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Jhalak Prize 2025 Shortlist Revealed
We are delighted to announce the shortlisted Jhalak Prize poets for 2025. The works that have been selected showcase ...
CLPE POETRY AWARD SHORTLIST
Today the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) announced the shortlist for the 2025 CLiPPA (CLPE Poetry A...
MEET ISABELLE BAAFI
Isabelle Baafi is the author behind our Poem of the Week, from her debut: Chaotic Good. This poetry collection is abo...
BOOK OF THE WEEK: CHAOTIC GOOD
We're so excited to share our Summer Recommendation Chaotic Good by Isabelle Baafi (Faber). This a piercing debut abo...
#NaPoWriMo 2025
NaPoWriMo is here and we've got a great range of inspirational writing guides to get your creative juices flowing!
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MEET DESREE
Meet our poet of the week: Desree.
Desree is an award-winning writer, spoken word artist, educator and producer ba...
POEM OF THE WEEK
This week's poem comes from Altar, our Spring 2025 Recommendation, by Desree. To read the whole poem, purchase Alt...
BOOK OF THE WEEK: ALTAR
"[G]orgeous in its redefining of self." - PBS Selector Yomi Ṣode.
Our book of the week is Altar, a collection th...
Fiona Larkin wins the National Poetry Competition 2024
Congratulations to Fiona Larkin, who has won First Prize in the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition, with h...
ANNOUNCING THE SUMMER SELECTIONS
We're so excited to reveal that our Summer 2025 Choice will be Fiona Benson's exciting new book Midden Witch - a thri...
HAPPY WORLD POETRY DAY
Happy World Poetry Day to our members across the world! World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO in 1999 to "support ...
MEET TROY CABIDA
Meet our Poet of the Week: Troy Cabida
Troy Cabida is the author of War Dove (Bad Betty Press, 2020). His writin...