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MEET THE SPRING CHOICE
We're delighted that our Spring Choice is Self-Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant, published by Carcanet Pre...
ANNOUNCING THE SUMMER SELECTIONS
We are delighted to announce the Poetry Book Society Summer 2023 Selections. Our poet selectors Jo Clement, Roy McFa...
Poet of the Week
SAFIYA KAMARIA KINSHASA
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa is a British born Barbadian raised poet, dancer, choreographer and re...
Book of the Week
Cane, Corn & Gully is a genealogical and autobiographical collection which unites dance and poetry to observe, ...
Inkandescent BOLD Queer Poetry Soirée
Inkandescent welcomes the Poetry Book Society community to a spectacular evening of spoken word with a side of music....
Poem of the Week
From Cane Corn & Gully by Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, published by Out-Spoken Press. Buy your copy here, with 25%...
POEM OF THE WEEK
From our Spring Translation Choice, Voice of the Two Shores by Agnes Agboton, translated by Lawrence Schimel, publish...
After-words by Charlotte Pearl
We've recently come across this gorgeous novel-in-verse for ages 13 and up by author Charlotte Pearl.
After-words is ...
VOICE OF THE TWO SHORES
A very happy book birthday to Voice of the Two Shores by Agnès Agboton, translated by Lawrence Schimel and published ...
MEET AGNES AGBOTON
Meet our Spring Translation Choice Agnès Agboton and translator Lawrence Schimel:
Agnès Agboton is a multilingual aut...
MEET THE ARTIST
We're so excited to be working with the artist Patrick Dougher on our Spring Bulletin cover artwork. The themes and ...
Rathbone Folio Prize 2023 Poetry Shortlist
Ephemeron
Fiona Benson
Cape Poetry
The poems in Ephemeron deal with the shortlived and transitory. Telling uncomforta...