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INTERNATIONAL POETRY SYMPOSIUM
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our International Poetry Symposium at Northern Stage last week, co-cura...
POEM OF THE WEEK
LAST NIGHT I DREAMT OF PEGGY SEEGERShe was singing a peace song to my mumeven though she knew that my mum had goneas ...
MEET JACKIE KAY
Happy book birthday to our Summer Recommendation May Day - the long-awaited new poetry collection from one of our be...
POEM OF THE WEEK
ANONYMOUS: A BLACKBIRD9th centuryThat this one smallish bird might fillan amphitheater with the trillof notes from it...
THE SUMMER CHOICE
We're delighted to announce Paul Muldoon's new collection is our Summer 2024 Choice. Since his debut New Weather (...
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY IN BEIJING
The Poetry Book Society were honoured to represent the UK with the forward prize-winning poet Fiona Benson in Be...
THE METRO POETRY PRIZE WINNER
We’re delighted to announce the winners of our third annual Metro Poetry Prize in partnership with Nexus on the theme...
Newcastle Poetry Festival 2024
Newcastle Poetry Festival returns for its eighth year, taking place from the 9th – 11th May at Northern Stage. With ...
THE SUMMER 2024 SELECTIONS
We're so excited to reveal that our brilliant panel of judges, Jo Clement, Roy McFarlane, Shivanee Ramlochan, Arj...
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
The Sunday times young writer of the year award is the most influential prize for young writers in the UK and Ireland...
PBS spring podcast
We are excited to announce our spring podcast featuring Victoria Kennefick discussing Egg/shell and its stunning mono...
SPRING 2024 SELECTIONS
Let's make this your year of poetry! Join our global poetry community today and read deeply with quarterly poetry pa...