift memberships gets 20% off...
PBS Advent Calendar: Day 2 - Cain by Luke Kennard (Limited Hardback Edition)
For the second day of advent, we have 10 copies of Cain by Luke Kennard up for grabs at 40% off, for the first int...
PBS Advent Calendar: Day 1 - Reward for Winter by Di Slaney
For each day of advent, the Poetry Book Society is providing special offers on books, membership and more! Each off...
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Happy Black Friday!
If you're fed up with the commercial madness, why not consider a more meaningful gift this Chri...
The Costa Prize Shortlist is Announced
We're delighted to see PBS Summer Choice Sinead Morrissey and Spring Guest Selector Kayo Chingonyi on the Costa Prize...
Announcing our New Book Selector for Summer 2018 onwards
We're delighted to announce our new main Book Selector Vidyan Ravinthiran. Vidyan will be replacing Tim Liardet who h...
News from our friends at the T S Eliot Prize
The T. S. Eliot Prize has announced the stunning 2017 shortlist and is marking the 25th anniversary of the Prize by i...
Sneak Preview from the Winter Bulletin
Our PBS Winter Recommendation Anne Michaels shares her personal favourite poetry collections. Join the PBS as a Chart...
PBS Launches a New Wild Card Category
The Poetry Book Society is delighted to announce the launch of a new Wild Card category for Poetry Book Society Selec...
Count down to the Winter Bulletin!
The count down is on to our Winter Bulletin mailing in mid-November. We can't wait to share our new look Bulletin w...
Member Blog: Vivien Hamilton on Teaching Poetry to Teenagers
The first in a new series of blog pieces from PBS members
If I’d said, a few weeks ago to my new class of teenage bo...
Poem of the Day: It's Nighttime by Ana Blandiana
It’s Nighttime
It’s nighttime when the bell towers burnFrom so much ringing of the bellsAnd they flutter like giganti...