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NEXT INSTA BOOK CLUB 4TH DECEMBER
We're so excited about our December Insta Live Book Club. We'll be welcoming Fred D'Aguiar and Safiya Sinclair from...
T.S. ELIOT PRIZE BUNDLE OFFER
We're delighted to offer this special T S Eliot shortlist bundle offer for £100. PBS Members will get their 25% disc...
PBS AUTUMN / WINTER SHOWCASE
Join us on Thursday 26th November, 7-8pm online via Zoom, hosted by NCLA at Newcastle University for the Poetry Boo...
ILYA KAMINSKY'S BOOK OF 2020
Looking back on his year as PBS Translation Selector, Ilya Kaminsky has chosen Lean Against This Late Hour by the Ira...
WOW BY BILL MANHIRE
Bill Manhire's Wow opens with the voice of an extinct bird, a song from anciency, and takes us forward into the pres...
MEET BILL MANHIRE: WINTER RECOMMENDATION
Bill Manhire was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, and joined the English Department at Victoria University, Wellin...
BILL MANHIRE INTERVIEW
"Wow starts with one bird and ends with another. That may look like careful planning but, like a lot of good things i...
POEM OF THE DAY: BILL MANHIRE
Here's our Poet of the Week Bill Manhire, who was New Zealand's first Poet Laureate, reading his incredibly powerful...
CANNIBAL BY SAFIYA SINCLAIR
Colliding with and confronting Shakespeare's The Tempest and postcolonial identity, the poems in our PBS Winter...
SAFIYA SINCLAIR INTERVIEW
Here's a sneak preview from our interview with Safiya Sinclair in the PBS Winter Bulletin. Join the Poetry Book Socie...
MEET SAFIYA SINCLAIR
Introducing our Winter Recommendation Safiya Sinclair! Safiya was born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She is al...
FORWARD PRIZE WINNERS
Many congratulations to the Forward Prizes for Poetry winners Caroline Bird, The Air Year (Carcanet), Will Harris, R...